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Monday, September 05, 2005 (Philippines)
THE government is optimistic that it could pull off a viable fishing arrangement with Indonesia before the expiration of a bilateral fishing agreement they forged more than three years ago.
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Rising fuel costs threaten fishing industry
ALREADY "bleeding" from the drastic decline in tuna catches in the Asian and Pacific waters over the last three months and the increasing fuel prices, tuna industry leaders are facing a potential "triple whammy" with the Supreme Court's declaration on Thursday that the expanded value-added tax (VAT) law is constitutional.
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Food agency to start palay procurement
KORONADAL CITY -- The National Food Authority (NFA) office in Central Mindanao will begin next month its a renewed intensified palay procurement drive as it moves to beef up local rice stocks.
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Internet cafés to be regulated
KORONADAL CITY -- Local officials here are planning to regulate the operations of Internet cafés in a bid to curb the growing number of young people who are being hooked to pornographic materials and the so-called cyber prostitution in the worldwide web.
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