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Philippines and South Korea to continue to develop substantive cooperation

SEOUL — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in agreed to significantly increase the bilateral trade between Manila and Seoul. The two leaders held a bilateral summit meeting...

Duterte’s SoKor visit yields USD4.9-B in investments

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s visit to South Korea has yielded USD4.9-billion worth of investments as part of the growing trade relations between the Philippines and the host country, his spokesman...

DILG welcomes institutionalization of ‘911’

MANILA -- With the recent signing of an executive order institutionalizing 911 as the country’s national emergency hotline number, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has assured...

Duterte’s firing of corrupt officials not publicity stunt: Roque

MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s move to sack alleged corrupt government officials is not a publicity stunt, his spokesman said Tuesday. This was Presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s response to the statement of...

BI nabs bogus SoKor journo wanted for fraud

MANILA -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport a 39-year-old South Korean national, who is facing a string of fraud cases in his country for swindling more than 42.2...

May inflation at 4.6%, price pressure seen to ease in next months

MANILA -- Government data released Tuesday showed that headline inflation in May rose to 4.6 percent, slightly higher than April’s rate of 4.5 percent but generally lower than the market’s expectation. In a...

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