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Two weeks to deadline but no oil in Tañon yet

Cebu Daily News
Posted date: January 06, 2008

BARELY two weeks away from its Jan. 15 deadline, the Japan Exploration Petroleum Company Ltd. (Japex) has yet to strike oil in the Tañon Strait.

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Burma crisis: Issues and possibilities

By Aileen S.P. Baviera

MANILA, Philippines—The global condemnation of the brutal crackdown on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists has not loosened the military junta’s grip on power in Burma.

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We are soliciting your kind support on behalf of the People of Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental who are now dealing with the Oil Spill that is damaging the coastlines of these island provinces, particularly hard-hit Guimaras.

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http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37789/story.htm

PHILIPPINES: August 23, 2006

ILOILO CITY, Philippines - Sludge has washed up on Panay, a large island in the central Philippines, as an oil spill from a sunken tanker spread, threatening rich fishing grounds, officials said on Tuesday.

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A $75 million loan will promote clean, indigenous energy in Indonesia <http://www.adb.org/Indonesia> by assisting in the construction of a 661 km natural gas pipeline from South Sumatra to West Java.

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