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With their tropical climate, heavy rainfall, and naturally fertile volcanic soil, the Philippines have a strong agricultural sector, which employs over a third of the population. Sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassava, pineapples, and mangoes are the most important crops, and tobacco and coffee are ... grown. Carabao (water buffalo), pigs, chickens, goats, and ducks are widely raised, and there is dairy farming. Fishing is a common occupation; the Sulu Archipelago is noted for its pearls and mother-of-pearl.
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This will be the first rollout of a WiMax infrastructure in the Philippines. The plan includes multiple wireless technologies to support its core business: leased lines and broadband Internet access and other IP-based services mainly for corporate customers. PI PH has recently been assigned the 15MHz spectrum in the 2.5-2.7 GHz band, suitable for Broadband Wireless Access for business customers and professionals.
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In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF revised its growth projection for the Philippines downwards from 3.5% to 3.2% for 2002 due to the global recession. But Dante Canlas, Economic Planning Secretary, paints a much rosier picture, forecasting 2002 GDP growth of 4.5%. However, he is quick to admit that this estimate is contingent on the fast recovery of the country's main trading partner (the US).
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Margolis: Jun Lau is the chief operating officer for Chemrez Technologies, the only factory in the Philippines currently capable of converting coconut oil into a biofuel. Lau points at several large tanks, pipes and tubes, as he explains the basic chemical conversion process.
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The infrastructure expansion will make PI PH an important component in PacNet's regional strategy, by providing the means to extend corporate networks from the other PacNet countries into the Philippines, while having full end-to-end control over the service delivery and quality. PI PH will ... be able to strengthen its brand name and market positioning by owning its infrastructure down to the last mile.
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