Taipei puts Manila on the spot with boat satellite data

The Standard - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(26 mins ago) Taiwan has released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguard, flatly rejecting Manila's claims that the vessel intruded into Philippine waters. The killing of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against Manila, including a travel alert. Taiwan's Fisheries Agency ...

Philippines protests China warships presence

Tampa Bay Online - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels off a Filipino military-occupied shoal in the disputed Spratly ...

Philippine president creates task force to improve business competitiveness

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has created an inter-agency task force that will help investors do business in the country.Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Tuesday that Aquino signed Administrative Order No. 38, creating the Task Force on Ease of Doing Business (EODB Task Force) that will improve the country's global ranking in business competitiveness.The task force ...

Taiwan tourists cancel Philippines plans

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> BORACAY, Philippines - Taiwan tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to Kalibo International Airport ...

Philippine pivot in the South China Sea

Asia Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA - After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has sought new ways to resolve its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite earlier hopes that China's leadership ...

Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race

Gadsden Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Marvic Feraren and Boyet Py both received 3,236 votes for mayor of San Teodoro town in Mindoro Oriental province in Monday's elections.The Elections Commissions suggested the two men flip a coin five times each, which is allowed under the country's Election Code to break a tie.Feraren won Tuesday, but not before a second round of coin flipping.They tied in the first round ...

US concerned over Philippines killing of Taiwanese fisherman

SINA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the increasing tensions between the Philippines and China's Taiwan following last week's fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard. At a news briefing, the State Department's acting deputy spokesman Patric Ventrell also urged the two sides to take "all ...

Philippine Lower House to push charter change

Asia News Network - Monday 20th May, 2013

With a firmer grip on Congress, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is expected to push for changes in foreign equity restrictions to attract more capital in order to create more jobs and reduce poverty incidence. But his political leaders are divided on how to initiate the changes.On one hand, Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., who is expected to retain the speakership, prefers ...

Barclays ups Philippines growth estimates

Asia News Network - Monday 20th May, 2013

Barclays has raised its 2013 growth forecast for the Philippines as it expects the economy to post one of the fastest growth rates among emerging markets in Asia. In one of its latest reports, Barclays said the Philippines was now seen to grow by 6.2 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2014. The international financial services firm earlier projected that the Philippine economy would grow ...

Manila Taipei agree on cooperative probe

Asia News Network - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday agreed on a cooperative investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino Coast Guards, which had led to fresh cross-channel tensions and harassment of Filipino workers in Taiwan. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters that the cooperation, agreed on during a meeting between National Bureau of Investigation officials and ...

Philippine high school senior has 41 names

Middle East Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

A high school senior in the Philippines is drawing attention for his unusual name, which includes 40 first names and a surname. The latest senior to enroll at Urdaneta City National High School in Pangasinan is a 15-year-old student named Ratziel Timshel Ismail Zerubbabel Zabud Zimry Pike Blavatsky Philo Judaeus Polidorus Isurenus Morya Nylghara Rakoczy Kuthumi Krishnamurti Ashram Jerram Akasha ...

Saudi Arabia inks pact to protect Philippine maids

The China Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

MANILA--The Philippines said Monday it had signed a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern ...

Philippines Taiwan to cooperate in fisherman shooting investigation

The China Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

MANILA -- The Philippines said Monday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint ...

Philippines OKs parallel probe with Taiwan

ABS-CBN News - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Philippines agrees to hold parallel investigations with Taiwan on the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman near Batanes. Both sides are now cooperating with each other, but the Justice Department clarifies that Taiwan will not interfere with the Philippine probe. - The World Tonight, ANC, May 20, 2013 For more on ANC's The World Tonight, go ...

Manila may evacuate its workers based in Taiwan

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Philippines is ready to evacuate Filipinos working in Taiwan in case tensions further escalate between Taipei and Manila, according to media reports Monday.Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) that handles affairs related to Taiwan, said a task force has been created to address the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman two weeks ago by the Philippine coast ...

Philippines Jan-Apr balance of payments posts USD1.8b surplus CB

MENAFN - Monday 20th May, 2013

(MENAFN) The Philippines central bank said that during the January-April period, the country's balance of payments (BOP) recorded a surplus of USD1.8 billion, reported Xinhua News.Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the figure exceeds half of the USD3-billion forecast for the current year.In April alone, the BOP surplus reached USD274 million, up from a deficit of USD74 million ...

Philippine strategies make it overconfident in confronting China

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Tensions over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard are still going on. Looking through the history of the Philippines confronting China on maritime disputes, we find that the Phillipines has always held an unscrupulous and reckless attitude. For example, the naval face-off at Huangyan Island last year was triggered by Philippine navy which had attempted to ...

Miss Philippines Earth winners talk environment

ABS-CBN News - Monday 20th May, 2013

From 47 hopefuls who went through grueling finals, five environmental ambassadors were crowned Sunday night in the search for Miss Philippines Earth 2013. A day after the pageant, this year's winners explain how they plan to help protect the Earth. ...

Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

Inquirer Global Nation - Monday 20th May, 2013

Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...

Universal takes charge on Philippine payout at heart of FBI probe

West Australian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Reuters © The logo of the Universal Entertainment Corp. is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya ...

Philippine Stock Market Table May 20 2013

Inquirer Business - Monday 20th May, 2013

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Lawyer detained for death of transportation barker in Manila

Inquirer - Monday 20th May, 2013

MANILA, Philippines — A lawyer was detained at the Manila Police District homicide section allegedly for inadvertently killing a barker who had blocked his daughters’ way. Augusto Marte, 67, of Extramadura Street, Sampaloc, hit Joselito Macario, 51, resident of Loyola Street, with a steel pipe around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a police report. Investigation showed that ...