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March 28 - In Manila, a hostage crisis took place in front of Manila City Hall where an armed civil engineer Armando 'Jun' Ducat and an accomplice, Cesar Carbone took hostage of 26 day-care students and 4 teachers from Musmos Daycare Center (owned by the hostage-taker), who demanded the government to provide free education to daycare students an...
Dec 12, 2007 · The year 2007 was typically turbulent for the Philippines. Violence-plagued mid-term elections produced a stinging defeat for President Arroyo’s Senate team, while corruption scandals spurred another impeachment attempt.
Dec 28, 2007 · While haute never goes out of fashion, luxury in 2007 meant more than just owning the latest designer handbag whose pricetag could have microfinanced a small African nation.
Jan 2, 2007 · The country's economic managers expect gross domestic product growth to kick in at 5.5 percent, the bottom of its target range for 2006 of 5.5 to 6.1 percent, and then rise slightly to 5.7 percent in 2007. In a recent poll by GMANews.TV, seven analysts somehow agree.
Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. Positions contested included half the seats in the Senate, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the House of Representatives, who were elected for three-year terms.
The Philippine economy recorded a strong performance in 2007. With a 7.3 percent GDP growth, the Philippines surpassed its output performance in the past three decades and exceeded the Government’s growth target of 6.1 – 6.7 percent for 2007.
Nov 25, 2010 · The 2007 census figure is almost twelve times the Philippine population in 1903 (7,635,426 persons), when the first census was conducted. The increase in Philippine population translated to an average population growth rate (PGR) of 2.04 percent annually during the period 2000 to 2007.
