There is no reason to stop the inoculation using American-made Pfizer vaccines in the Philippines even as there are newly-reported side effects for using the COVID-19 jabs, an official of the …
Philippines lands on dreaded dirty money list anew
Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force has placed anew the Philippines and three more countries on a gray, list, or those under increased monitoring after …
Former Philippines president Benigno Aquino buried in Manila
Former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino, has been laid to rest in a Manila cemetery beside his parents, two of the Southeast Asian country’s democracy icons. Hundreds of mourners in black …
No local cases of COVID-19 Delta variant in Philippines so far — expert
An expert from the UP National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Saturday said no local cases of COVID-19 Delta variant have been detected in the country so far. At the Laging Handa public briefing, UP – …
Philippines added to FATF grey list anew
A Philippines Peso note is seen in this picture illustration June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/IllustrationThe Philippines has been included in a global dirty money watchdog’s “grey list” of …
Philippines’ human rights record an issue in pending $2.6B military sale
Despite Congressional opposition, the State Department announced a determination this week to sell nearly $2.6 billion of defense material to the Philippines.
Malta, Philippines Placed on Terror-Financing Watch List
The Financial Action Task Force, a Paris-based organization that sets anti-money-laundering law standards, added Haiti, Malta, the Philippines and South Sudan to its list of jurisdictions under …
WB approves loan for financial sector
THE World Bank has approved a $400-million loan to help the Philippines achieve a resilient financial sector and help ensure a more inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 …
Taiwan food products export to Philippines slightly declined in 2020 to 44,940 MT–CPT database
DESPITE being one of the least affected countries by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s food export of Taiwan to the Philippines had slowed down a bit. According to the CPT Statistics Database …
World Bank lends $400 million to boost Philippines financial sector
The Philippines has secured funding of $400 million or more than P19 billion from the World Bank to upgrade the country’s financial sector. The Washington-based World Bank approved the $400 million …