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Philippines President Duterte sings love song at Trumps request

Why China is pledging the Philippines US$7.3 billion?

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte kept on realigning to Asia superpower China, the Philippines is continuing to get trade, business and financial assistance from it.

Jan 4, 2018

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PLDT, Huawei forge USD 28.5 million deal to provide faster internet in Philippines

Philippines' local telecommunications companies Philippine Long Distance Company and Smart Communications, have forged a partnership with China Telecom's rival Huawei to provide better internet service to Filipinos.

Jan 3, 2018

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Philippines government conducts mass burials as deadly Marawi siege continues

Militants launch deadly attack on New Year in Southern Philippines

A Filipino police officer was killed and seven other security forces were heavily injured in two separate bomb attacks in less than 24 hours.

Jan 1, 2018

Philippines: Police step up drug drive in New Year, seize USD 20k worth of illegal drugs

Police seized an estimated USD 20 thousand dollars worth illegal drugs in Timog Avenue in Quezon City at 7:30 in the morning.

Dec 31, 2017

Philippines: Rebels make daring move, abduct town's deputy police chief

Communist rebels have begun to make their presence felt again when they stormed Roxas town in North Cotabato province and abducted the town's deputy police chief.

Dec 30, 2017

Philippines: Government declares state of calamity in embattled Lanao del Sur province

The law-making council of Lanao del Sur province on Friday has introduced a motion to declare the Province of Lanao del Sur under a state of calamity.

Dec 29, 2017

23,000 Filipino families affected by Tembin will extend stay in evacuation centers till new year

While tropical storm Tembin has already left the Southern Philippines, an estimated 23,755 families or 111,641 victims in different parts of the Philippines will extend their stay in evacuation centers.

Dec 28, 2017

Separatist rebels retaliate, kill tribal leader

Members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) killed a chieftain of a Teduray tribe in Maguindanao Province after rebels surrounded his house and asked him to get out.

Dec 27, 2017

United Nations to help victims of killer storm Tembin in Mindanao

The United Nations has expressed its willingness to provide support to local emergency operations to victims of tropical storm Tembin that killed 200 people and displacing 70,000 people in Mindanao.

Dec 25, 2017

Philippines tropical storm Tembin deaths reach 200, Local governor blames quarrying activities

Provincial governor said that quarrying activities degraded the environemmnt and triggered landlsides.

Dec 24, 2017

Philippine governor seeks military help to prevent maoist rebels' harassment

Philippines: Why Maoist rebels are declaring an 8-day ceasefire?

The New People's Army (NPA) declared an eight-day unilateral ceasefire after the group made a series of violent attacks against military and police security forces in the last four months.

Dec 23, 2017

How is Japan helping Philippine education?

The Philippine primary education will be recipient of Japanese assistance worth USD 477, 444 to start building and rehabilitating school classrooms damaged by natural disasters in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Dec 22, 2017

Japan, US, Korea, Australia telco firms want to open in Philippines: Will this solve country's internet problem?

Telco firms from Japan, US, Korea and Australia have also signified to become the third internet service provider in the Philippines that could target a potential 50 million prospective internet subscribers.

Dec 22, 2017

After Australia, Singapore too extends hand in fight against terror in Philippines

After the Australia government announced that they will be training Philippine soldiers to battle terror in the Philippines, and now Singapore has joined the program.

Dec 7, 2017

Philippine troops kill 4 Abu Sayyaf militants in Bohol

Philippines: NPA rebels flex muscles, make surprise attack after comrades' death

The two hours long firefight between the policemen on duty and the100 NPA injured four officers.

Dec 4, 2017

What is the military doing to prevent another ISIS attack in Philippines?

The Philippines military's 6th Infantry Division based in Maguindanao province has organized an army battalion to prevent urban terrorism in the province.

Dec 1, 2017

$1bn needed for Marawi rebuild after recapture decimates parts of the city

What will happen next to battle-torn Marawi City?

Philippine military Public Affairs Head Col. Edgard Arevalo said that Marawi will be the next commercial hub that will replace the trademark as a haven of terrorism.

Nov 30, 2017

Duterte orders Philippines Police to kill idiots who resist arrest

Duterte government launches military offensives after failed peace talks with rebels

A few days after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he wanted Maoist rebel leaders arrested after the failed peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDP), Philippine security forces killed 15 New People's Army (NPA) rebels in separate encounters in the Northern Philippines.

Nov 29, 2017

An employee of Kookmin Bank walks out of the bank's branch office in Seoul

Why Korea's biggest bank wants to open branch in Philippines?

As Philippine-Korea relations continue to flourish with hundreds of thousands of Koreans visiting Philippines yearly, Korea's biggest bank, KB Kookmin Bank has filed an application with the Philippine Central Bank to open its first branch in the country.

Nov 27, 2017

Is Philippines prepared for another war after victory against ISIS?

Is the Philippine ready to launch another fierce battle with another revolutionary organization after crushing at least 800 ISIS-linked terrorists in the five-month-long battle in Marawi City?

Nov 25, 2017

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