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Emergency

by Connie Veneracion on July 23, 2008

At 10.30 a.m. today, one of the house helpers came up to my study to tell me that we had no more rice to cook for lunch. Wow, and I was hoping for a leisurely day. We had a huge bowl of leftover stir fried beef and vegetables that I cooked for the kids’ packed [...]

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Rising cost of food in the Philippines

by Connie Veneracion on March 5, 2008

Bloomberg says that “Philippine consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 16 months in February as food prices climbed.”
If it’s any consolation, the demand for palm oil is rising across Asia and that should be good news for coconut growing countries like the Philippines.

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