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Philippines Golan peacekeepers to stay for now
The Philippines Wednesday said it would keep its peacekeepers in the Golan Heights until at least August, and may stay longer if the United Nations increased security there.(6/19/2013 7:17:38 AM) |
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IHT Rendezvous: Sending a Signal, Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock
On Friday, the Philippines plans to crush its ivory stock, in a gesture against the illegal trade that wildlife activists say has claimed more than 32,000 elephant lives since early 2012. (6/19/2013 1:43:32 AM) |
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Factbox: Power projects in the Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - Some of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates have unveiled plans to push into power generation over the next five years, with investments seen reaching $9 billion. Concerns are growing that some of these projects will face delays, hampering the country's ability to drive steady long-term growth after expanding its economy at an annual rate of 7.8 percent in the first quarter ...(6/17/2013 6:12:20 PM) |
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Philippines Plans Peso Linker Before Global Bond: Southeast Asia
The Philippines plans to sell its first inflation-linked bonds in the fourth quarter before returning to the global debt market in 2014 after a year’s absence, Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said.(6/17/2013 7:23:06 PM) |
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Philippines sends fresh troops to disputed shoal
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance vessels appeared last month and triggered a new standoff in the strategic waters, the Philippine defense secretary said Wednesday. The new contingent of Filipino marines(6/19/2013 3:47:50 AM) |
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Philippines, Taiwan on way to mending relations
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday.(6/18/2013 12:00:02 AM) |
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Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines
Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, where family fortunes as well as political empires are built on the golden leaf.(6/19/2013 4:17:28 AM) |
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Power crisis fears unnerve industry in booming Philippines
By Erik dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) - An electricity outage that blacked out large swathes of the Philippines' main island of Luzon for up to eight hours last month has highlighted worries about a potential power crisis that could undermine Asia's fastest-growing economy. Predictions that electricity demand will outstrip government forecasts have raised fears over the impact on the expansion of ...(6/17/2013 6:12:20 PM) |
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Philippines to Destroy $6.4M of Ivory
Five tons of illegal ivory will be pulverized by the Philippines' government on June 21. The ivory will be be run over with steam rollers in a ceremony in Quezon City, Philippines and could become material for a memorial to poached pachyderms. Continue reading →(6/19/2013 7:03:19 AM) |
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Sun Life is the top life insurance provider in the Philippines
Sun Life is the top life insurance provider in the Philippines(6/17/2013 11:55:00 AM) |
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