Pinay wins McDo tilt in Orlando
May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ORLANDO, Florida = Margaret Yu of Davao sang Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing” at the recent “Voice of McDonald’s 2008″ here and came out as first-runner up. Read more
Filipino crowd give Pope rousing welcome
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WASHINGTON - Pope Benedict XVI April 15 received a raucous welcome from
around 500 Filipino-Americans at Andrews Air Base in Maryland, who sang Read more
SEAFOOD TARTLETS
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These seafood tartlets can be served as an elegant appetizer. Once you know how to make the shortcrust, you can fill your tartlet shells with almost any savory dishes, like seafood, meat, vegetables and fruits. Read more
‘Post’ links RP poverty to high birth rates
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In an article in the April 21 issue of the Post, correspondent Blaine Harden said that while there are many reasons why the Philippines is poor, “including feudal patterns of land ownership and corrupt government… there is a compelling link between family size and poverty.” The article was titled “Help Keep Filipinos in poverty: Contraceptives, Rejected by Government, are Unaffordable for Many in Majority-Catholic Nation.” Read more
Malaysia vows to continue brokering peace talks between Philippine government, rebels
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The Malaysian government vowed Thursday to continue brokering the stalled peace talks in Kuala Lumpur between Manila and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) rebels, despite its scheduled pull-out this month of its monitors from the Mindanao… Read more
Philippine official says rice price to go down in coming weeks
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A Philippine official said on Thursday prices of rice will go down in the coming weeks as newly- harvested palay from Central and Northern Luzon start to come into market, local television network GMA News reported. An official of the National Food Authori…
Philippines pushed to accelerate rice self-sufficiency measures
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The Philippines, strained by the likely emerging of a rice cartel among Asian rice producing nations, on Friday announced stepped-up measures to achieve the country’s rice sufficiency by 2010. The Agriculture Department signed a five-year cooperation agree…
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IRRI to help Philippines grow enough rice for itself
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The Philippines on Friday signed an agreement with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to help it to grow enough rice to feed its own people within three years. IRRI president Robert Zeigler said the institute would “join forces with the …
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