Duterte: Davao City aims Davao Railway Project Completed by 2016

Representatives from the Korean Engineering Company (KEC) will be reporting by March next year on its findings for a possible railway line in the city, according to the city council committee chair on transportation. In an interview Wednesday, transport committee chair Tomas Monteverde IV told reporters that the...

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El Nido Palawan Island is now the island in the world Over Maldives and Islands in Hawaii?

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Rugged beauty: Palawan is a popular base for island-hopping tourists. Photo: dailymail.co.uk The best island in the world! Travellers vote the little-known Philippines outcrop of Palawan as the most exotic on Earth Palawan claimed top spot based on over 76,000 votes in Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards for 2014...

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Philippines' biggest wind farm to be completed by November –EDC

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  PHL's biggest wind farm to be completed by November –EDC The Philippines will have its largest wind farm once geothermal and renewable energy producer Energy Development Corp. completes the 150-MW Burgos Wind Project in Ilocos Norte by end-November.   "We are targeting to complete the 150-MW [wind...

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Solar News - 9TV rebrands as CNN Philippines for 5 years

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Yahoo Southeast Asia Newsroom - CNN arrives in the Philippines. - Image: manilastandardtoday.com 9TV rebrands as CNN Philippines It started out as a joke. Nine Media Corporation chairman Antonio Cabangon-Chua and his friends bantered about bringing CNN to the country. Then they realized it could be done. That eventually led...

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CREBA: ASEAN 2015 economic integration could boost Philippine property industry growth

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Image from: Asean Community 2015 Facebook Page Leave like and Follow the ASEAN Economic Community Group and Page AEC 2015 group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ASEAN2015.Beyond/   AEC 2015 Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/Asean.Community.2015.and.beyond The integration would require more commercial and residential infrastructure for highly urbanized cities within the region, including key cities of the Philippines CREBA: ASEAN...

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Philippine Export rise up 124% to $5.5 Billion US Dollars

BOUNCING BACK. The coconut products’ performance bounced back from a 2-month volume shipment slump in June and July this year. Outward shipment of coconut products grew by a hefty 124%, likewise benefitting from higher international prices during the period. Photo by investphilippines.org PH exports continue double-digit growth The...

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Philippines suspends work on South China Sea military airstrip

In this March 30, 2014, file photo, Philippine Marines raise the Philippine flag on the first day of their deployment on the dilapidated navy ship LT57 BRP Sierra Madre at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, off the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines on...

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Japan eases visa requirements for the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia

Tourists at the Golden Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Marc Veraart/CC BYJapan eases visa requirements for FilipinosMANILA, Philippines — In an effort to boost tourist arrivals from the Philippines, Japan on Tuesday started to simplify the Filipinos' procurement of visas.In a statement, the Japanese Embassy in Manila announced that the...

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Philippines Is Ripe for Convenience-Store Growth with 1: 41,000 ratio

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Philippines Is Ripe for Convenience-Store Growth Chains Such as 7-Eleven and FamilyMart Spread in a Nation With Rising Incomes   MANILA—When a bakery shut down in a prime location in central Manila earlier this year, there was little doubt that a convenience store would open in its place....

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Smart Communication Philippines offer FREE INTERNET to 60 Million Subscriber Starting today! How?

#SmartFreeInternet: Free mobile Internet for Smart, Sun, TNT prepaid subscribers launched (VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED IN A BIT) What if Philippine telcos say they will give you free mobile Internet? Sounds crazy, right? Wrong. Smart Communications, Sun Cellular, and Talk 'N Text prepaid subscribers—all 66 million of them—will get...

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Rest house, poultry linked to PNP chief Purisima found : Aquino on Defend- Where is President's Loyalty to Purisma or to the Philippines?

  Watch the Video in Youtube   'Rest house,' poultry linked to PNP chief found   MANILA -- A consumer rights groups has urged Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima to make his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) public. The Coalition of Filipino Consumers...

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Pres. Aquino receives freedom medal in Germany's Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

(Contributed photo) Aquino receives freedom medal in Germany Recognition for President Aquino's Effort For:  Reproductive health Law Human rights Foreign investments and economic growth Education Bangsamoro peace Agreement International law in the dispute with China (UNCLOS at West Philippine Sea /South China Sea Disputes) Fighting corruption PRESIDENT Benigno...

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International bank proposes Philippine peso ₱ ‘globalization’ like US Dollars $

Paris, FRANCE – President Benigno S. Aquino III passes through Honor Guards upon arrival at the Palais de L’Elysee for the Bilateral Meeting with French President Francois Hollande. RYAN LIM/ Malacañang Photo Bureau Int’l bank proposes peso ‘globalization’ PARIS—Bouyed by his rockstar welcome, President Aquino announced he also...

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244 Philippine UN peacekeepers To arrive Manila, Withdrawn After defying order of Rebel Supporter UN Indian General

A UN peacekeeper from the Philippines crosses back from Syria at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli Golan Heights,Thursday, March 7. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit) Philippines begins withdrawing troops from Golan   Filipino ‘warrior peacekeepers’ an outsized global presence, but last month’s firefight with Syrian rebels...

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Philippines wins Most Valuable Fans (MVF) Best Country award at the FIBA World Cup 2014

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Supporters of Gilas Pilipinas earned the Philippines the Most Valuable Fans award at the FIBA World CupMANILA, Philippines - Gilas Pilipinas fans, stand up and take a bow. The outpouring of support for the Philippine men's national basketball team earned the nation the Most Valuable Fans (MVF) Best...

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Philippines displays ancient maps to debunk China's sea claims that limit 'til Hainan only

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A local photographer looks at an ancient map on display at a Catholic university in Manila September 11, 2014.  REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco- View in Full screen here http://bit.ly/1uySB9o   Philippines displays ancient maps to debunk China's sea claims   The Philippines on Thursday put on display dozens of ancient maps...

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1 Million jobs created over a year; Philippine Unemployment rate drops down

Unemployment rate drops as 1M jobs created over a year MANILA, Philippines - With over 1 million jobs created over a year, the country's jobless rate declined to 6.7 percent in July 2014, down from the 7.3 percent registered a year ago, the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reported...

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Philippine Mayor Call Indian General of UNDOF to be SHOOT IN THE HEAD for negligence to UN Peace keepers, Ireland to Withdraw

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Mindanao: Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte - “If you see the UN general, shoot him in the head. Tell them it’s Mayor Duterte’s request,”   Duterte: Shoot Undof chief in the head   Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte did not like that a United Nations general called the Filipino...

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