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It is not just the Philippines that suffer the rising price of rice (and just about all other commodities, be these edible or not).

Asian states have shortages citing extreme weather, rise in demand for food in fast growing places, price hike due to hoarding , low stockpile and  long term lack of agricultural investment.

The Egyptians are also suffering from price hike of food.

India, with over a billion in population is likely to suffer or has already been suffering food crisis.

Australia‘s drought means no food too.

What has been happening to the cost of food across the globe?

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I have heard one time over the radio about the possibility of issuing RICE COUPONS and FOOD STAMPS here in our country when the rice crisis gets worse. Unbelievable to think the government can shoulder these expenses. Maybe they will, but their kickbacks are bigger.I can’t believe I heard that. How can we, a poor third world country issue rice coupons and food stamps? This is not an answer, albeit temporarily that is, to the rice crisis  we currently have.

I don’t know what the answers are, nor will I ever offer one. What I feel we need to do is to work harder to be able to afford what we need to sustain our growing family.

Of course, no other course but to work doubly harder since everything is going up these days. Flour, rice, sugar, pork, electric bills,  fastfood prices, price of gasoline. Will there be no end in sight?

Sigh.

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March signals the start of summer in the Philippines. Although we have had a lot of cold mornings, these are slowly being replaced by warm breezes, if there is even a breeze at all.

Cool mornings are slowly becoming not-so-cold where we live. I would miss these, waking up still very dark and feeling chilly and sleep-deprived.

Now, mornings are warmer, especially this Palm Sunday. The sun is slowly showing itself from behind thick, gray clouds that enveloped the sky all throughout the day for the past two-three months. I dread summer days when the heat becomes unbearable. But still, we are thankful for the chance to have a lot of these:

cold fresh fruits. Melons. Watermelons. Mangoes. Star apples. Plus a whole lot more of refreshing fruits.

Isn’t God so wise He thought of making these succulent fruits in season when the weather is hot?

Hope everyone will find time to reflect about the goodness of God this Holy Week.

Please see another WS entry here. Thank you.

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Who? Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao of the Philippines versus Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico in a match to get the WBC 130-Pound title at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, March 15, 2008.

Yeah, after four years when their match was a draw. Was it that long ago? I am not a fan of boxing. I just wanted to know the results so I went to search for the results.

• Washington Post has an article written Pacquiao Beats Marquez by Split Decision.

• It is Sweet Victory according to Philboxing.com.

• Pacquiao edges Marquez in Another Classic, Wins 130-Pound Title according to Maxboxing.com

It is a victory for the country, as they say. And yes, I agree.

But would this make us a better nation? Better people?

The media even says that when Pacquiao (great, several times i have misspelled the name) has a boxing match, the whole country is watching and there is zero crime rate. That is good news for this nation who has a lot of petty crimes going on daily. Now, we wouldn’t want Manny Pacquiao fighting the whole time so there would be totally zero crime rate.

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