TOKYO, Japan - The four-day visit here of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to further strengthen the bilateral and economic relations between the Philippines and Japan and cement the two…
TOKYO, Japan ? The Philippines, along with Vietnam, is a new favorite investment site in Asia, according to the prestigious Nikkei Weekly, the flagship publication of Nikkei Inc. and the primary source of business information for top executives and decision-makers here.
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – ADB returned to the Philippine bond market today with the pricing of its second Philippine Peso denominated bond issue.
This second issue follows ADB?s successful opening of the Philippine bond market to foreign issuers in October 2005 when ADB issued the first Peso-denominated bonds by a foreign issuer in the country.
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PHILIPPINES: Extrajudicial killings; violence against women and children; massive displacement; harassment and intimidation
Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking
information regarding the killing of three farmers and gruesome
murder of a mother and her son in separate incidents on May 5 and
April 2 respectively. The three farmers, namely Benjamin Gelongga,
his son-in-law Richard Sarillo and nephew Bobby Quilo, were found
dead in their homes after a military operation took place in their
village in Magallon, Negros Occidental. In another incident, the dead
bodies of Betty Quillano and her 11-year-old son Dan-Dan were burned
and mutilated after they were allegedly murdered by the military in
San Miguel, Surigao Del Sur.
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PGMA’s departure statement (On her visit to Japan, May 22-25, 2007)
Philippine democracy has been renewed after a vigorous by-election. Now it is time to come together to forge a common path forward together among all parties and all political leaders here at home. Even as the national election is still being canvassed, the outcome of the local elections strengthens our nation’s collective resolve to create a modern, booming society through pro-growth, pro-poor, and pro-modernization policies.
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