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                    [Title] => DA chief: Last year's farm growth down 0.12%
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The country's growth in 2010 contracted by 0.12 percent in 2010, as adverse weather destroyed standing crops.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-19 16:56:20 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 648672 [Title] => Rice output in 2010 declines 3 percent due to El Niño [Summary] =>

Palay (unmilled rice) production for 2010 declined 3 percent to 15.77 million metric tons owing to the El Niño-induced dry spell, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics reported today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-17 19:01:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 646679 [Title] => Phl prepares for damaging typhoons [Summary] =>

The government assured the public today that necessary preparations were already in place to minimize damage typhoons may bring to the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-10 21:00:20 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 627615 [Title] => Floods, landslides kill 13 in northern Luzon [Summary] =>

At least 13 people have been killed in floods and landslides unleashed by a week of pounding rain in the northeastern Philippines, which is still struggling to recover from devastation caused by a typhoon last month, officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-07 17:50:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 626894 [Title] => RP remains ill-equipped in dealing with disasters [Summary] =>

The Philippines’ disaster preparedness and management measures remain deficient despite claims that the country has learned its lesson from previous typhoons, a multinational risk consultancy firm said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624286 [Title] => Government unlikely to revise growth targets in 2010 [Summary] =>

The Philippine economic planners aren't keen to upgrade its 5 percent to 6 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth target for this year as the onset of six more typhoons before yearend and the unpredictability currency movements may limit growth prospects.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-26 23:00:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623522 [Title] => China downgrades Megi, lifts typhoon warning [Summary] =>

Torrential rains drenched China's southeastern coast Sunday as the government downgraded Typhoon Megi to a tropical depression and more than 300,000 evacuees waited to return to their battered homes.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-24 15:15:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623178 [Title] => 3 dead, 27 missing after typhoon hits Taiwan [Summary] =>

A mudslide triggered by a powerful typhoon buried a Buddhist temple in northeastern Taiwan on Friday, killing three people and leaving six missing, reports said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622892 [Title] => Typhoon Megi triggers rockslides in Taiwan [Summary] =>

Officials said Typhoon Megi has brought heavy rains to northeastern Taiwan, triggering massive rockslides on a coastal highway that have trapped as many as 400 travelers.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-22 10:45:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622607 [Title] => Typhoon weakens ahead of landfall in south China [Summary] =>

Typhoon Megi's threat appeared to ease Thursday as it approached southern China, but wary residents continued their preparations for a storm that killed 20 people and damaged thousands of homes when it slammed into the northern Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-21 19:18:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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