MANILA — The Philippine government is putting in place intervention measures for the palay sector to boost production to 19.058 million metric tons (MMT) by 2010 and help drive annual growth of agriculture to 5-6 percent over the next three years.
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MANILA — Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) spokesman Ricardo Blancaflor on Sunday allayed fears over the implementation of the Human Security Act (HSA) or the Anti-Terrorism Law, which he said, is for the protection of human rights.
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MANILA — The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is “confident that it will succeed” in addressing the revenue-generation shortfall recorded by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for the first half of this year.
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Employees of Davao City Water District during a prayer rally on July 5 to oppose the proposed privatization of the government utility company. (Photo by Keith Bacongco)