Japan's spending on quake-hit zone to reach $50 B
June 24, 2012 - 5:00pm
Public spending on the reconstruction of the quake-hit prefectures in northeast Japan is estimated to reach $50 billion in the current fiscal year ending March, local media reported on Sunday.
Jobless slightly down but underemployed up in April - NSO
June 15, 2012 - 12:42pm
The number of jobless Filipinos fell slightly in April, the National Statistics Office reported on Friday.
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Historic drought kills 5.6 million trees in Texas
February 16, 2012 - 8:39am
An estimated 5.6 million trees were killed by last year's devastating drought in the U.S. state of Texas, Texas Forest Service said Wednesday.
Agri losses reach P12.8M
By
Danny B. Dangcalan
| December 30, 2011 - 12:00am
The flashfloods that hit five cities in northern Negros Occidental and two towns in the south early this week have caused agricultural losses estimated at P12.8 million.
Freeman Region
Unemployment level eases to 6.4 pct in October
December 15, 2011 - 10:45pm
The unemployment level in October was at 6.4 percent, lower than the 7.1 percent rate posted in the same period last year, the National Statistics Office reported today.
Study: Gates project spared 100K Indians from HIV
October 11, 2011 - 12:22pm
A study suggests that an estimated 100,000 people in India's general population may have escaped HIV infection over five years thanks to one of the world's biggest prevention programs.
'Goring' out of PAR; LPA spotted
July 10, 2011 - 5:00pm
Tropical depression "Goring" is moving west northwest and is now outside of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR).
1 million methamphetamine pills seized in Thailand
June 9, 2011 - 5:09pm
Police in Thailand's central province of Sukhothai on Thursday informed the media that they arrested two suspected members of a drug syndicate and seized one million of methamphetamine pills with an estimated value...
Remembering our innocent children
By
Cherry Piquero Ballescas
| December 30, 2010 - 12:00am
This article was written in the afternoon of December 28th, the day set aside to remember the innocent children ordered slaughtered by King Herod who feared the power of the newly-born Messiah.
Freeman Opinion
DA lines up 17 agri-fishery projects for PPP
By
Marianne V. Go
| November 22, 2010 - 12:00am
The Department of Agriculture has lined up an initial 17 projects for possible joint private sector funding under the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) program.
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