Philippine Export Growth Seen Slower as Electronics Demand Ebbs Bloomberg.com
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine export growth probably slowed in September, amid ebbing demand for electronics in the U.S. and Japan, the country's biggest markets.
Planters walk out in DAR consultation Sun Star
ILOILO CITY -- Feeling like a "voice in the wilderness," landowners from Negros Occidental walked out in Wednesday's public hearing and consultation on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development at the Four Season's Hotel here.
RP Left lost moorings after Berlin Wall fell INQ7.net
ON A LAKE cruise in the ancient Chinese city of Guilin, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo told a Filipino interviewer about her wish to crush Filipino communist guerrillas before she steps down in four years.
LEAD: Trial over beheading of 3 Christian schoolgirls opens in Indonesia Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News
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Bacolor's 2007 investment plan okayed Sun Star
BACOLOR -- The Local Development Council (LDC) here recently approved the town's 2007 Annual Investment Plan (AIP) to further perk up the municipality's development.
Goa Agrees to Big Growth in Casinos clickwalla.com
Goa, India's beach paradise, is set to become the country's gambling capital after local politicians said the state would allow 10 more floating casinos to operate off its shores.
Stop the violence! INQ7.net
Lyrics from “Bong,” penned by a 16 year old, sung by a child, performed by a band of youngsters from urban poor communities in Metro Manila.
From misfit to hero INQ7.net
NESTOR U. TORRE - ON its own, “Open Season” is a viewable animated feature. Trouble is, the “back to nature” movie comes after several full-length cartoons with pretty much the same premise (the superiority of “noble” animals over the “base” humans who want to trap or kill them).
Osmeña: Urgent need for land use plan Sun Star
In many respects the island of Cebu presents an unlikely environment for extensive human settlement. The long narrow island possesses a rugged interior with very few lowland plains, even along its coast and a porous interior with very few lowland plains.
About 1M residents of S. Mindanao without toilets Sun Star
DAVAO CITY -- Close to a million residents in Southern Mindanao don't have sanitary toilets, a report on the state of the region's children by Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat showed.


Demographic Statistics - Time Series
2000 Census of Population and Housing -(New Mindanao Groupings) Mindanao Comprised About 24% of Philippines' Total Population
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Philippines population slows but still 'not sustainable'. Posted: 17 May 2006 The Philippines annual population growth slowed down to a rate of 1.95 per
SCOPE: Philippines must tackle its exploding population
'SCOPE: Philippines must tackle its exploding population: economists' from Asian Economic News in Business & Finance provided free by LookSmart Find
Philippines' Population to Rise to 84.2 Mln by 2005
By 2005, the present estimate of the Philippines' population, which is 75.3 million, is expected to rise to 84.2 million, the Philippine News Agency said
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National Workshop on Policy Evaluation Research of the Philippine Population Management Program, Carlos P. Romulo Hall, NEDA Building, 106 Amorsolo Street,
Philippines People - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate
Philippines People - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics,
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Series of fora on Oil Spills Management (Sept 13, 20, 27) sponsored by CSSP and the Philippine Environmental and Social Assessment Network (PESAN)
NSCB - Press Release - Philippine population growth expected to
Philippine population growth expected to slow down to 1.95 percent in 2005-2010* (PR-2006-04-SS2-03, Posted 09 May 2006). In a span of four years,