Meeting on rice. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leads a conference on the enforcement of rice rules and regulations at the Bureau of Customs with (from left) Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales, and Deputy Commissioner Reynaldo Umali. The government has eased restrictions on rice importation. (Marianne Bermudez)
House members oppose federalism
Newly installed House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia led several members of the House of Representatives yesterday in expressing doubts and opposing the Senate proposal for a shift to a federal system of government, saying that senators should first address the issue on how the proposed federal states will deal with the national debt of over P3 trillion.
President Arroyo ordered yesterday the revival of an executive order (EO) compelling government agencies to buy globally competitive local products.
The President asked Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita to draft the proposed EO in support of the "Buy Filipino, Buy Local" campaign initiated by the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) and the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industries Inc. (FFCCCII).
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US President Bush calls for $ 770-M food aid program
WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) -- President George W. Bush called for $ 770 million in new US food aid donations and other measures on Thursday as Washington seeks to stave off a food crisis threatening to envelop the developing world.
RP Youth crushes Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR — The Nokia-Philippine Youth team used a 20-0 run in the third quarter to deal defending champion Malaysia a 98-68 beating Thursday at the start of the seventh Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) junior championship at the Malaysian Amateur Basketball Association gym here.
Northern and Central Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
