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 A migrant workers' rights group on Thursday called on President Benigno Aquino III to spare  the overseas Filipino workers' (OFWs) trust fund from partisan election spending.

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                    [Title] => Microlending body targets 20% hike in loan releases
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The National Livelihood Support Fund (NLSF) expects to raise by 20.44 percent to P1.2 billion its loan releases to primary Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) beneficiaries this year.  Total releases last year reached P996.27 million.


In a press conference, NLSF executive director Gondelina G. Amata reported that in 2006, the NLSF was able to extend loans to 1,009 ARC beneficiaries, or 62 percent of the 1,621 total ARC beneficiaries.


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                    [Title] => PCA: Typhoons damage 43T hectares of coconut
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At least 43,000 hectares of coconut land in the Philippines were damaged by the three typhoons in the recent past, which translated to about P600 million in loses to the country's coconut industry.


The Philippine Coconut Authority made this report lately, adding that the damage would even affect harvests within the next two years.


The situation resulted in the declaration of two agricultural financing institutions to impose a one-year moratorium on loan payments from borrowers whose crops and properties were damaged by the typhoons.


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                    [Title] => No letup in campaign against graft, says Palace
                    [Summary] => The Arroyo administration would pursue a "moral rearmament program" to boost anti-corruption efforts.


President Arroyo’s announcement came as international organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program warned of corruption’s adverse effects on anti-poverty programs, particularly in poor countries.


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                    [Summary] => Government lending under the SME Unified Lending Program for National Growth (SULONG) as of April this year has reached P95.71 billion and generated jobs for 1.2 million Filipinos, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila.


Favila said that before the SULONG program was launched in February 2003, SME lending in 2002 amounted to only P18.9 billion.


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                    [Title] => QC creates integrated task force vs poverty
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Belmonte designated La Rainee Abad Sarmiento, head of Task Force Sikap Buhay, as coordinator of the new Anti-Poverty Integrated Task Force (AFITF) that will focus on addressing the problem of poverty that affects almost half of the city’s 2.4 million population. 


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                    [Title] => Sikap Buhay beneficiaries reach 15,000
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Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., quoting reports from La Rainne Abad Sarmiento of Task Force Sikap Buhay, said that since the program was launched in April 2002, the original membership of 248 has soared to 15,000 members.


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                    [Title] => DAR meets its target for land distribution
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agrarian Reform has slightly exceeded its target on land distribution in 2005 by one percent, and distributed over 6,000 hectares to qualified farmers in the region.
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The Philippine Coconut Authority made this report lately, adding that the damage would even affect harvests within the next two years.


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Favila said that before the SULONG program was launched in February 2003, SME lending in 2002 amounted to only P18.9 billion.


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Belmonte designated La Rainee Abad Sarmiento, head of Task Force Sikap Buhay, as coordinator of the new Anti-Poverty Integrated Task Force (AFITF) that will focus on addressing the problem of poverty that affects almost half of the city’s 2.4 million population. 


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