RP enjoys a population advantage (GMA News) bi13251559 MANILA, - A relatively young Philippine population may work to the country"s advantage terms of economic growth, Swiss banking giant UBS said

2.6M more Metro folk by 2020 -- ADB (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) bi13251559 Around 2.6 million more Filipinos are projected to be added to the already bursting-at-the-seams population of Metro Manila by 2020, according to the latest report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Few Olympic medals to show from ASEAN's half-billion people (Philippine Daily bi13251559 SINGAPORE -- The ASEAN bloc of nations might comprise 10 countries a combined population of more than half-a-billion people, yet they could only manage 12 medals between them at the last Olympics Athens. Few are banking on any dramatic improvement at Beijing

Study: 1-in-10 Virginians foreign born (Richmond Times-Dispatch) bi13251559 CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Demographers at the University of Virginia say that one 10 Virginians foreign-born. The latest study by U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service notes that new arrivals account for one-fourth of Virginia's population growth 2000. In 2006, the top five countries of birth for Virginia's foreign-born were El Salvador, Mexico, Korea, the and India

San Miguel, Kuok set up $1-B food project (Philippine Daily Inquirer) bi13251559 MANILA, ?Philippine beverage and food conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said and Malaysia?s Kuok Group had committed to spend as much as $1 billion to develop one million hectares of farmland the and use the produce to support food businesses

$1-B food security venture set (GMA News) bi13251559 MANILA, - Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. and the Kuok Group of Companies have agreed to invest up to $1 billion for an agricultural project aimed at helping the Philippine government ensure food security

UVA finds 10 percent of Virginians are foreign born (The Hook) bi13251559 A recently study by UVA?s Weldon Cooper Center reveals that one out of every 10 Virginians was born outside the United States . According to the survey, the most common countries of origin among the Old Dominion?s immigrant population are El Salvador, Mexico, Korea, the , and India. # Comments(0)..

Nueva Ecija makes a bid to be countrys dairy capital (Yehey!) bi13251559 CABANATUAN CITY: Several government and non-government groups laid down on Tuesday the groundwork toward making Nueva Ecija the dairy capital of the by promoting a sustained industry of carabao milk-based products

Proud to be an American (Baltimore Examiner) bi13251559 Nearing 10 o'clock closing time at my neighborhood drugstore, it's the usual night shift collective exhaustion: The pharmacist the back filling a final prescription, and the cashier up front ringing up a closing sale. The pharmacist comes from Nigeria. The cashier comes from the . A few Latina women are cleaning up at the hair salon a few doors down, and Southeast ..

?High oil, food prices hurt many? (Yehey!) bi13251559 The reality of unabated increases oil and food prices already being felt around the world and placing extreme pressure on developing countries like the , as they face balance-of-payments problems, higher inflation and worsening poverty

2.6M more Metro folk by 2020 -- ADB (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) bi13251559 Around 2.6 million more Filipinos are projected to be added to the already bursting-at-the-seams population of Metro Manila by 2020, according to the latest report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Few Olympic medals to show from ASEAN's half-billion people (Philippine Daily bi13251559 SINGAPORE -- The ASEAN bloc of nations might comprise 10 countries a combined population of more than half-a-billion people, yet they could only manage 12 medals between them at the last Olympics Athens. Few are banking on any dramatic improvement at Beijing

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