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‘You have violated Chinese law and China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, haven’t you? Why did you point your guns at our fishermen?’

‘You have violated Chinese law and China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, haven’t you? Why did you point your guns at our fishermen?’

While the Philippines was preoccupied with the controversy over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard on May 9, little attention was paid to the arrival on May 8 of three Chinese naval ships at the Ayungin Reef (Second Thomas Shoal), the gateway to the oil and mineral rich Reed Bank, [...]

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The birth pains that marked the launching last year of K + 12-a bold program meant to align the Philippines with the global 12-year basic education cycle-are not going away soon, along with the usual problems encountered at the beginning of each school year.

A tattered United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) tent and makeshift buildings cobbled from scavenged materials are the new classrooms for some 400 elementary pupils at Andap village here as the new school year opens Monday.

Manila, Philippines -- The government is moving to curb the indiscriminate cutting of coconut trees in the country.

IS CHINA poised to repeat its takeover of Scarborough Shoal in Ayungin Shoal?

Except for infrastructure, the Philippines has improved in the three other measures of competitiveness - economic performance, government efficiency and business efficiency, in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY).

LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP) - A Philippine volcano that killed five people last month in a huge ash explosion is showing renewed signs of activity, a government volcanologist warned Saturday.

LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP) - A Philippine volcano that killed five people last month in a huge ash explosion is showing renewed signs of activity, a government volcanologist warned Saturday.

LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP) - A Philippine volcano that killed five people last month in a huge ash explosion is showing renewed signs of activity, a government volcanologist warned Saturday.

Really, it’s enough to tempt even the patient observer to ditch the diplomatic niceties. China, through its Ambassador to Manila Ma Keqing, has raised concerns over “the Philippines coming up with structures, additional structures, on Ayungin Shoal” in the Spratly Islands, according to Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. In a report, Gazmin further quoted Ma as saying that China is continuously ...

(First of two parts) MANILA, Philippines – Tobacco companies are at the forefront of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the country. The catch: they are using community work to skirt around laws regulating their industry, both in the national and local levels. Anti-smoking advocates say tobacco companies are using CSR ...

IS CHINA poised to repeat its takeover of Scarborough Shoal in Ayungin Shoal?

MANILA, Philippines - After the welcome news of the GDP, everyone is asking, where’s the wealth? Voltaire Tupaz looks at out-of-school youth and poverty numbers in the face of economic progress. Do the poor feel the stunning economic growth in the Philippines? The country’s social ...

For using its mall to quickly deploy much-needed help to villages ravaged by killer typhoon Sendong in December 2011, SM Supermalls has received the Albert Sussman International Community Support Award, the highest honor given by the ICSC Foundation.

Manila, Philippines --- Malacañang was awash with cash, approximately P1.383 billion at its disposal, but it was left unspent despite the government's relief and rehabilitation efforts in provinces worst hit by devastating typhoons, like "Sendong," "Juaning," and "Pedring" that made landfall in the country in 2011.

The Philippines has won international recognition for successfully bouncing back from the devastation of typhoon “Pablo” in December 2012. The post Philippines bags Int’l Award for Disaster Recovery appeared first on Good News Pilipinas . You might also like: PHL Pavilion bags best exhibit award in Yeosu Expo in Korea Negros Occidental school wins ASEAN award for Disaster Education Phl bags ...

The Philippines is a recipient of the New Frontiers Award 2013 at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s premier travel and tourism exhibition.

For the country’s efforts at rebuilding its tourism economy and everything else that was ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo” (international name: Bopha) in December 2012, the Philippines won the New Frontiers Award at this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East’s premier travel and tourism exhibition.