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Thailand yesterday submitted the best offer for the government-to-government procurement of 500,000 metric tons (MT) rice buffer stock for this year, the National Food Authority (NFA) announced yesterday.

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Hundreds of Vietnamese staged an anti-China protest Sunday for the second week in a row, a day ahead of the country's planned live ammunition naval drill amid a heated spat over territory in the South China Sea.

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The Philippines goes for the top group spot and a semifinal berth as it battles unpredictable Myanmar at resumption of action in the AFF Suzuki Cup at the Hien Troung Stadium in Nam Dinh, Vietnam tonight.

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A week ago, The Philippine STAR editorialized a report on the 2009 World Competitiveness Ranking that ranked the Philippines a lowly 43rd out of the 57 economies, where we slid further down from our 40th rank in the previous report.

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About four decades ago, the Philippines placed second only to Japan in terms of economic progress and human development indicators in this part of the world.

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If we had a choice, we would not have hosted this game, an expensive exercise for a poor country like ours. But we are part of the region and we are obligated to contribute our share to Southeast Asian solidarity. If Vietnam, with its long history of wars and rebellion, hosted the last SEA games with flying colors, bakit naman hindi tayo?
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134055 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285829 [AuthorName] => EAST AND WEST By Julius Fortuna [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248612 [Title] => Iraq endangers US economy takeoff [Summary] => The New York Times reported the American economy grew at a vigorous annual rate of 4.2 percent in the first quarter, with military spending making a significant contribution to economic growth for the first time since the early days of the war in Iraq. If that is so, how come there are those who are worried the Iraq war may endanger the takeoff of the American economy?
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Dr. Consorcia Lim-Quizon, head of the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center, said Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, who is attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, has reported that the WHO headquarters was "amenable" to declaring the country free from SARS.
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                    [Title] => 500,000-MT rice importation by NFA Thailand submits best offer
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Thailand yesterday submitted the best offer for the government-to-government procurement of 500,000 metric tons (MT) rice buffer stock for this year, the National Food Authority (NFA) announced yesterday.

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Hundreds of Vietnamese staged an anti-China protest Sunday for the second week in a row, a day ahead of the country's planned live ammunition naval drill amid a heated spat over territory in the South China Sea.

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The Philippines goes for the top group spot and a semifinal berth as it battles unpredictable Myanmar at resumption of action in the AFF Suzuki Cup at the Hien Troung Stadium in Nam Dinh, Vietnam tonight.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488689 [Title] => Who can change this country for the better? [Summary] =>

A week ago, The Philippine STAR editorialized a report on the 2009 World Competitiveness Ranking that ranked the Philippines a lowly 43rd out of the 57 economies, where we slid further down from our 40th rank in the previous report.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 487178 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Least competitive [Summary] =>

About four decades ago, the Philippines placed second only to Japan in terms of economic progress and human development indicators in this part of the world.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309267 [Title] => Political truce during the Games? [Summary] => The 23rd Southeast Asian Games started yesterday in Manila. In the nine-day event, the biggest sporting spectacle in our region, eleven nations will compete, mobilizing about 7,000 athletes and officials.

If we had a choice, we would not have hosted this game, an expensive exercise for a poor country like ours. But we are part of the region and we are obligated to contribute our share to Southeast Asian solidarity. If Vietnam, with its long history of wars and rebellion, hosted the last SEA games with flying colors, bakit naman hindi tayo?
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134055 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285829 [AuthorName] => EAST AND WEST By Julius Fortuna [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248612 [Title] => Iraq endangers US economy takeoff [Summary] => The New York Times reported the American economy grew at a vigorous annual rate of 4.2 percent in the first quarter, with military spending making a significant contribution to economic growth for the first time since the early days of the war in Iraq. If that is so, how come there are those who are worried the Iraq war may endanger the takeoff of the American economy?
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Dr. Consorcia Lim-Quizon, head of the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center, said Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, who is attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, has reported that the WHO headquarters was "amenable" to declaring the country free from SARS.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182408 [Title] => Clean Air Act: Are we play-acting? [Summary] => There’s a move to postpone the implementation of the Clean Air Act.
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