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The World - Wed Dec 9, 6:13 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police today named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country’s worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
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SYS-CON Media - Thu Dec 3, 4:21 pm ET
New IT opportunities are being fueled by a $6.8B (US) Philippines Economic Recovery Program investing in infrastructure projects in areas including transportation, tourism, power, water and housing. Additionally, the Philippines is experiencing substantial IT growth backed by an estimated 24 million Filipino Internet users today, a 75 percent increase from 14 million in 2008. The Manila IBM ...
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The Daily Jeffersonian - Wed Dec 9, 2:59 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 11:36 pm ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines is considering selling euro-denominated bonds next year to refinance maturing debt as investors’ appetite for dollar-denominated assets may be waning, finance officials said.
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Nasdaq - Wed Dec 9, 3:46 am ET
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Demand for office space in the Philippines is expected to improve next year as the business process outsourcing industry expands, helping to stem the fall in rents, real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis said Wednesday.
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Cape Cod Times - Wed Dec 9, 6:28 am ET
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion...
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Nasdaq - Wed Dec 9, 2:47 am ET
MANILA (AFP)--The leaders of a Muslim clan in the southern Philippines where martial law was imposed following a massacre were charged with rebellion Wednesday, a justice department official said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 4:01 am ET
Hanoi - Vietnam has won a contract to export 400,000 tons of rice to the Philippines, authorities said Wednesday. Officials at the Vietnam Food Association confirmed Vietnam had won four out of six 100,000-ton lots to export to the Philippines at an ...
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Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 10:17 pm ET
MANILA (AFP)--At least 161 people are suspected of having directly participated in a political massacre in the southern Philippines, the nation's police chief said Wednesday.
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IRIN - Tue Dec 8, 4:45 am ET
MANILA, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - The government and international donors should not forget the crisis in southern Mindanao after a shift in focus to flood-ravaged Manila and the main southern island of Luzon, officials say.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 7:45 am ET
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Blue Coat Systems, Inc. , the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Land Bank of the Philippines , the official depository of the Philippines and the country’s largest formal credit institution in rural areas, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances in 36 branches across the Philippines to speed the delivery of key business ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 5:17 am ET
The Philippine government and Muslim rebels are on a "fast track" to striking a pact ending a decades-old rebellion by March or April, the Malaysian hosts of peace talks said on Wednesday.
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CNN - Mon Dec 7, 1:14 am ET
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared martial law beginning Friday night in the southern province of Maguindanao, where 57 people were killed last week, an army spokesman told CNN Saturday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 3:16 am ET
Manila - Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim secessionist rebels resumed Tuesday in Malaysia, after more than a year of suspension, a government statement said. Rafael Seguis, chairman of the government peace panel, expressed opt...
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The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Dec 7, 11:06 am ET
One day after Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo imposed martial law in Maguindanao Province, where her allies are linked to a recent massacre, critics have raised questions about her political motives and the potential for abuses.