Philippine Export Rose Up 22.5% to $5.1 Billion USD - Fastest in 3 Years

Electronics Export in the Philippines Rose up 22.5% January to $5.1 Billion US Dollars Exports from the Philippines grew at their fastest clip in three years in January as shipments of electronics took off. Exports rose at their quickest pace in three years in January on demand for...

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US-Asean Business Council upbeat on Philippine Economic Prospects

In Photo: Members of the US-Asean Business Council (US-ABC) hosted a roundtable for Trade Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado on February 22 in Washington, D.C.Photo: Business Mirror ‘FOR the first time in three years, the Philippines made it to the worldwide list of top 20 investment destinations of multinational...

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Automakers boosting output in the Philippines -Nikkei

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Mitsubishi Motors' new pressing plant under construction in the Philippines. Photo: Nikkei Asian Review  Automakers boosting output in the Philippines Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota taking advantage of government incentives The Philippines' auto manufacturing sector is kicking into higher gear as Japan's Mitsubishi Motors prepares to launch a new production...

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Japanese Billionaire Plans to Transform Philippines into “The Next Hawaii”

Kazuo Okada. Photo: Japan Daily Press Okada to transform the Philippines into ‘the next Hawaii’ Billionaire Kazuo Okada, whose net worth stands at $2.4 billion currently, intends to transform the Philippines (EPHE) (PIE) into “the next Hawaii.” The country’s appealing beaches and its plan to become a major...

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World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs: Philippines has much to teach world

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LAUNCHING. Jeffrey Sachs, who serves as the director of both SDSN and the Earth Institute, launches SDSN's local chapter alongside NEDA Director General Arsenio Balisacan. Photos by Chris Schnabel / RapplerJeffrey Sachs: Philippines has much to teach worldThe country should be a world leader in sustainable development, says...

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PHOTOS: Philippines challenges China's Claim of West Philippine Sea at UNCLOS Tribunal in The Hague

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Philippines challenges China's Claim of country's exclusive economic zone at UNCLOS Tribunal in The Hague. image: inquirer.netIN PHOTOS: Philippines challenges China in The HagueIn photos emailed to Rappler, the Permanent Court of Arbitration gives us a glimpse of the closed-door hearings pitting Manila against Beijing MANILA, Philippines –...

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Philippines will host Southeast Asian Games in 2019

The opening ceremony of the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines, where the Philippines finished number one overall. File Photo by Joel Nito/AFPPhilippines set to host 2019 SEA GamesThe biennial regional meet returns to the Philippines for the first time since 2005MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has agreed...

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Infographic: Philippines among world's fastest-growing economies 2015

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MANILA, Philippines — Business news network Bloomberg surveyed top economists around the world who projected 10 economies to have the highest gains in growth in 2015. While the world is expected to grow by 3.2 percent this year, Asian and African economies will pick up faster than those...

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Japan-Asean Anti-terrorism meet in Cebu; Military Clash with Abu Sayyaf al Qaeda linked kills 11 in Basilan

A platoon of the Philippine Marines marches in this file Photo.  —File Photo by Reuters Philippine forces clashed with Muslim extremists on a southern island Thursday (July 26, 2012), leaving seven soldiers and four militants dead, the military said. Elite rangers battled members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu...

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Philippines & China Send Warship to Disputed Seas

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The tensions is fueled again for China vs. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam and ASEAN Nation Breaking News: The Philippines has relaunched an U.S. Coast Guard Hamilton Cutter Class as its biggest and most modern warship to guard potentially oil-rich waters that are at the center of...

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Japan lawmaker eyes Military base on China-claimed islands

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Nobuteru Ishihara (pictured in 2008), sometimes seen as a future prime minister if his Liberal Democratic Party returns to power, on Monday said that Japan should look more broadly at stepping up defense spending in the face of a rising China, during his visit to the United StatesJapan...

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New Philippine military Chief will prioritize on Spratlys protection

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 Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III (L) and newly installed Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lieutenant General Jessie Dellosa salute during the Armed Forces of the Philippines Change of Command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila December 12, 2011. The Philippine Catholic Church...

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Chinese Illegal poaching After the Philippines then Korea

A body of a South Korean coast guard officer is carried by his colleagues at a hospitalSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Chinese fishing boat captain stabbed two South Korean coast guard officers Monday, killing one and injuring the other, after his boat was stopped for illegally fishing...

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China’s President Hu urges navy to prepare for combat - Drill oil in Spratlys begin

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Chinese President Hu Jintao urging his Military to prepare for a warChinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday (December 6, 2011) urged the Chinese navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.The navy...

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