Read more about the article Philippines a ‘coffee addict’ more than a bean grower
COFFEE DRINKERS. Filipinos are one of the world's heaviest coffee drinkers, and their country's annual national coffee production could not keep up. (Mick Basa / davaotoday.com)

Philippines a ‘coffee addict’ more than a bean grower

Filipinos’ love for caffeine is too much for coffee growers to handle, which is why the country imports beans to keep up with the drinking habit.

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Read more about the article NAPC on fighting poverty: land reform, not ‘trapo’ projects
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NAPC on fighting poverty: land reform, not ‘trapo’ projects

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is calling on government agencies to comprehensively address the problem of poverty by taking into consideration the people’s 10 basic needs when crafting projects for the community.

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Norway names new special envoy to GRP-NDFP peace talks

The Royal Norwegian Government on Tuesday appointed a new special envoy to the peace process between the Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Gov’t asked to review relocation plan for Diwalwal miners
Several small scale miners from Mt. Diwata in Compostela Valley Province protest in front of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation in Lanang, Davao City on Monday, October 23. They are opposing the plan of relocating ball mill operators outside Mt. Diwata. The small scale miners say the relocation would burden them with costlier operations as they will have to transport the rocks going to the relocation site. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano / davaotoday.com)

Gov’t asked to review relocation plan for Diwalwal miners

Almost a hundred small scale miners from Mt. Diwalwal trooped to the office of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) Monday, October 23 to call on the government to reconsider its plan of ordering small scale miners to relocate operations outside Mt. Diwalwal.

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