Category: Philippines
The Philippines makes moves to attract more tourists
The Philippines has struggled to attract tourists compared to many of its South East Asian neighbours. But the country’s hoping to change all that. There are plans to [...]
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Philippines to carry out zero rice importation by 2014
The Philippines will no longer import rice starting 2014, a senior government official said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that this year will be the [...]
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Philippine court suspends birth control law
The Philippines’ highest court suspended on Tuesday a controversial birth control law that had met fierce opposition from the powerful Catholic Church. Voting 10-5, the [...]
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Philippines boosts domestic debt as it shuns global bonds
The Philippines will boost domestic bond sales to the most since at least 2005 next quarter as it seeks to raise nearly all of its debt requirements locally amid record-low [...]
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Philippines aims to borrow less overseas
The Philippines’ finance minister said the country would borrow less from overseas investors as the Asian Development Bank issued a warning about the destabilising [...]
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Philippines leftists abduct police officer
Communist rebels abducted a policeman at a checkpoint they established, then blasted an improvised bomb in a nearby area which wounded 10 people in southern Philippines, [...]
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Aquino calls for dialogue to end Sabah conflict
Manila has called for a peaceful end to the Sabah crisis, with President Benigno Aquino III saying negotiations are the best way to resolve the conflict in the face of [...]
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Philippines to boost debt sales after rate cut, De Leon says
The Philippines will probably increase domestic debt sales next quarter to take advantage of liquidity that may further expand after the central bank cut borrowing costs last [...]
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6 other nations to join Philippines-US joint exercise
Australia, Brunei, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will take part in this year’s Balikatan joint military exercise to be held in the Philippines next month, [...]
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Philippines seeks improved ties with China
The Philippines dispatched a new ambassador to China yesterday with a mandate to improve ties amid a festering territorial dispute between the South China Sea neighbours, the [...]
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Philippines acts to avoid water crisis
The government is working on measures to prevent any water crisis in the country, a senior government official said today. In a press briefing, deputy presidential [...]
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Macau group signs $600m Philippine casino deal
Macau mogul Lawrence Ho’s gaming firm signed an agreement Friday to invest $600 million in a giant casino project in Manila, boosting the Philippines’ bid to join [...]
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Philippines lowers special deposit account rate, holds benchmark
The Philippines refrained from cutting its benchmark interest rate, and instead cut the rate on special deposit accounts for a second time this year as it steps up efforts to [...]
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Japan and Philippines align strategic interests
Japan and the Philippines recently launched joint initiatives in security cooperation to reinvigorate their strategic partnership. Seven decades after Japan’s invasion [...]
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Philippines seeks China’s cooperation under new leadership
The Philippine government will continue to “seek all opportunities to help build a climate of mutual trust and cooperation” with the People’s Republic of [...]
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