The Philippines has cut borrowing costs, banned foreign funds from special deposit accounts and eased rules for outflows, striving to manage an investment influx lured by economic growth exceeding...
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1 May 2013
The Philippine central bank is reviewing property loans data to determine whether cooling measures are needed to avert a bubble, Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla said.
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10 Apr 2013
Disheartened by tight government controls in their domestic housing markets, investors from China, including Hong Kong, are looking overseas for alternatives. Among their targets is the...
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2 Oct 2012
Less than two hours from Hong Kong and comprising 7,107 tropical islands, the Philippines makes for an ideal weekend getaway. But surprisingly few Hongkongers visit the archipelago compared to...
12:43PM
26 Sep 2012
The Philippines is seeking to lure investment from Japanese companies that are being hurt by their country’s bitter territorial dispute with China, a senior trade official said on Wednesday.
4:28PM
25 Sep 2012
The Philippine government will comply with a Chinese demand for repayment of a US$500 million loan for a stalled railway, an official said on Tuesday.
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Guidelines for a new mandatory insurance scheme for overseas Filipino workers were first published in Philippine newspapers on September 17, not Hong Kong newspapers, as reported yesterday.
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Filipino domestic worker Emily is counting her money as never before, in what she feels will be a thrifty Christmas.
She has been remitting most of her salary each month as soon as...
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Is the Philippine economy on the mend? Yes, says president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who carried the fresh news of the fastest rate of growth for the Philippine economy in two decades to the...
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The Philippines, with its large English-speaking population, is a natural hub for contact centres and other business outsourcing services. However, problems in English proficiency have become a...
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YOU CAN STILL hear it, that hissing sound emanating from the snake pit that is Philippine politics.
Early this week, a Catholic priest waded into this malevolent mass to pin down...
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Mike Arroyo, the president's spouse, is the media's latest candidate for one of the country's mythic titles: jueteng lord. It is mythic because while most Filipinos believe jueteng lords exist,...
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