World Bank President Jim Yong Kim praised the achievements of the Aquino administration and even spoke in Filipino to say how so many things have changed including the large number of Korean tourists in the country.
Japan took a step away Tuesday from an American-drafted constitution that has long kept its military shackled, approving a plan to allow greater use of a force that was vanquished at the end of World War II.
President Benigno Aquino held a surprise meeting in Japan with the country’s top Muslim rebel to address growing concerns over delays in implementing a peace deal, their aides said Thursday.
A total of 51 Filipinos have so far signed up for voluntary repatriation from conflict-stricken Libya while the Philippine government readied possible exit points for Philippine citizens in case air travel would no longer be viable.
President Benigno Aquino III said on Wednesday that anti-corruption efforts by his government freed up resources that were now being used to “invest” on the Filipinos.
Class suit mulled vs Baguio lawmaker
‘It is getting worse’: 12 Chinese ships monitored inside PH’s EEZ
China building airstrip on reef in PH waters
China tops Asean agenda
PH ignores China bid to free poachers
Philippines nabs 11 Chinese poachers
Obama arrives in Tokyo, first stop of 4-nation tour
Believe it or not: Filipinos love US more than Yanks
PH, HK end bitter row; sanctions lifted
PH case vs China a model for int’l sea disputes
Japan names 5 disputed islets in East China Sea
PH airports on full alert for Ebola virus
OFWs may leave strife-torn Libya even without exit visa–DOLE
DOH ‘closely monitoring’ 7 OFWs from Ebola-hit Sierra Leone
Multinational firms rap PH for ban on sending workers to Libya
PH peacekeepers in Liberia told to restrict movements amid Ebola outbreak
Filipina caregiver in Malaysia found bludgeoned to death
US envoy vows continued support to PH efforts to stop media killings
Guilty Chinese trio pinned down by housemaid at Parañaque ‘shabu’ lab
US firm pulls out insulting video on Filipino nurses
