Sun. May 26, 2013
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BBC News
May 26, 2013
Manila Standard Today
May 26, 2013
Infante still serves as vice chairman of Telus Corp. and is a general partner of Navegar Private Equity Fund, an
Asset Management company focused on
The Philippines. He says the biggest worry of parents is not how to pay tuition of their
children for ...
GMA News
May 26, 2013
The News International
May 26, 2013
The event consists of 130 political leaders from 19 countries including 25 CAPDI members, 48 special guests, 39 delegates from
Cambodia and 12 delegates from
The Philippines. Senator Mushahid Hussain, Secretary General of
Pakistan Muslim League and ...
Philippine Star
May 26, 2013
Cornell Chronicle
May 26, 2013
Annie Leonard,
environmental activist and creator of the 2007 viral hit video "The Story of Stuff," spent nearly 25 years traveling the world investigating environmental health issues and ecological
Sustainability. This spring, she finished a long ...
Philippine Star
May 26, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - Preliminary findings in the investigation into the May 9 fatal shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher off Batanes are "speculations" and not enough at the moment to make
Coast Guard personnel involved in the shooting liable for ...
Philippine Star
May 26, 2013
The smuggling of
petroleum products has been a major issue for legitimate companies. Ed Chua, the
CEO of Shell
Philippines, has publicly complained about the rampant smuggling of these products. Recently the
Department of Justice finally filed a ...
The Independent
May 26, 2013
If we trade with the
Muslims, they become rich: many Muslims have grown rich and have built big houses for themselves, and
mosques, and slaughterhouses, which are a problem for
Buddhism. ... When they look not merely at what happened in
India 1,000 ...
Inquirer.net
May 26, 2013
Amadeo R. Perez, chair of the Manila Economic and
cultural Office (Meco),
The Philippines' de facto embassy in
Taiwan, said previous problems had been solved and eight agents of the National Bureau of Investigation had been issued visas by the Taipei ...
Tempo
May 26, 2013
Beyond the success of the slogan, "It's more fun in
The Philippines," the Department of Tourism (DOT) is aware of the importance of capitalizing on the spotlight now shining on the Philippines. The guiding principle and vision of the government for the ...
Sun.Star
May 26, 2013
Given the capacity and capability of the country to deal with the problem, she said the President is firm in continuing to deal with the issue given the limited resources that
The Philippines has at present. To address the problem of Filipino
fishermen ...
Philippine Star
May 26, 2013
After all, they, too, have their own budgetary problems, and it can happen that their objectives might not be in confluence with what would be most advantageous for us.
The New Indian Express
May 26, 2013
The
Japan visit assumes added strategic significance because both countries, along with
Philippines and
Vietnam, have been at the receiving end of
China's military assertiveness and muscle flexing.
fnbnews.com
May 24, 2013
The Court of Appeals in
Philippines issued a writ of Kalikasan (a constitutional provision for a citizen's right to safe environment) recently, ordering the department of environment and
natural resources (DENR) and other concerned government agencies ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
May 19, 2013
Taipei, May 19 (
CNA) A Taiwanese delegation will again soon visit
The Philippines to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a
Philippine government patrol
boat, after both sides finalize details on how they will cooperate, Foreign ...
Deutsche Welle
May 13, 2013
"The president is asking voters to put their confidence in those on the administration slate to help him carry out the rest of his reform agenda," presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte told the news agency AFP. Fifty-two million registered to elect 18 ...
Philippine Star
May 13, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - To avoid unwanted repercussions, President Aquino yesterday appealed for calm in settling the issue with
Taiwan over the
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)'s alleged shooting at Taiwanese
fishermen. In an ambush interview with ...
Visayan Daily Star
May 25, 2013
Also on Colmenares' agenda is the revival of
BAYAN Muna's push for the enactment into law in the next Congress of a bill that will provide for a P125 across-the-board increase in the salaries of employees in the private sector.
China Post
May 25, 2013
One of the key issues to be discussed, Alcala said, is the delineation of territorial waters of
The Philippines and
Taiwan.
South China Morning Post
May 25, 2013
In January,
The Philippines challenged the validity of
China's nine-dash line - which defines its claim to a
sea area that stretches hundreds of kilometres south and east from its most southerly province,
Hainan - via an arbitration tribunal under the ...
The Sunshine Coast Daily
May 25, 2013
Large cities in
Nigeria,
Vietnam,
India,
China,
Pakistan and
The Philippines have their own gates of hell, horrible dumping grounds for the electronic trash of First World countries with the skills to pass on their problems and the means to do so ...
spyghana.com
May 25, 2013
These woes were exacerbated in 2007, when
the US Federal Aviation Authority, acting on the recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), downgraded
The Philippines' standing as a compliant member of the ICAO due to safety and ...
Washington Post
May 25, 2013
The Philippines, which stood a real chance of losing U.S. foreign aid in 2011 if it fell to Tier III, cracked down on sex
traffickers, creating effective anti-trafficking units and adopting victim-friendly court procedures.
ABS CBN News
May 25, 2013
While poaching is not a major problem in the country's eastern waters, authorities said a few Taiwanese
fishing vessels would sometimes venture into the area through the
Luzon strait near Batanes.
Los Angeles Times
May 25, 2013
BORACAY,
Philippines - Can a million and a half people be wrong? That's how many vacationers are expected to visit Boracay ... It was such a problem that the hotel had to laminate the warning. But why? We got an inkling as we ate dinner at Christina's ...
Goal.com Singapore
May 25, 2013
fnbnews.com
May 25, 2013
The Court of Appeals in
Philippines issued a writ of Kalikasan (a constitutional provision for a citizen's right to safe environment) recently, ordering the department of environment and
natural resources (DENR) and other concerned government agencies ...
Inquirer.net
May 24, 2013
A best practice of a social enterprise engaged in microfinance in
The Philippines is CARD Mutually Reinforcing
institutions (CARD MRI).
Inquirer.net
May 24, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - The top 14 winning partylist groups were announced Friday by the Commission on
elections (Comelec) sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
Philippine Star
May 24, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - About 600 overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) stranded in the "tent city" in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are coming home soon for free, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday.
China Post
May 24, 2013
According to this logic, apparently, the Taiwanese
fishing vessel was not bound by the treaty to not to be fired upon, given that the R.O.
Philippine Star
May 24, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - Fourteen party-list groups were initially proclaimed yesterday by the Commission on
elections (Comelec) sitting as National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
Rappler
May 24, 2013
Through the Internet, people have become more aware and educated about social issues and it has become very easy to be "involved" in the own comforts of their homes.
Philippine Star
May 24, 2013
With Comelec and the government stonewalling all protests, Filipinos are forced to internationalize the issue of failed
elections in
The Philippines. The complaint to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ...
Rappler
May 24, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - In May 2010, Benigno Aquino III was elected on a huge wave of hope: that he would bring back honesty, put an end to violence,
corruption, human rights violations and impunity, and that, in the absence of corruption, he would end ...
International Financing Review
May 24, 2013
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp and Metrobank are among the lenders planning to issue bank capital compliant with Basel III rules, incorporating the requirement that subordinated bonds be written down or converted into equity if the bank runs into trouble.
The Japan Daily Press
May 24, 2013
They also briefly discussed the commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN-
Japan Friendship and Cooperation, as well as other regional matters like the
North Korea nuclear issue which slightly affects
The Philippines given that it is also an ally ...
Manila Bulletin
May 23, 2013
Manila,
Philippines --- The Senate presidency is still up for grabs but the next Senate chief will come from the pro-administration group that will comprise the majority bloc in the 24-man Upper House in coming 16th Congress.
Malaya
May 23, 2013
With less than two years left to meet the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals,
The Philippines not only has a slow progress in meeting some of the indicators, but is even "regressing" in achieving the target for primary enrollment ...
Philippine Star
May 23, 2013
MANILA,
Philippines - Filipinos aged 18 to 30 years are being encouraged to create projects addressing social issues using some of the latest
technology trends such as mobile and the Internet. The youth competition dubbed "Cat@lyst" implemented by ...
Inquirer.net
May 23, 2013
Malaya
May 23, 2013
"We did not announce it in public because that will create problems," said Brillantes. He said the major problem was transmission signals since
telecom companies only covered 63 to 75 percent of the country. Brillantes said this is the main reason why ...
Philippine Star
May 23, 2013
Recruiters to
Taiwan appeal for sobriety. By Rudy Santos (The
Philippine Star) | Updated May 24, 2013 - 12:00am. MANILA,
Philippines - With job prospects in Taiwan dimming for Filipinos, a group of recruitment agencies is appealing to Manila and Taipei ...
The Nation
May 23, 2013
But in
Taiwan, we seem to ignore, play down or forget the food safety problems of our own. Taiwan does have strict laws governing food safety, but time and ... This issue is much larger than food safety. We often hear local
commentators admonish the ...
Philippine Star
May 23, 2013
Such problems are on top of many other concerns of
investors, who like to point out that
The Philippines is competing with its neighbors in luring job-generating businesses.
Zacks.com
May 23, 2013
In Jan 2013, it acquired a 51% interest in the Coca Cola company's franchise bottler in
The Philippines,
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Again, Femsa Comercio forayed into the drugstore business through the acquisition of a controlling stake in ...
The Economist
May 23, 2013
No wonder, since getting a framework agreement signed at all meant shelving the most divisive issues. Deadlines for those come and go.
