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For those who are interested the following is a children neurologist in Cebu.
Dr. Jose Juan R.G. Laico, MD
Room 307
Phone
63) (32) 254-4158 (Clinic); (63) (917) 626-3876 (Cell)
Hello Folks,
Last evening my wife Beng returned from her shopping for construction material in
Isn't this world wide food shortage something else? It sort of reminds me how bad things were after the Second World War. We school kids saved our extra money which was generally 25 cents to send to the poor starving people in
Chuck
"The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic world food price rises, bringing a state of crisis to some of the poorest regions in the world, and causing political instability and social unrest in several nations. Short-term causes include poor harvests in various parts of the world, especially Australia. Systemic causes for the world-wide food price increase have been currently identified as the increasing use of biofuels in developed countries and an increasing demand for a more varied diet (especially meat) across the expanding middle-class populations of Asia. As well, the continued rise in the price of oil has heightened the costs of fertilizers, food transport, and industrial agriculture as a whole. These factors, coupled with falling world food stockpiles and instability brought about by the subprime mortgage crisis, have all contributed to the dramatic world-wide rise in food prices. Several factors contributed to the rising food price. Analysts accounted the price rises to a perfect storm of poor harvests in various parts of the world; increasing biofuel usage; lower food reserves; growing consumer demand in Asia; oil price rises, and changes to the world...." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.