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- iHaveNet.com: Philippines Current Events
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The Philippines has shrugged off decades of financial woes to earn its first investment-grade credit rating from one of the world's leading ratings agencies. Economists say it was only a matter of time before the Philippines would be given an investment-grade rating
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The Philippine government wants peaceful resolution of the Sabah standoff, offers assistance to Malaysia to put a closure on the conflict
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has recently signed into law to pay victims of the country's former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. An amount of $22 million has been set aside to compensate victims of abuses during Marcos regime
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With its soft-power overtures, China has tried to expand its influence without disquieting its neighbors and trade partners. But through its hard-power posturing, China has achieved the exact opposite
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The recent 2012 Corruption Perception Index showed that 70 percent of the world is seen as more corrupt than good. The Philippines didn't fare well by scoring 34 in the CPI report
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The Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting concluded with failing to make strong commitments on overfishing
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There are over one million undocumented Filipino migrants around the world, according to the 2011 Stock Estimate of Filipinos Overseas, the Commission on Filipino Overseas reported
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Philippines officials claim to have recovered an American reconnaissance drone in the waters off Masbate island in the central Philippines
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Amid nationwide calls for stricter gun controls, Filipino police killed 13 reported criminal gang members in a violent shootout -- a third such incident in recent weeks
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The highly publicized dispute between China and the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal has become yet another reminder of the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea
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The pain brought by Manny Pacquiao's loss has been eased with the victory of Filipino-American coach Erik Spoelstra's Miami Heat in the NBA Finals
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China's increasing maritime assertiveness is bringing Manila and Washington closer
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Southeast Asian militant groups will continue to be relegated to grassroots tactics
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A political standoff looms in the Philippines as its executive and judiciary appears headed for a showdown over the departure of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to seek medical treatment overseas
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed U.S. support to the Philippines' territorial claims on the Spratlys and said that no country has the right to intimidate Manila to assert sovereignty over the disputed island chain in the South China Sea
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III ruled out on Thursday an all-out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) despite the massacre of 19 soldiers in Basilan
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The government of the Philippines is fighting a losing battle with residents living in flood-prone areas as they refuse to relocate
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The number of fatalities from Typhoon Nesat that battered the Philippines has risen to 20
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Two Filipinos are in critical condition following an apparent lovers' shooting incident. It was the second such incident to hit the largest mall operator in the Philippines within one week
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The Philippine Air Force's two aging warplanes dropped bombs in positions of Muslim bandits in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay in a bid to flush them out after they killed 35 people, including 18 marines
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A Philippine government panel tasked with the investigation of fraud in the 2007 elections summoned former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to shed light on her alleged involvement in cheating to make administration candidates win
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A member of the New Zealand parliament called for the Filipino captain of the container ship that has been leaking oil since striking a reef to be hanged for the environmental disaster he caused in the Bay of Plenty
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The Philippine Supreme Court, in an unprecedented move, announced that it reversed a decision of its second division that favored Philippine Airlines cabin crew who were dismissed by the company in 1998
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Recent months have witnessed renewed tensions over disputed territories in the South China Sea. In response to China's encroaching military maneuvers and the country's designation of the whole area as part of its indisputable sovereignty, several South East Asian countries have found themselves dangerously vulnerable
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The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways announced plans to build elevated expressways on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
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Two more charges of plunder and graft were filed against former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband. Two other Arroyo officials allegedly involved in the botched $329-million national broadband deal also were charged
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Fares will soon have to increase for the Metro Railway Transit and Light Railway that services the national capital region, President Benigno Aquino III said
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The Philippine Department of Justice recommended filing charges against former Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and his wife, Erlinda, for tax evasion
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New evidence uncovered in the reinvestigation of the Vizconde Massacre is not sufficient to bring back to jail the son of a former Filipino senator and six others previously convicted by a regional trial court for rape and murder
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The Philippine government's panel of negotiators proposed to secessionist rebels wider autonomy for Muslims in the south at the start of their peace talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The presidential palace confirmed that Muslim rebel leaders proposed to President Benigno Aquino III the creation of a Muslim substate in the Philippines during their unannounced meeting in Tokyo, Japan
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On the order of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, the Bureau of Immigration placed on its watchlist former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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The Philippine government has launched a mobile phone application which can provide real-time information on rainfall and flooding to the general public
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As overstretched authorities in Manila grappled with rains that triggered fatal flooding, a separate man-made disaster erupted in the country's troubled south
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The conflict in the South China Sea may be long running, but there are several reasons why it has become much more dangerous. There can be little doubt that President Obama in his second term will find the South China Sea one of the hottest issues in East Asia
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In order to help survivors of deadly typhoon Bopha, which killed more than 600 people and displaced millions in southern Philippines, the United Nations launched a $65 million global appeal
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Several nations have pledged assistance to typhoon-ravaged Philippines. United States Ambassador to the Philippines stated that U.S. will be giving an additional $3 million in assistance
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Control over the South China Sea is more than just a practical matter and goes to the center of China's foreign policy dilemma: how to assert its maritime claims while maintaining a non-confrontational foreign policy
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Both countries are determined to keep the Scarborough Shoals within their territorial waters. But if China deployed force to stake its claim, the Philippines' armed forces would, in their current state, offer little resistance
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As part of its efforts to boost its presence within Southeast Asia, the United States has decided to reaffirm its military support for the Philippines. Yet this will not come at the price of heightening tensions with China
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President Benigno Aquino brushed off media reports that Manila had sought U.S. assistance in monitoring the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea
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China's growing regional presence â€" not to mention its territorial claims â€" is prompting many Southeast Asian states to reinvigorate their ties with the United States
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III left for the U.S. to join the launching of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in New York City. The OGP is a global effort to make governments efficient and responsive to citizens by fighting corruption and promoting transparency
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Former Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller Gen. Carlos Garcia made Philippines history twice recently. He is the first two-star general to be sent to the national penitentiary. However, he is serving merely two years although he stole $7 million (PHP 303 million) from military coffers
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A Philippine passenger and cargo vessel, MV Asia Malaysia, sank Sunday morning off the coast of Iloilo, a province in the southern Philippines which is part of the Visayas area. All of its nearly 200 passengers and crew were safely rescued
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A retired Navy colonel called for the overthrow of President Benigno Aquino III in a video circulated on social networking sites. But drawing no support from the military, the presidential palace merely shrugged off the incident.
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The Aquino government said its newest and biggest warship, a 1967-built U.S. Coast Guard cutter, will be delivered to Manila to add muscle to its most powerful navy vessel, a 1943-built destroyer-escort also from the U.S.
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China is making the ridiculous assertion that it controls virtually all of the seas from Korea all the way down to Malaysia and Brunei
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Migrant workers are the slaves of the modern world
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines won't go to war with China over the ongoing territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea
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Philippine authorities are scrambling to map out previously unknown fault lines across the archipelago after a powerful 6.9 magnitude quake flattened villages, twisted roads and killed dozens
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Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges
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Some 4,500 American troops and 2,300 Filipino troops will conduct war games in the Philippines as part of an annual drill while Manila is embroiled in a territorial dispute with China
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Residents and businessmen in Mindanao have threatened to file a $116 million lawsuit against the government to get compensation for damages caused by continuing power outages
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A concessionaire of the Philippines' version of the Las Vegas Strip has completed construction of its hotel in portion of the 300-acre gaming site
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The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level
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Weeks after tropical storm Washi caused severe flooding on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, leaving over 1,200 dead and thousands homeless, thousands more people have been evacuated from their homes following fresh flooding
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The South China Sea issue and China's position on it have become subjects of much deliberation, especially since the ASEAN Regional Forum Meeting at Hanoi last July. It is generally believed that the South China Sea will emerge as the hot-spot of conflict in the coming years. Here's why
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Plans by a Philippine province to erect a large sign on an active volcano drew criticism from various groups on Thursday. Batangas Province officials want to imitate the landmark Hollywood sign on Taal Volcano
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Damage caused by the two typhoons that battered the Philippines was estimated at $228 million (PHP 10 billion) by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
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Rescuers are struggling to reach communities in northern provinces of the main Philippine island of Luzon, which were hit by two powerful typhoons
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Credit Suisse downgraded the growth forecast for the Philippine economy for the rest of 2011 to 4.3 percent from 4.6 percent
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A US $34 million Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) aimed at assisting more than 400,000 conflict displaced people return to their homes on the Philippine island of Mindanao, remains underfunded, says the UN
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The Manila International Airport Authority, which operates the Philippines' international gateway, is looking for body scanners to enhance the airport's security systems
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Armed with machetes and cutting equipment, and in a bid to prevent flooding in and around the Philippine city of Cotabato on Mindanao island, hundreds of troops and civilians cleared tons of water lilies from the Rio Grande river
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