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...Nearly half of the overseas workers from the Philippines who live in Hong Kong have been vaccinated, a consulate official said at the weekend....
...A five-minute speedboat ride from Luzon, Grande Island is one of the closest white sand beach resorts to the Philippine capital of Manila....
...Local company U-Hop, which has been operating alongside Grab and Uber, boosted its marketing....
...The U.S. president has invited Rodrigo Duterte, the populist Philippine president leading a drug war that has killed thousands of people, to visit the White House....
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...(BBC) Japan-Philippine relations Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to meet Rodrigo Duterte as he tries to stop Manila’s political drift toward China....
...He added that the new government in Manila, led by Rodrigo Duterte, had an opportunity to create a “turning point” in China-Philippines relations by joining talks....
...Tensions between Beijing and Manila have also risen in recent months as an international tribunal at The Hague prepares to rule on a case brought against China by the Philippines....
...The U-turn followed a meeting between Asean foreign ministers and their Chinese counterpart and showed just how effective Beijing is at exploiting divisions within international blocs....
...On Friday, a court in California unsealed an indictment of Michael George Brooks, a former US naval attaché in Manila, on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and criminal forfeiture in relation to the...
...“Countries across the Asia-Pacific are voicing concern with China’s land reclamation, which stands out in size and scope, as well as its militarisation in the South China Sea,” Mr Carter said in Manila on...
...Manila brought the case after concluding that efforts to address assertive Chinese behaviour in the region had run their course without any resolution....
...It also carried out surveillance on Mischief reef, where Chinese dredging activity provoked a diplomatic protest from Manila in February....
...Manila was later forced to retract the inaccurate claim, in an embarrassing U-turn for the Philippine president....
...The move marks a U-turn for SocGen, which had resisted pressure to split the roles....
...Washington and Manila signed a defence deal that allows the Pentagon to base ships and aircraft in the Philippines....
...The Philippines has retracted claims that China was preparing to start construction on a contested reef in the South China Sea, in an embarrassing U-turn by Manila....
...Protesters display placards during a rally against China outside the Chinese consulate at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines....
...Frank Cimafranca, the Philippines consul-general in Dubai, says the consulate is “trying to raise awareness” by directing donations to government bodies and non-government organisations that are taking donations...
...in what is thought to the Mexican billionaire’s first investment in a UK company. http://on.ft.com/153nmW8 Asian shares fall on Fed taper fears after jobs data Asian shares tumbled on Monday as strong U.S...
...the City of London property market, buying the Lloyd’s Building in a £260m deal. http://on.ft.com/14CtDtl Asian shares fall on Fed taper fears after jobs data Asian shares tumbled on Monday as strong U.S...
...Analysts had expected the Philippines to see a solid gain of around 6 per cent in exports in January....
...* Asian stocks rise as exporters gain on U.S. retail sales * China slowdown could be nearing end * Rothschild resigns from Bumi Plc board * Manila signs peace deal with rebel Muslims * Miner’s death...
...signs peace deal with rebel Muslims The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed a peace plan on Monday aimed at ending four decades of separatist rebellion in the country’s volatile...
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