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                    [Title] => US report: Illegal drug trade in Metro down
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Law enforcement officials in the Philippines seized nearly $160 million worth of narcotics in 2006, almost double that of the previous year and reported a noticeable decrease in the supply of crystal methamphetamine or "shabu" in Metro Manila because of aggressive raids against clandestine drug labs, according to a US State Department report in Washington.


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                    [Title] => RP seeks uninterrupted delivery of GM-free rice from US
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WASHINGTON — The Philippines will issue a tender in the next few weeks for the delivery in early 2007 of up to 60,000 metric tons of rice under Title 1of US Public Law 480 to ensure an uninterrupted delivery of the commodity following an uproar over the discovery of a genetically modified (GM) strain in US rice stocks. 


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The STAR Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON – President Arroyo will serve her term up to 2010 as long as the Philippine economy remains strong and competitive, former President Fidel Ramos said here over the weekend.


"The economy is the tipping point. For the moment she’s okay and she will last as long as the economy can take it," Ramos told a gathering of Filipino-Americans here.


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                    [Title] => Ricciardone nominated envoy to Egypt
                    [Summary] => WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush has nominated former US ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone Jr. as envoy to Egypt, the place where he started his foreign service career.


Ricciardone’s nomination was submitted for approval on Monday here to the Senate committee on foreign relations.


The Senate committee likewise approved the nomination of Ricciardone’s deputy in Manila, Joseph Mussomeli, as US Ambassador to Cambodia last June 24. 


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                    [Title] => New RP navy vessel readied for test runs
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WASHINGTON — The Philippine Navy is getting a dreamboat, but she will first be put through her paces along the coast of Louisiana.


A patrol craft turned over by the United States to the Philippines will undergo sea trials off the Louisiana coast next week, preparatory to being loaded aboard a cargo ship for delivery by mid-2004, said Capt. Victor Martir, naval attache at the Philippine Embassy in Washington.


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                    [Title] => World Bank okays $100-M loan for DSWD welfare program
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WASHINGTON — Some financial relief is on the way.


The World Bank (WB) on Tuesday approved a $100 million loan to help the Philippine government provide basic education, health and nutrition, shelter, potable water, sanitation and electricity to the country’s poor.


More than 5,300 poor barangays in 193 municipalities in 40 of the country’s poorest provinces are expected to benefit from this development project, the WB said in a statement.


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                    [Title] => Americans want Arabs restricted
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WASHINGTON – Three of every four Americans believe US immigration policies should be tightened to restrict the number of immigrants from Arab or Muslim countries, a joint survey of two international affairs organizations said.


The results of the survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and the German Marshal Fund of the United States (GMF), show 61 percent of Americans see Islamic fundamentalism as a critical threat to vital US interests.


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                    [Title] => RP is 14th most populous country
                    [Summary] => STAR Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON — The Philippines ranks as the 14th largest country in the world today in terms of population with 77 million people and by the year 2025 it will move up one rank higher to 13th place with an estimated 108 million people, according to the latest demographic estimates of the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB).


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"The economy is the tipping point. For the moment she’s okay and she will last as long as the economy can take it," Ramos told a gathering of Filipino-Americans here.


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