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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to have a first crack at the drafting of the Code of Conduct (COC) of the Parties to the South China Sea as he rejected China's involvement in its initial...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Aquino allies should take lead in tackling power crisislawmakers 1:54 am Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay said the President's congressional allies should take the lead in crafting solutions to the country's energy problems.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Story continues below China, which claims the whole of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory, insists on dealing separately with the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan, which also claim parts. Diplomatic clashes have erupted...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
11pm The Philippines wants a credit rating upgrade, and in March, it said its 2011 debt-to-GDP ratio fell to its lowest in 13 years, supporting its push for a ratings revision. All the while, President Benigno Aquino is trying to attract investors to...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesDefense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said China was singling out the Philippines because it has the weakest defense capability among the six nations that have laid claim to the oil-rich Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
With the energy crisis in Mindanao threatening to spill over to Luzon in two years, legislators are pushing several bills that will promote the use of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, ocean energy and hydrogen to address the shortage.
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Sharp increases in fuel prices that inevitably push up the cost of living may have pulled down public satisfaction with the performance of President Benigno Aquino III from very good to good, a lawmaker and a labor leader said Monday. Eastern Samar...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
06pm The Philippines plans to develop a disputed island in the South China Sea into a tourism center with a 100-meter (330-ft) concrete wharf, officials said on Monday, a bold assertion of its sovereignty that is bound to rile China. Last week,...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesServices to passengers at Metro Manila's major land, air and sea terminals have gotten significantly better from last year, but more improvements still need to be made...Secretary Manuel Mar Roxas II said Mr. Aquino, who made the same...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
32 am Monday, April 2nd, 2012 A spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday weighed in on talk about the possibility of developing a disputed island in the Spratlys into a tourism destination, saying what is ours is ours. Raul...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
President Benigno Aquino III will make his first foreign trip for the year Monday when he flies to Cambodia for the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit. The President is expected to raise during the two-day event his concerns...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Congress to investigate an administration plan to build a pier on a disputed island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea)...The Philippine government will establish a mini-naval base in West Philippine Sea to accommodate thousands of US troops...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
42 am Monday, April 2nd, 2012 Senator Edgardo Angara. The energy shortage that Mindanao is experiencing will hit Luzon in two years unless the Aquino administration taps more renewable energy sources, Senator Edgardo Angara warned Sunday.
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesThe governments of the Philippines and South Korea are set to negotiate for more flights between the two countries this week amid rising demand coming from both sides. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which heads the multi-agency...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
A luxury cruise ship with about 600 mostly Western tourists was adrift in Philippine waters Saturday after a minor fire that injured a crew member, the government said. Manila. "The fire has been put out but they cannot start the two engines so it is...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
The Philippines exercises territorial sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (Philippine-claimed areas of the South China Sea)," the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The DFA said it would build the pier on the largest of the five...
