| A woman receives free noodles as other victims line up to get relief goods after a fire gutted a residential area killing three people at the impoverished Tondo town in suburban Manila on Thursday. The fire, believed to have been caused by toppled candles, left at least 2,500 homeless. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- Malacañang called on the business and other key sectors to work with the government to help the country get over the hump as the inflation rate, pushed by skyrocketing prices of oil and food, soared to 9.6 percent last month.
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