TEHRAN, January 8 -The Philippines is looking to issue sovereign bonds in the first quarter of the year to help finance this year’s budget, its finance minister said on Monday, signaling the government is stepping up efforts to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure.
TEHRAN, January 2 -Two people have been killed and thousands have fled strong winds and floods as a tropical depression hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, following deadly back-to-back storms during the Christmas season.
TEHRAN, December 22 - The Philippines’ coast guard said on Friday it had rescued 252 passengers and crew, including an Australian and his Filipino wife, and recovered five dead people from a ferry that capsized east of the capital Manila.
TEHRAN, December 17 - At least 26 people were killed while several residents were missing in an island province in central Philippines after tropical storm Kai-tak brought heavy rains that triggered landslides, local authorities and media said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, November 18 - Iranian businessmen are exploring expansion of trade and exports opportunities in Philippines, Malaya Business Insight reported on Monday.
TEHRAN, November 10 - People have staged rallies in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, to protest US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the country.
TEHRAN, November 6 -Philippine authorities were on the lookout on Monday for a Malaysian who could be the new leader of pro-IsIs groups in Southeast Asia, security chiefs said, following the deaths of several high-profile regional extremists.
TEHRAN, November 3 -The Philippines on Friday defended its graft-fighting efforts in a bid to convince the United States to continue providing development assistance after an initial five-year grant of $434 million expired in May last year.
TEHRAN, October 30 -Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been notoriously critical of the US, has said he would welcome US President Donald Trump “as an important leader” when the two heads of state meet in November.
TEHRAN, October 28 - President Hassan Rouhani, while calling for stronger relations with the Philippines, said private sector could play a major role in development of bilateral cooperation.
TEHRAN, October 25 - Philippine government announced that the 5-months military operation in southern city of Marawi controlled by Daesh terrorists has ended.
TEHRAN, October 24 -Australia on Tuesday announced the expansion of its security support to the Philippines, which will involve training in urban counter-terrorism, to fight the rise and spread of Islamist militancy in the region.
TEHRAN, September 27 -The Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte says the United States should help Manila with efforts to fight drug gangs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, which he says use his country to ship methamphetamine to America.
TEHRAN, September 15 - Police in the Philippines have clashed with protesters during an anti-US rally near the American Embassy in the capital city, Manila.
TEHRAN, July 21, YJC - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would never ever set foot in the United States, which he described as a "lousy" country.
TEHRAN, July 20, YJC -Forty four Chinese and Malaysian suspects have been detained in the Philippines over the kidnapping and beating of a Singaporean woman abducted at a Manila casino, authorities said Thursday.
TEHRAN, July 4, YJC - The Philippines’ top court has upheld President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in the southern third of the country, dismissing petitions to nullify it.
TEHRAN, June 2, YJC - Dozens of people have been killed at a casino-hotel complex in the Philippine capital, Manila, after a masked gunman stormed the place overnight, firing shots and setting the place on fire.