Giant China shipping firm to invest $3 billion in Philippines

MANILA — China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), one of the world?s shipping giants, is pouring $3 billion into a shipping complex development project in Sangley Point, Cavite which the company eyes as its main hub in the Southeast Asian region.
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Philippines: Largest follow-on stock offering in history, market bull run continues

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo graced today, June 18, the listing of some 3.13 billion common shares of stock of Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGGI) worth P17.8 billion at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Makati City, as stock prices vaulted to new record highs.
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Child advocates to hold rally today for Grecil

Karapatan Southern Mindanao, along with children's rights advocate, will be staging an indignation rally here today to demand justice for Grecil Buya Galacio, the girl killed allegedly by the military in New Bataan, Compostella Valley Province, last March 31.

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Renal disease in Top 10 leading cause of death in Philippines

KORONADAL CITY — The prevalence of kidney/renal diseases has been in an increasing trend, especially the end-stage renal disease (ERSD) as reported in the Philippine Renal Disease Registry (PRDR). The rate of death due to end-stage renal disease has been in the top ten list of the mortality of the Department of Health (DOH).
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