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                    [Title] => Ombudsman wraps up probe on P728-M fertilizer fund scam
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The results of the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation into the alleged involvement of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam in 2004 are now being reviewed and will be released shortly.
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                    [Title] => Jocjoc won't flee, lawyers assure Sandiganbayan
                    [Summary] => 
Lawyers representing Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante yesterday assured the Sandiganbayan that the former agriculture undersecretary is in Metro Manila and has no plans of fleeing the country again.
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                    [Title] => Love letters
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: Mercy Tuason of the Forbes Park Tuasons has probably one of the worst looking fingers in her social set.


You see, Ms. Tuason’s fingers have been burnt so many times since the start of the year when she began to manually glue fabric and paper flowers to native bags that she sells to friends and friends of friends.


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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => Farmers, fishermen set up national organization
                    [Summary] => A new national organization of farmers, fishers and small entrepreneurs named TODOPINOY has been established by the delegates and participants to the first National Convention of Self-Reliant teams held recently in Quezon City.


Coming from 14 regional centers and 52 provincial/district areas, the participants, all beneficiaries and team leaders under Quedancor’s self-reliant team (SRT) financing model, drafted and ratified their by-laws and articles of incorporation and elected 21 members of their National Board of Directors.


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                    [Title] => P625-M irrigation project to be completed in December
                    [Summary] => The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) expects to complete by December the P625-million Tarlac irrigation project funded by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).


Agriculture Secretary and concurrent NIA chairman Luis Lorenzo Jr. yesterday said construction of the foreign-assisted project that taps the groundwater resource of Tarlac for irrigation purposes is now about 75-percent complete 


The project aims to harness the province’s abundant aquifers or underground reservoirs for irrigation instead of relying on rivers and lakes which Tarlac lacks. 

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                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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                    [Title] => 2 new hybrid rice varieties bred
                    [Summary] => Two new hybrid rice varieties have been developed.


Named NSIG Rc114h and NSIG Rc116H, NSIG stands for National Seed Industry Council.


The varieties were bred by scientists of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Rice Varietal Improvement Group (RVIG) of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).


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                    [Title] => DOST earmarks P225-M for agri modernization
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has committed P225 million to strengthen and sharpen the focus of its ongoing projects and activities in support of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA).


The amount has been earmarked from the budget allocationi of DOST's researcyh and development institutes (RDI) and councils, reported Executive Director Patricio S. Faylon of the Philippine Council forAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) of DOST based here.


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                    [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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                    [Title] => Hybrid rice gets priority in NFA procurement program
                    [Summary] => Hybrid rice, particularly the "Mestizo" variety, will be given priority in the palay procurement program of the National Food Authority (NFA).


This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed recently between NFA and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).


Signatories to the agreement were NFA administrator Anthony R.A. Abad, PhilRice Executive Director Leocadio S. Sebastian, and Luis Lorenzo Jr., presidential adviser on Million Jobs Creation and chairman of the PhilRice Board of Trustees (BOT).


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                    [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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                    [Title] => Advocates of port charges rollback accused of deluding government
                    [Summary] => A nationwide organization of port cargo handling operators expressed concern yesterday that the proponents of a rollback in port charges may be deluding the government and the people into supporting their plan by feeding them the wrong information; and are even using the name of President Arroyo to railroad approval of tariff cuts.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-04-28 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => GMA urged to cut port fees
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo was asked yesterday to order a reduction in port cargo handling fees to bring down the prices of commodities being brought to Metro Manila from the provinces.


In making the urgent appeal, Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) said reducing port fees could also head off a crisis at the Manila ports spawned by the refusal of distributors to pay the higher rates.


Villarama, who was chief of staff of Mrs.
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LUIS LORENZO JR.

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                    [Title] => Love letters
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You see, Ms. Tuason’s fingers have been burnt so many times since the start of the year when she began to manually glue fabric and paper flowers to native bags that she sells to friends and friends of friends.


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                    [Title] => Farmers, fishermen set up national organization
                    [Summary] => A new national organization of farmers, fishers and small entrepreneurs named TODOPINOY has been established by the delegates and participants to the first National Convention of Self-Reliant teams held recently in Quezon City.


Coming from 14 regional centers and 52 provincial/district areas, the participants, all beneficiaries and team leaders under Quedancor’s self-reliant team (SRT) financing model, drafted and ratified their by-laws and articles of incorporation and elected 21 members of their National Board of Directors.


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                    [Title] => P625-M irrigation project to be completed in December
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Agriculture Secretary and concurrent NIA chairman Luis Lorenzo Jr. yesterday said construction of the foreign-assisted project that taps the groundwater resource of Tarlac for irrigation purposes is now about 75-percent complete 


The project aims to harness the province’s abundant aquifers or underground reservoirs for irrigation instead of relying on rivers and lakes which Tarlac lacks. 

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                    [Title] => 2 new hybrid rice varieties bred
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Named NSIG Rc114h and NSIG Rc116H, NSIG stands for National Seed Industry Council.


The varieties were bred by scientists of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Rice Varietal Improvement Group (RVIG) of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).


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                    [Title] => DOST earmarks P225-M for agri modernization
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has committed P225 million to strengthen and sharpen the focus of its ongoing projects and activities in support of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA).


The amount has been earmarked from the budget allocationi of DOST's researcyh and development institutes (RDI) and councils, reported Executive Director Patricio S. Faylon of the Philippine Council forAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) of DOST based here.


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                    [Title] => Hybrid rice gets priority in NFA procurement program
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This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed recently between NFA and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).


Signatories to the agreement were NFA administrator Anthony R.A. Abad, PhilRice Executive Director Leocadio S. Sebastian, and Luis Lorenzo Jr., presidential adviser on Million Jobs Creation and chairman of the PhilRice Board of Trustees (BOT).


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                    [Title] => Advocates of port charges rollback accused of deluding government
                    [Summary] => A nationwide organization of port cargo handling operators expressed concern yesterday that the proponents of a rollback in port charges may be deluding the government and the people into supporting their plan by feeding them the wrong information; and are even using the name of President Arroyo to railroad approval of tariff cuts.


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                    [Title] => GMA urged to cut port fees
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo was asked yesterday to order a reduction in port cargo handling fees to bring down the prices of commodities being brought to Metro Manila from the provinces.


In making the urgent appeal, Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) said reducing port fees could also head off a crisis at the Manila ports spawned by the refusal of distributors to pay the higher rates.


Villarama, who was chief of staff of Mrs.
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