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4 Philippine UN peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels released
MANILA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Four Philippine U.N. peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights five days ago have been freed, Philippine government officials said on Sunday. They had been seized by the rebels at an observation post on the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday. ...
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Mar Lopez inspect Manila esteros
MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas accompanied ABS-CBN Foundation Managing Director and concurrent Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission Chair Gina Lopez in going around two waterways in Manila on Wednesday. Roxas and Lopez visited the Estero de Paco and Estero de San Miguel to observe the progress that has been made in the area after the ...
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STOCKS NEWS PHILIPPINES-JV listing hopes lift Alliance Global
Wed May 22, 2013 4:07am EDT Shares in conglomerate Alliance Global Group Inc jumped 3.8 percent to a one-week high of 27.2 peso amid hopes of potential gains from a planned listing of its hotel joint venture, a Manila-based equity trader said. Alliance Global Group shares have risen 8.6 percent since the listing plan report on May 10, outperforming a 2.7 percent gain of the broader Philippine ...
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Taipei journo made-up story on anti-Filipino sentiment
(56 mins ago) A new reporter in Taiwan has been sacked for fabricating a story about a diner refusing to serve Filipinos amid a diplomatic row over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his company said today. The journalist, identified only by his family name Cheng, wrote on his Facebook page that he ';witnessed'' a diner owner refusing to sell boxed lunches to two men ...
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Taiwan reporter sacked over Philippine hoax
Chen Wen-chi (left), from Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice of the Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, listens as Chen Ming-tang, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Justice Ministry, speaks while holding a picture showing a bullet found in the fishing vessel after it was attacked by Philippine coastguards, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei ...
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Philippines Brazil agree on new flights
MANILA--Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America's largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. The on Wednesday announced that the Philippine and Brazilian governments had signed an air agreement. Under the accord signed by the Philippine air panel this week, a total of seven flights a week are now ...
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Philippines seeing development in new property segment
Potential first-time home owners and start-up entrepreneurs can now take advantage of a one-of-a-kind SOHO residential unit in 8 Adriatico, according to press material recently released to the Philippines news media by Eton Properties Philippines Inc, a major realty firm run by property tycoon Lucio Tan.
Eton Properties is constructing a number of residential developments in the capital city, all of which are primarily targeted at the country’s first time home owners, a target market that is reflected in the name of their subsidiary handling the construction and sale of one new development, First Homes Inc. Read more
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