Filipino people
Philippines launches $8.17b Haiyan rebuilding plan
The Philippine government launched an $8.17 billion plan on December 18 to rebuild the lives of millions battered by Super Typhoon Haiyan, AFP reported.
President...
World Bank: Philippines needs 14.6m jobs
The Philippines needs to generate 14.6 million good jobs by 2016 to uplift the economic status of jobless and underemployed Filipinos as well as...
Philippines, US hold talks on troop build-up
On August 14, the Philippines and the US conducted high level talks on a proposal to increase the US military’s rotational presence in the...
Aquino stronger after Philippine polls
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III secured big wins in mid-term elections seen as vital to his ambitious reform agenda. However, the success of graft-tainted...
Transforming the “Sick Man of Asia”
The Philippines' president Benigno S. Aquino III has urged foreign investors to look into the bidding of 21 public-private partnership (PPP) projects the country's...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...