RP can be rice-sufficient in 2 yrs | The government must make the conversion of irrigated lands to commercial lands illegal to address the food crisis and even make the country self-sufficient in rice in t... (photo: WN / patricia)The Philippine Star FoodPhilippinePhotosThailandVietnam
RP to export corn to Korea soon | The Korean government has approved the corn samples sent by the Philippines, paving the way for the export of Philippine corn to Korea. | Agriculture Assistant Secretar... (photo: WN / patricia)The Philippine Star AgricultureFoodKoreaPhilippinesPhotos
Asia smells Wall St's fear | Markets around Asia and the Pacific have been rocked by their largest single-day falls in years, mirroring the steep losses in Wall Street. Photo / AP | Sharemarkets ac... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)NZ Herald AsiaEconomyMarketPhotosUS
Crisis meeting to save the world | Japanese shares nose-dived more than 10 percent as panicked investors dumped stocks following massive overnight losses on Wall Street. Photo / AP | Finance chiefs from ... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)NZ Herald BankingEconomyFinanceMarketPhotos
US crisis to affect call centers | THE financial meltdown in the United States and general slowdown in the world economy will impact negatively on the Philippines call center industry, a former Budget se... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)The Manila Times BusinessEconomyFinancialPhotosStates
Rudd must decide on Afghan commitment | AUSTRALIA will reassess its commitment to Afghanistan next April amid growing evidence the war there is going badly, senior Government sources say. | In the meantime, t... (photo: Creative Commons / Jeremy Thompson)Canberra Times AfghanistanAustraliaGovernmentPhotosRudd
Booze ad ban near schools 'won't work' | ANTI-ALCOHOL campaigners have branded a new policy banning alcohol manufacturers from advertising near schools as a PR stunt designed more to deflect criticism from the... (photo: Creative commons / Willscrlt )Canberra Times AlcoholBanPhotosSchoolsTeen
Climate change ground zero | Nasir Ahmed is terrified of the full moon. In the dead of night three weeks ago it induced an unprecedented tidal surge that inundated his coastal village on the island... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)Canberra Times BangladeshClimateDisasterPhotosWarming
US twists arms, Pyongyang plays footsie | By Donald Kirk | SEOUL - The semi-crisis over the restart of North Korea's nuclear weapons program is reaching D-Day - as in Decision Day - with the sense that the Unit... (photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon)Asia Times DiplomacyN KoreaNuclearPhotosUS
Crisis needs a global solution | KEVIN Rudd keeps saying that Australian banks are strong, well capitalised and well regulated. And he's absolutely right. They are. It's just that even impeccable logic... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)The Australian BankingEconomyFinanceMarketPhotos
Panic wreaks havoc | WITH fear rampant from Black Friday, it strains credibility to think that Australia may yet emerge as a survivor of the financial-induced recessions about to engulf muc... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)The Australian AustraliaBankingEconomyFinancePhotos
Ferrari, Formula One and fuel | MANILA, Philippines—To the ignorant, Ferrari is the end-all and be-all of Formula One racing. But you can't blame many people for being under the impression that Formul... (photo: GNU Free Documentation / Rafa Castillo (rafolas))Inquirer CarsPhilippinesPhotosRaceSports
