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I.BANNER STORIES
EU praises RP growth
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:03:00 03/30/2008
MANILA, Philippines—The European Union has commended the Philippines for its recent economic gains and the significant decline in the incidence of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, the EU ambassador told a news forum yesterday.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080330-127225/EU-praises-RP-growth
Gov’t urged: Allot more land for rice
By Aurea Calica
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Senators Edgardo Angara and Loren Legarda called on the government yesterday to immediately put to use one million hectares of idle and barely used lands for agriculture, specifically to augment areas for rice production.
3. Manila Times
4. Malaya
‘Overhaul security team’
GMA urged to comply with Alston proposals
BY REINIR PADUA
THE militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) yesterday urged President Arroyo to immediately comply with the recommendations of United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston on ending the wave of extrajudicial killings.
II. POLITICAL
Political gimmick, Palace says of Golez proposal
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Malacañang branded yesterday as a “political gimmick” the proposal of Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez to clip the power of the President to appoint members of the Supreme Court (SC) and the judiciary.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080329151
3 on shortlist as possible Razon successor
By Jaime Laude
Sunday, March 30, 2008
With PNP chief Gen. Avelino Razon Jr. retiring in six months, three names, all senior officers with the rank of three-star generals, have surfaced in the shortlist of contenders to replace him.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080329154
Arroyo bats for CARP extension
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:07:00 03/30/2008
MANILA, Philippines—President Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday stressed the need to again extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) to ensure the distribution to farmer-beneficiaries of some two million hectares of agricultural land nationwide.
World Bank urges lower rice tariff
By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:12:00 03/30/2008
Cites cheaper Thai rice which RP could import and sell competitively
MANILA, Philippines—The World Bank has urged the Philippines to fend off a potential rice crisis by lowering the tariffs on imported rice and pursuing reforms to liberalize trading in the country’s main staple.
Arroyo off to Hong Kong to address investors
By Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:15:00 03/30/2008
HONG KONG—President Macapagal-Arroyo begins a three-day visit here on Sunday where she will address an Asian investment conference and meet with businessmen, as well as the huge Filipino expatriate community, composed mostly of domestic workers.
Nograles: I’d rather run 2010 campaign
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:16:00 03/30/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Speaker Prospero Nograles is not running for another office but is considering a return to private law practice when he completes his third and final term as representative of Davao City in 2010, the House leader said on Saturday.
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