No country on track with Millennium Development Goals
By Pia Lee-Brago | April 26, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – No country is on track for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), not even countries that performed well on poverty alleviation.
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Top-level meet: No country on track with Millennium Development Goals
By Pia Lee-Brago | April 24, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The two-day high-level conference among 43 countries in Asia and Europe yesterday came to the conclusion that no country is on track with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) even countries...
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10 Filipino mothers die daily while giving birth
By Christina Mendez | January 19, 2009 - 12:00am
Sen. Pia Cayetano disclosed yesterday that a United Nations report showed that at least ten Filipino mothers die every day while giving birth, which is the worst maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asia.
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RP asks UN to consider debt-for-equity schemes for development programs
By Pia Lee-Brago | July 8, 2008 - 12:00am
The Philippines has renewed its call for the United Nations to seriously consider its proposal for debt-for-equity arrangements in funding development programs aimed at helping developing countries meet the UN Millennium...
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Low investments hurting education
By Pia Lee-Brago | January 25, 2008 - 12:00am
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For a change, good news about a young Pinoy
By KETCHUP PLEASE, LUIS! By Luis Carlo San Juan | July 8, 2005 - 12:00am
While everyone thinks that young people today are just into a lot of senseless stuff; without any care in the world, neither are they interested in doing anything productive – someone pops up who does not fit...
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