by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The National Statistics Office (NSO) said that sales of Philippine-made goods abroad in June grew by 10.4 percent compared to the previous month. Exports rose 10.4 percent to $ 3.410 billion in June compared to the $ 3.088 billion exports in May 2009.
United States of America (USA)including Alaska and Hawaii, remained as the country’s top exports market for June with revenue amounting to $ 607.97 million. It was lower by 13.5 percent from $ 702.67 million recorded a year earlier. (PNA)
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by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Visayas Science and Technology Fair 2009 will be held in Bacolod City on August 17 to 22. It will give emphasis on food, alternative energy and environment in line with the theme of the July S&T Month Celebration, “Responding Global Challenges through Science and Technology”.
The week-long event will feature products and projects that will showcase the efforts of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in assisting the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the Visayas region.
Technical conferences will also be conducted with topics tackling on Energy Solutions in Response to Global Challenge, Food Product Innovations in Response to Global Challenges and S$T Interventions and Strategies on Climate Change in Response to Global Challenges. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events
The deadline for the National Biotech Week (NBW) Logo Design Contest is extended. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will still accept entries until the end of August.
The NBW Logo Design Contest is open to Filipino citizens, individuals and groups. Logo designs must symbolize the application and benefits of biotechnology and also reflect this year’s NBW theme: “Bioteknolohiya para sa Kalikasan, Kalusugan, Kagandahan, Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran”. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Malacañang is setting a dialogue with stakeholders of the National Artist awardees to ease tensions among the art sectors.
Deputy Presidential Spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said the National Commission on Culture and the Arts was expected to take charge of the talks, but NCCA executive director Cecille Guidote Alvarez would not be part of it.
Alvarez, recently awarded the National Artist Award, is one of those being questioned by other National Artists. Because the honor is administered by the NCCA and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), her eligibility is doubted. (PNA)
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by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2009 | Headlines, National News
“Cory Aquino’s beckoning to the call for freedom of the Filipino people during the waning days of the Marcos’ Martial Law regime was pivotal in making us enjoy our freedom today. In so many ways, Cory kept us from becoming a Burma.”
These were the words said by Gus Miclat, Executive Director of the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID).
“Burma today is close to what the Philippines could have been if not for People Power spearheaded by a broad and progressive anti-dictatorship front that was symbolically led by Aquino in the homestretch of the struggle”, added Miclat.
According to a study of the human rights violations under the Marcos regime by Alfred McCoy, the regime yielded even worse numbers than Burma : 3,257 extra-judicial killings, 35,000 tortures, and 70,000 incarcerations. About 737 Filipinos disappeared between 1975 and 1985. Worse, nearly 77 percent of all victims, were salvaged-that is, tortured, mutilated, and dumped on a roadside for public display.
A personality like Cory who can make the church, military, and people, from all walks of life, not just the masses; come together and successfully spearhead a bloodless revolution to end military rule is one of a kind. Burma has yet to replicate it and democratic leader Aung Suu Kyi may just do it soon” added Miclat. (IID)
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