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PLDT, Rocket Internet form Philippines Internet Group
2015-01-21 12:37:02| Telecom - Topix.net
MANILA The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Rocket Internet have created a new joint venture to focus on creating and developing online businesses in the Philippines. PLDT, through Smart subsidiary Voyager Innovations Inc., said it is investing about $34.7 million for a 33.3 percent stake in the partnership with an option to increase this to 50 percent.
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Philippines: Pope set for emotional day with Yolanda survivors
2015-01-16 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis will spend an emotional day in the Philippines on Saturday with survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon that claimed thousands of lives, highlighting his concern over climate change. The pontiff enjoyed a rapturous reception from millions of Filipinos during the first two days of his trip to the country, reinforcing its status as the Catholic Church's bastion in Asia. Francis's five-day visit is partly aimed at helping the Church expand its influence throughout the region, but...
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Storm Warnings for Popes Planned Climate Stop in the Philippines
2015-01-16 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Pope Francis made it to Tacloban and, wearing a yellow plastic rain coat like those on the tens of thousands of people before him, delivered a simple and moving homily focused on assuaging peoples sense of loss. The transcript is here.] Heres the post as written Friday afternoon: On Saturday, nearing the end of his visit to the Philippines, Pope Francis is scheduled to hold mass for residents of Tacloban City, which was devastated in late 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines)....
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Philippines garment sector upbeat over EU GSP+
2015-01-16 12:03:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Philippines' garment sector is expected to be a key beneficiary of the country's inclusion within the European Union's (EU) GSP+ scheme from 1 January, allowing the export of 6,274 additional items of all kinds to the EU at zero tariffs over the next 10 years.
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Philippines to Ban on FMD-Susceptible Imported Products
2015-01-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
PHILIPPINES - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has ordered the temporary ban on the importation of livestock animals that may be susceptible to foot and mouth disease (FMD), their products and by-products, coming from Chungcheongbuk-Do, Korea; Jiangsu, China; and Caprivi, Namibia.
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