Category: Philippines
Philippines to buy US helicopters, not Russian, due to US sanctions: Official
The Philippines will buy 16 Black Hawk helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp for $240 million, shunning cheaper Russian equipment due to US sanctions on Russian [...]
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Victims in the Philippines and HK await refunds amid crackdown on illegal recruiters
A Philippines crackdown on suspected illegal recruiters has netted three people who promised scores of domestic workers jobs in Hong Kong, leaving victims waiting for refunds [...]
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Philippines seen holding rates after five consecutive hikes: Reuters poll
The Philippine central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates steady on Thursday with inflation seen easing further after it slowed to a four-month low in November, a [...]
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Fitch: ‘Unfavourable’ economic conditions to crimp Philippines’ car sales
“Unfavourable” macroeconomic conditions in the form of high interest rates, elevated inflation and a weak currency would likely weigh on the Philippines’ [...]
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Duterte visits hospital anew for another blood test
President Rodrigo Duterte himself announced that he paid another visit to the hospital on Thursday (December 6) to have his blood tested. He made the announcement during the [...]
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Philippines: Ex-senator acquitted in high-profile plunder case
Resolution of his plunder case allowed Ramon Revilla Jr to post bail and be released from detention. An anti-graft court in the Philippines has acquitted movie [...]
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Malacanang: Congress should explain P2.4-B realignment in 2019 proposed budget
House Speaker Gloria Arroyo and other congressmen should provide clarifications concerning funds that were allegedly realigned to their districts in the House version of the [...]
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UN expert urges Philippines to drop charges against Rappler, Ressa
David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, calls the charges ‘a serious threat against independent and investigative journalism in the [...]
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Philippine senator dares Duterte to take drug test after marijuana joke
A Philippine senator challenged President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday to take a drug test after he joked about using marijuana during a regional summit in Singapore. Duterte, [...]
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Philippines’ pivot to Russia may signal decline of US hegemony political science prof
The pivot of President Rodrigo Duterte to Russia, a non-traditional ally of the Philippines, may show the collapse of a United States-dominated unipolar world, a Polish [...]
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US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote central town in a case one official [...]
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Philippines to deport American Catholic priest wanted for sex crimes
Philippine law enforcement agents have arrested a 77-year-old American Catholic priest on a warrant for sex crimes issued by a court in the United States, a spokeswoman for [...]
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‘Clear and present danger’: Inside Australia’s anti-terror mission in the Philippines
Australian Army engineer Steve Driver is on a beach teaching Philippines marines how to blast through doors and walls so they can hunt down Islamic State-linked terrorists. [...]
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PHILIPPINES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES SLIGHTLY IN OCTOBER
The unemployment rate in the Philippines rose to 5.1 percent in October from 5.0 percent a year ago, according to data from the Philippines Statistics Authority. Meanwhile, [...]
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Philippines’ Duterte: ‘Kill those useless bishops’
Provocative president intensifies attack on the Catholic Church, which opposes his deadly war on drugs. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said his country’s [...]
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