Category: Philippines
Citrus industry welcomes Philippines trade deal
The Australian citrus industry says a new horticulture trade deal with the Philippines is great news. Citrus Australia says the Philippines is potentially a huge market for [...]
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Over 100 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia
Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 100 ethnic Rohingya who had sailed from Myanmar, an official said Wednesday, with an asylum seeker claiming they had been [...]
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Philippines’ Aquino warns sultan in Malaysia standoff
Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned a sultan on Tuesday he would face the “full force of the law” unless he withdrew his gunmen from Malaysia, but the [...]
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Philippines to pay more than $200m to Marcos-era victims
The Philippines is pulling more than $200 million from the Swiss bank accounts of ousted strongman Ferdinand Marcos to compensate people tortured, raped and detained while he [...]
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Philippines December imports up 13.2pct on yr, 16-mth high
Philippine imports in Decemberclimbed 13.2 percent from a year earlier, the statistics office said on Tuesday. KEY DATA December November October September August July Jun [...]
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Philippines to export 300000 MT of rice by 2016
The Philippines must export 300,000 metric tonnes (MT) of rice by 2016 to compensate for mandatory rice imports under an agreement with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). [...]
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Removal of US Navy ship gets under way at Tubbataha
Noting the “very good” weather at Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea, the commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday said preliminary work before the [...]
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Philippines to compensate Marcos rights victims
Philippine President Benigno Aquino signed a landmark law on Monday compensating human rights victims of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, 27 years after a bloodless “People [...]
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Philippines evades money laundering blacklist: FATF
An international monitoring agency confirmed the Philippines has avoided inclusion in its blacklist of money-laundering nations by introducing major reforms. But the [...]
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Entrepreneurs take crowdfunding to the Philippines
Establishing a new venture is never plain sailing. But Justin Garrido and Julia Sevilla had not bargained for a typhoon nor the website technicalities they faced when setting [...]
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Philippines seeks negotiations with communists
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III told Norwegian mediators that his government seeks peace talks with Communist rebels, a spokeswoman said Saturday. Abigail Valte said [...]
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Philippines sends mercy ship to Malaysia
The Philippines was Sunday night preparing to send a mercy ship to pick up scores of followers of a Filipino sultan who entered the Malaysian state of Sabah to press his [...]
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USS Guardian salvage resumes
Salvors on Friday returned to Tubbataha Reef to resume the salvage operations of the United States (US) Navy ship USS Guardian after Tropical Depression “Crising” [...]
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Globe, Smart expand LTE coverage to key Philippine cities
Philippine telcos Globe and Smart are battling it out for 4G LTE supremacy, with expanded coverage and the addition of more LTE-capable handsets and devices. The Philippines [...]
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Seven die in Philippines bus, truck crash
Seven people died in a collision between a bus and a 14-wheeler truck in Tuba, Philippines, Thursday night, officials said. The bus was carrying students and teachers from [...]
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