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MANILA, Philippines – Aside from unrelenting hunger, survivors of Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental are also fending off the trauma of seeing… 12/14/2012
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Hunger, trauma, despair haunt ‘Pablo’ survivors
Coconut farmers demand cash distribution, control over coco levy funds
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MANILA — Not so fast, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. Your promises are no good, and the coconut farmers need cash. Coconut farmers led by the… 11/29/2012
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8 years after Luisita massacre, not one hectare distributed
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“Until now, the Cojuangco-Aquinos have not given back our land and we have not received a single centavo as payment for our land that they… 11/29/2012
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Green groups, indigenous peoples hold ‘Mines UNSafety Week’
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MANILA – Some four hundred indigenous peoples (IP) and representatives of mining-affected communities in Benguet, Ilocos and Cagayan regions meet with other IPs and green… 11/29/2012
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4 columnists exposed for similar sin tax articles
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MANILA, Philippines – What do 4 columnists of competing Philippine newspapers have in common? Their columns on the sin tax bill pending in the Senate… 11/29/2012
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Comelec urged: ‘Watch campaign funders, too’
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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was urged on Thursday, November 15, to not only monitor how candidates will spend on their campaigns,… 11/29/2012
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NGO accused of faking documents
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Employees of the Visayan Forum (VF), an anti-trafficking organization, allegedly devoted Saturdays to producing fake receipts that justified up to P210 million in supposedly misused… 11/29/2012
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List: 10 highest paid gov’t execs in 2011
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MANILA, Philippines – The 2011 list of government’s top earners is quite different from 2010. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) chairman used to… 11/29/2012
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Harper visits Philippines
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11/28/2012
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Fil-Am Rep re-elected; newbie loses in Ohio
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ncumbent Democrat Rep Robert Scott was re-elected for his 11th term as representative of the 3rd District of Virginia with a convincing total of 80.96%… 11/09/2012
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