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Philippine Information Agency
March 16, 2018
Japan had earlier extended financial assistance to the Philippine Government through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the widening of 24.61 kilometers Plaridel By-Pass Road in the Province of Bulacan. Loan agreement number PH-P266 amounting 9.399 Billion Japanese YenÃâà...
Philippine Information Agency
March 16, 2018
He also said that a regional state will be disadvantageous to provinces with small voting population citing that such government will be dominant and the power of autonomy will be taken away and ultimately the province will be marginalized. Former Senator Joey Lina who also graced the forum expressedÃâà...
Philippine Information Agency
March 16, 2018
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela, March 15 (PIA) -- The local chief executive here has ordered the mandatory singing of “Isabela March” right after the singing of the national anthem during flag raising ceremonies in local government units, government agencies and schools in the province. Gov. Faustino G. Dy IIIÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
March 16, 2018
A Philippine police report said the deaths occurred after a joint patrol from the coast guard and the navy saw six Vietnamese fishing vessels about 34 miles off the coast of Cape Bolinao in northern Pangasinan province. One of the fishing vessels immediately turned off its lights and sped off, triggering aÃâà...
Taiwan News
March 15, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The New Taipei City Fire Department and a delegation from cities of Isabela Province in the Philippines on Tuesday (March 13) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on fire fighting and disaster relief, reported UDN. Lee Ching-an (李清安), deputy director of the NewÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 15, 2018
New Taipei, Philippine province sign MOU on firefighting exchanges ... Taipei, March 14 (CNA) The New Taipei City Fire Department signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Isabela Province in the Philippines Tuesday to promote exchanges in firefighting and other disaster relief efforts.
ABS-CBN News
March 15, 2018
MANILA - Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay on Thursday said government institutions for checks and balances may become obsolete and the country may even become a province of China if the Constitution is revised to pave the way for a federal form of government as proposed by President RodrigoÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 22, 2018
“If you want, just make us a province, like Fujian,” quipped Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte before an audience of Filipino-Chinese businessmen on February 19. Significantly, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua was in attendance among influential tradesmen and industrialists whoÃâà...
Sun.Star
February 20, 2018
OPPOSITION lawmakers thumbed down on Tuesday, February 20, President Rodrigo Duterte's joke that the Philippines should be a province of China. "It is absolutely unacceptable for the President, the top diplomat of the country, to joke about making the Philippines a province of China," MagdaloÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
February 19, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte joked about making the Philippines a province of China, at an event attended by Filipino-Chinese businessmen on Monday. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua, who was at the same event, interpreted the President's joke as a manifestation of wanting to haveÃâà...
