| A protester bangs a pot's cover during a noise barrage Wednesday in Manila to attract the government's attention on the plight of the poor people. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the global increase in the price of rice and fuel has strained the pockets of Filipinos. (AP Photo) |
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CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Four elderly women fainted from exhaustion in Cogon market Wednesday as hundreds of consumers jostled, pushed, and shoved their way to buy government-subsidized rice from the National Food Authority (NFA), police said.
Police officer Allan Galito of Police Station 2 said the women fainted as they waited for the two Bigasan ni Gloria - the NFA authorized outlets - to open around noon Wednesday.
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