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Sunday, January 06, 2008 (Philippines)
| Oil prices eased Thursday after soaring to touch a record US$100 per barrel overnight on escalating violence in Nigeria, Africa’s leading oil producer, a weaker US dollar and a view that global demand for oil will outstrip supplies.(AP photo) |
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LAPU-LAPU City is not dengue-free after all.
Two minors died of dengue fever last Dec. 22 at the Mactan Doctors’ Hospital, and a two-year-old child died at home in Sitio Humay-Humay, Barangay Gun-ob.
The eight-year-old son of City Councilor Junard “Ahong” Chan also spent six days at the intensive care unit of the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City because of dengue fever.
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Customs blames smuggling for income losses
AS reports of rampant smuggling in Cebu have prompted a House committee investigation, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu reported a consistent decrease in the volume of imports and exports.
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Priests’ aid sought v. dengue
THE Cebu City Anti-Dengue Task Force will meet with Redemptorist priests and Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) representatives next week to discuss the lagoon in Barangay Lahug that is believed to be a breeding site for dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
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Port managers seek P44M hike in budget; half for personnel
THE Cebu Port Commission, the policy-making body of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA), will further discuss in its board meeting this month the proposed P590-million budget for 2008.
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