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Today, a virtual Philippine monopoly in the world market, abaca has metamorphosed from its traditional role as rope and paper known simply as Manila hemp into anything from high fashion to composite fiberboards that are being eyed for Mercedes Benzes.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366738 [AuthorName] => J. Restituto [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353817 [Title] => Awesome markets for amazing abaca [Summary] => During World War II when most Philippine abaca farms were destroyed, the US Navy was so panicked for lack of strong marine cordage that it turned to marijuana for hemp.
Today, a virtual Philippine monopoly in the world market, abaca has metamorphosed from its traditional role as rope and paper known simply as Manila hemp into anything from high fashion to composite fiberboards that are being eyed for Mercedes Benzes.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366738 [AuthorName] => J. Restituto [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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By J. Restituto | August 20, 2006 - 12:00am
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A businessman, tagged as a suspect in the shooting of three people in Calapan City, including the assistant Land Transportation Office district chief, surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation in Oriental Mindoro yesterday.
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Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian yesterday belied reports that he was involved in the illegal entry of a Cadillac Escalade at the Edsa bus lane on Sunday night.
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A heated argument over a routine Land Transport Office checkpoint inspection led to the shooting of the LTO assistant district chief in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and two businessmen, one of whom succumbed to a gunshot wound.
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Describing himself as a law-abiding public servant, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian broke his silence yesterday about the involvement of his family in the Cadillac vehicle with a Senate protocol plate that illegally entered the EDSA busway.
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The luxury vehicle bearing the Senate protocol plate “7” that was flagged down along the EDSA bus lane is a vehicle registered with the Gatchalians, according to the Land Transportation Office.
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