Articles in the Pinas Now! Category

Trade, public anger sharpening Beijing-Manila spat
Posted in Pinas Now! on 11 May 2012

BEIJING (AP) — The monthlong standoff between China and the Philippines over a South China Sea shoal is snowballing with hints of economic retaliation and sharpening public opinion that are narrowing the space for a negotiated settlement. Beijing is suspending some tourism to the Philippines and stiffening inspections on Philippine fruit such as bananas, of [...]

Trade, public anger sharpening Beijing-Manila spat
Posted in Pinas Now! on 11 May 2012

BEIJING (AP) — The monthlong standoff between China and the Philippines over a South China Sea shoal is snowballing with hints of economic retaliation and sharpening public opinion that are narrowing the space for a negotiated settlement. Beijing is suspending some tourism to the Philippines and stiffening inspections on Philippine fruit such as bananas, of [...]

PH House committee approves sin tax bill
Posted in Pinas Now! on 10 May 2012

QUEZON CITY (PIA) — The Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives today approved an amended version of House Bill 5727 (HB 5727), or the excise tax reform bill with 46 votes in favor and 14 against. The substitute ‘sin tax’ bill, which was presented by the Department of Finance and was [...]

China launching first deep water oil drill in contested South China Sea
Posted in Pinas Now! on 8 May 2012

BEIJING — China’s first deep water oil drill is ready to start production in the South China Sea amid a continuing standoff with the Philippines in another section of the contested waters. View Source

Grenade blast kills 2, wounds 30 in Philippines
Posted in Pinas Now! on 8 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – (AP) — A grenade explosion killed two people and wounded at least 30 others outside a crowded bar in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday. Investigators were trying to identify the attackers who tossed the grenade late Saturday outside the El Sentro Resto Bar and a nearby drug store in Iligan city. [...]

Philippines erects wall to obscure view of slums
Posted in Pinas Now! on 5 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – (AP) — Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected across a bridge on a road from the airport to downtown Manila that hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek. View Source

Philippines erects wall to obscure view of slums
Posted in Pinas Now! on 5 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – (AP) — Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected across a bridge on a road from the airport to downtown Manila that hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek. View Source


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