Tag: Philippines
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Philippines Reports 2,638 New COVID19 Infections
As its total cases near 360,000, Philippines has reported 2638 new COVID19 infections.
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Hyundai E&C Wins $330 million Railway Deal in Philippines
Hyundai E&C has won a $330 million railway deal in the Phillipines.
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Pacquiao wants McGregor fight next year: Statement
Manila, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in the ring next year, an aide said in a statement. “For the sake of all the Filipino Covid-19 victims, Senator Manny Pacquiao will be fighting UFC superstar Conor McGregor next year,” Pacquiao’s special assistant Jayke Joson…
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The global spread of the coronavirus
Beijing, Feb 11 (AFP/APP): The new coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has killed more than 1,000 people and spread around the world. The latest figures from China show there are more than 42,600 people infected in the country. Outside mainland China, there have been more than 460 infections…
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Philippine Queen invites business projects for human support
KARACHI, Feb 08 (APP): Philippine Queen of Power-Mandano, Sultana Bae A. Gaus Maria Amor on Saturday invited Pakistan’s business community to come up with business projects as joint ventures with Philippine investors and that these should be aimed at supporting humanity instead of making big profits. The Queen is on a three-day visit to Karachi…
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Five Indonesian fishermen kidnapped by Islamic militants
Jakarta, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): Abu Sayyaf militants from the Philippines seized five Indonesian fishermen from a vessel off eastern Borneo, Jakarta officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions in the area. Indonesia’s foreign ministry said it was working closely with Malaysian and Philippines authorities to rescue the crew, while urging other fishermen…
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Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash, lava
Talisay City, Philippines, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Lava and broad columns of ash illuminated by lightning shot from an erupting volcano south of the Philippine capital on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights amid an alert for a possible “explosive eruption”. Homes and streets across the region surrounding the Taal volcano, which exploded to life on Sunday…
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Thatcher approved Corazon Aquino asylum request: archives
London, Dec 31 (AFP/APP): British prime minister Margaret Thatcher granted Corazon Aquino’s request for asylum at the height of the uprising that swept her to power in the Philippines, according to newly declassified files released on Tuesday. Aquino headed the four-day 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the 21-year rule of totalitarian president Ferdinand Marcos.…
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Typhoon Phanfone kills at least 16 in Philippines
Manila, Dec 26 (AFP/APP): Tourists on the popular Philippine holiday island of Boracay were stranded on Thursday after a typhoon swept across on Christmas Day, killing at least 16 people in other parts of the county. Typhoon Phanfone, with wind gusts reaching 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric…
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Typhoon misery for Philippines on Christmas Day
Manila, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation. Thousands were stranded at shuttered ports or evacuation centres at the height of the festive season on Wednesday, and residents cowered in rain-soaked homes as Phanfone leapt from…