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Davao SMEs urged to join New Jersey trade fair

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 is urging all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the region to join the upcoming trade fair in New Jersey. The trade fair, tagged as ?Philippine Fiesta,? is slated on Aug. 18 to 19 Meadowlands Exposition Center (MEC) in Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.

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GMO corn eaten and planted in Philippines potentially toxic, scientists warn

Greenpeace demands immediate market withdrawal, moratorium on GMO approvals

MANILA — Another genetically-modified (GM) corn variety,
approved for food, feed, processing, and propagation in the Philippines
has been shown by studies to be potentially toxic to humans. The new
research, carried out by a French scientific research institute(1),
involves biotech firm Monsanto?s NK603 GMO corn (marketed commercially
under the name Round-up Ready) which was approved as food and feed in
the country in 2003, and for propagation in 2005.
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Philippines: Local pharma pushes for amendments to existing patent rules

MANILA — The Philippine Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry (PCPI) urges the
Senate and the House of Representatives to immediately agree on the
common provisions of the proposed bill amending the Intellectual
Property Code (IPC) to bring immediate relief to the people and try to
address the divergence by filing a separate bill in the next Congress.
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Marsman denies knowing military intervention in workers? poll

DAVAO CITY??How could the management of Marsman not have known that their workers are being ferried from their farms and packing houses on work hours to attend ?meetings? where agents of the military are ?lecturing? them about wars and communism??
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