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Monday, April 21, 2003 (Philippines)
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(The Sun.Star website is updated every 1 a.m., Philippine time and as often as news alerts from the network come in. If you are having difficulty getting the updates, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
| WONDER RICE. President Arroyo presents the poster of the "super hybrid rice," which she is endorsing in line with her food sufficiency program. Assisting the President are Prof. Yuan Lingpong, SL Agritech Corp. CEO Henry Lim Bon Liong and Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo. Sun.Star Foto/Harley Palangchao |
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DAVAO -- Some 600,000 tons of hazardous mining residue are now sitting on top of the gold rush area of Mt. Diwata, just waiting to wreak havoc on the environment and the lives of the people downstream.
Worse, the tailings pond is said to be leaking toward the Naboc River that disgorges its waters into the Davao Gulf.
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