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Japan loans Philippines ¥38 billion for Manila railway repairs
Japan and the Philippines signed an agreement Wednesday for up to ¥38 billion ($336 million) in assistance from Tokyo to rehabilitate a mass transit railway in Manila that has fallen into a state of disrepair. Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin and Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda ...
Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada sues Tiger Resort, seeks reinstatement of all titles
A lawyer representing casino tycoon Kazuo Okada said Sunday his client filed a lawsuit against his former gaming firm, Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc., and is seeking intervention from a Philippine court for his reinstatement as chairman. Lawyer Rean Balisi said the suit against ...
All 157 aboard evacuate after China jetliner skids off Manila runway amid downpour
A Boeing passenger plane from China skidded off a runway while landing in a downpour at Manila's airport and its 157 passengers and eight crew members were evacuated on an emergency slide, officials said. All the passengers and crew of Xiamen Air flight MF8667 were ...
Japanese father and son face trafficking and child abuse charges in the Philippines
A Japanese man and his son face human trafficking and child abuse charges involving the mistreatment of 13 compatriots on a small island in the southern Philippines, police said Wednesday. They said Hajime Kawauchi, 61, and his son, Yuya, 34, have been detained since May ...
Finance chiefs from Japan, China and South Korea hail inter-Korean summit
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the three countries also warned of risks from rising protectionism and noted the importance of free trade.
A new memorial dedicated to the Philippines "comfort women" forced into Japan's military brothels before and during World War II was removed Friday night, days after suspicions surfaced that it was being targeted for demolition. The bronze statue of a blindfolded Filipino woman, erected in ...
Philippines' city of the future: New Clark
He may never set foot in New Clark City, but taxi driver Edgard Labitag hopes the Philippines' first green, disaster-resilient, high-tech metropolis will ease the pressure on Manila — meaning fewer hours stuck in traffic and more time with his children. At the wheel on ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to skip ASEAN summit in Australia amid outcry over drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is skipping a regional summit in Australia this month, his spokesman said Monday, as he faces international censure for Manila's deadly drug war. Duterte's decision to snub the meeting comes after he said he would not cooperate with United Nations investigators ...
Video footage of Manila police casts doubt on official accounts of drug killings
The police report was clear. Anti-drug officers shot and injured three men in one of the Philippine capital's poorest districts, then "rushed" them to hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival. But security camera footage tells a different story of what happened just after ...
Slum woes grow for moms as Philippine birth control plans fail
At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named "Paradise Village," Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines' serial failures on family planning. The plumber's wife already had four children by the time a family planning law was passed in December 2012, ...
Duterte says he will tell Trump to 'lay off' if U.S. leader raises rights abuses in Manila talks
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump to "lay off" if he raises the issue of human rights when they meet. Trump will be in Manila on the last leg of his 12-day Asian trip, which includes visits ...
Japan-funded Philippine subway project possibly delayed to December 2018
The start of construction for a Japanese-financed subway in the Philippines' urban metropolis of Manila could be pushed back to as far as December next year, a Philippine official said Tuesday. The Philippine government had said previously that construction of the 355 billion peso (about ...
