Category: Philippines
PAL plans flights to Turkey, Cambodia and Kuwait
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has filed before the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) applications for allocation of entitlements to various new destinations which it [...]
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Philippines typhoon death toll tops 900
The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 900, with hundreds still missing, the government said Thursday. Typhoon Bopha [...]
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Clan leader pleads not guilty to Philippine massacre
A Philippine politician accused of helping plan the country’s worst political massacre pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to organising the murder of at least 57 victims, [...]
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Philippines gives green-light to electric tricycles
The Philippines is to roll out 100,000 electric tricycles in an effort to replace the petrol-powered ones that currently ply its cities, one of the project’s financiers [...]
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Calls in Philippines for Pacquiao to retire
Philippine media commentators have put pressure on boxing great Manny Pacquiao to retire after his heavy defeat in Las Vegas, with one comparing him to Parkinson’s [...]
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UK minister visits Aquino
The visit of British minister of State Hugo Swire of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is a “reiteration” of the United Kingdom policy to reinvigorate its [...]
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Philippines’ Senate ratifies ‘Sin Tax’ bill
The Senate and the House of Representatives ratified yesterday the final version of the bicameral conference committee report on the bill restructuring excise taxes on [...]
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HK-based firm to build $1billion energy portfolio in the Philippines
Hong Kong-based Energy World Corp. Ltd is building an impressive power portfolio in the Philippines comprising natural gas facilities and renewable energy power plants, with [...]
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Philippines, China tensions rising
US and Philippine officials will meet this week to discuss expanding American presence in the Asian nation, a senior diplomat said, amid tensions with China over its claims [...]
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Philippines declares ‘state of national calamity’
ELEANOR HALL: Overseas now to The Philippines, where president Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity. The Philippines has just experienced an earthquake [...]
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Philippines backs rearming of Japan
The Philippines would strongly support a rearmed Japan shorn of its pacifist constitution as a counterweight to the growing military assertiveness of China, according to the [...]
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Victims beg for food after Philippine typhoon
Desperate families begged for food Sunday, days after a typhoon brought death and destruction to parts of a southern Philippine island, as the storm returned to the north of [...]
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Court freezes bank accounts of Philippine tycoon Ongpin
A court has ordered a temporary freeze on about 100 bank accounts linked to Philippine tycoon Roberto “Bobby” Ongpin, the country’s ninth-richest man, [...]
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Philippine camps overflow as typhoon toll passes 500
Hundreds of thousands of survivors of a deadly Philippine typhoon crammed into shelters Friday, braving the stench of corpses as the government vowed action to prevent storm [...]
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Philippine rescuers reach towns cut off by typhoon
Philippine rescue workers finally reached three isolated towns on Thursday that had been cut off by Typhoon Bopha, bringing food and relief supplies to more than 100,000 [...]
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