Category: Philippines
Philippines to offer renewed US military use of Subic
ThePhilippinessaid Friday it plans to give theUnited Statesaccess to five military bases under a deal that could seeUSforces return to their giant former facility atSubic [...]
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Philippines vice president backs easing foreign-investment rule
Philippine vice President Jejomar Binay, considered a frontrunner for the presidency in 2016, said on Thursday he favoured relaxing constitutional restrictions on foreign [...]
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Insight: Will US-Philippines pact sideline Asean’s normative order?
The recent visit by US President Barack Obama to the Philippines ended in an agreement aimed at reinvigorating bilateral defense ties and cooperation between the two allies. [...]
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Death toll in Philippine assault on militants rises to 26
The Philippines’ military said Thursday the death toll from an assault against Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants had risen to 26, with one marine among the dead as [...]
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Philippines Bases Hopes on US, Controversially
Amid growing uncertainties over US commitment to Asia, as multiple flashpoints in Eastern Europe and the Middle East continue to consume global attention, President Barack [...]
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After years of flight in Philippines, Minnesotan admits stealing $566K from Army agency
A pharmaceutical company employee who holed up in east Asia for years has admitted in court in St. Paul that he embezzled $566,000 from a US Army agency and used the money to [...]
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Bake sale today to benefit typhoon victims in the Philippines
Students of Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail, an NIU instructor of Tagalog, one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines, will hold a bake sale today at the Holmes Student [...]
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China seeks assurance in US-Philippines deal
The recently forged Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States does not appear to intimidate China as it insists that [...]
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Man killed in Philippines while visiting girlfriend; three in custody
A 60-year-old Japanese man was stabbed to death last Monday near Manila by knife-wielding men who allegedly tried to rob him of his bag containing cash and other valuables, [...]
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58 arrested in Philippines over global ‘sextortion’ network: Interpol
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police and Interpol [...]
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The Philippines’ jeepney replacement may have found the electric vehicle sweetspot
The United States helped create the jeepney – the Philippines’ distinctive public-transport vehicles, modified from surplus US army jeeps – and now [...]
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Obama Wins Back Lost Advantage in the Philippines As He Dabbles, Fitfully and Perhaps Fatefully, in the Ukraine Crisis
As the US announced more sure to be ineffective sanctions against Russia in a dragging Ukraine crisis, President Barack Obama wrapped up his week-long trip to the [...]
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Philippines vice president backs easing foreign-investment rule
Philippine vice President Jejomar Binay, considered a frontrunner for the presidency in 2016, said on Thursday he favoured relaxing constitutional restrictions on foreign [...]
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Interpol, Philippines bust cyber extortion network
(UPDATE 2) Philippine police, backed by Interpol, have arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped hundreds of victims worldwide into [...]
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New pact reflects cozier US-Philippine alliance
A new defense pact that will allow thousands of US troops to be temporarily based in Philippines for the first time in more than 20 years signals closer cooperation in the [...]
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