Correct rice-supply data sought Manila Bulletin TABUK CITY, Kalinga — The government and the private sector in the Cordillera are asking the National Food Authority (NFA) to come out with an accurate report on the rice supply in Northern Luzon. | The correct data will prevent enterprising rice dealers and retailers from taking advantage of the ...
Plastic-free shopping at Subang Jaya The Star | SHOPPERS at the USJ10 morning market in Subang Jaya last Sunday were seen doing their marketing with toting red cloth bags or their own baskets or trolleys. | Worldwide Landfills Sdn Bhd had sponsored 5,000 red cloth bags in support of the plastic-free campaign organised by the Subang Jaya Municip...
2 more dengue cases in Capital; NDMC on its toes The Times of India | 28 Aug 2008, 1722 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: Two fresh cases of dengue were reported in the Capital on Thursday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease to 67 this season. | "Two more cases of...
Taiping on dengue alert The Star | THE current rainy spell in Taiping has kept staff from the Taiping Municipal Council's health and town services department on their toes. | Their main concern is not flash floods but the aedes mosquito. | "In the past few days, we have three confir...
Dengue kills girl, 4 Journal Online By: Mia B. Billones THE dreaded dengue virus has claimed the life of a four-year-old girl in Valenzuela City, it was learned yesterday. | The city epidemiology had earlier reported that dengue cases in Valenzuela rose to more than 400 from January to...
Welcome to Little Jamaica Arab News | Abdullah Al-Muwallad I Arab News | JEDDAH: Few people in Jeddah know about a rundown area in the southern part of the city, locally known as Little Jamaica (Jamaica Al-Saghir), which around 50 years ago was home to immigrants from the tiny West Ind...
Correct rice-supply data sought Manila Bulletin TABUK CITY, Kalinga — The government and the private sector in the Cordillera are asking the National Food Authority (NFA) to come out with an accurate report on the rice supply in Northern Luzon. | The correct data will prevent enterprising rice d...
Guiao, 12 board members back recall bid vs Panlilio Manila Bulletin SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga —Vice Gov. Yeng Guiao and at least 12 of the 13 provincial board members of Pampanga met here yesterday and decided to join a recall petition against Gov. Ed Panlilio. | Panlilio’s former supporters, meanwhile, are div...
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Champion Hidayat in early exit Arab News | Agencies | BEIJING: Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann effectively ended the Olympic career of Athens badminton gold medalist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia when he beat him 21-19 21-16 in...
Chong Hann ends Taufik's reign in second round The Star | SEASONED campaigner Wong Choong Hann ended Indonesian Taufik Hidayat's reign as the Olympic champion with a superb 21-19, 21-16 win in a second round match at the Beijing Univers...
Pampanga dengue cases up by 200% Sun Star CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Health officials in Central Luzon recorded a whooping 238 percent increase in dengue cases in the region compared to the same period last year. | The Regiona...
Dengue spike fuels alarm in city The Times of India | 26 Aug 2008, 0117 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: A sharp rise in the number of dengue cases in Delhi and its neighbouring areas has set the alarm bells ringing. Till August 25, 60 confirmed cases of dengue have bee...
Dengue strikes Salt Lake, civic body caught napping The Times of India | 26 Aug 2008, 0217 hrs IST, Suman Chakraborti,TNN KOLKATA: Like the last few years, dengue has struck Salt Lake this year, too. But the Bidhannagar Municipality does not even know about it. So, it has not ta...
Noynoy Aquino, eligible as ever Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines - In a way, the low-key politician (oxymoron, all right) Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, must dread August. When the death anniversary of his martyr father Benigno Aquino Jr., comes, the spotlight is turned on him, and if there's a...
Troubled globe called far from flat Richmond Times Dispatch | NONFICTION | Consider this: During the last two decades of the 20th century, Texas reported 64 cases of dengue fever. | By contrast, the three Mexican states bordering Texas reported 62,514 cases during the same time. | One big difference: Window s...
Red Sox acquire Kotsay Canada Dot Com | The Boston Red Sox acquired outfielder Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves after losing All- Star J.D. Drew to the disabled list with back pain. | Kotsay was hitting .289 with six home runs and 37 runs batted in for Atlanta. The 32-year-old missed a month in June with soreness in his lower back. | Drew hasn't played since Aug. 18 because of a low...
Toyota joins other automarkers in warning of more troubles ahead International Herald Tribune | Even Toyota is not immune to the slowdown in the global economy. | The Japanese company, which is battling General Motors for the title of the world's largest automaker, cut its sales forecasts Thursday, warning that higher fuel costs and the economic downturn in the United States and Europe are likely to hold back the auto business at least thro...
