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                    [Title] => RP to buy back $411-M Brady bonds
                    [Summary] => The Philippines will buy back $411 million of Brady bonds by June as part of its effort to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday.


"We have taken the steps to redeem those bonds consistent with our debt-management strategy to shift our dependence from foreign financing to domestic borrowing,"  Cruz told reporters yesterday.


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                    [Title] => RP to buy back $411-M Brady bonds
                    [Summary] => The Philippines will buy back $411 million of Brady bonds by June as part of its effort to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => RP may buy back some of its $774-M Brady bonds
                    [Summary] => The Philippines may buy back some of its $774 million of Brady bonds as part of its plan to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday.


"Some of these Brady bonds are very likely for retirement," Cruz told reporters. "Consistent with our strategy of moving away from more foreign borrowings to more domestic borrowing, we will be closely watching the buy-back of Brady bonds" by other countries.


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                    [Summary] => Weak rule of law, rampant corruption and ineffective law enforcement continue to make the Philippines Asia’s kidnapping hotspot, a report by a leading risk consultancy group said Thursday.


The government had failed to address "these factors with any consistency or political will" and as a result kidnapping was likely to flourish in this Southeast Asian nation of 84 million people, said the report by Pacific Strategies and Assessments (PSA).


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                    [Summary] => The Philippines’ influential Roman Catholic bishops appealed yesterday to the government not to support a US-led war on Iraq and urged Washington and Baghdad to take steps to avoid hostilities. 


In a statement, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the government "not to be led by the might of superpowers but by right prudential judgment based on fundamental moral principles." 


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                    [Summary] => Opposition Sen. Edgardo Angara has filed a bill to revive an overseas scholarship program for deserving Filipino students.


Under the scheme called "Pensionado Program," Filipino scholars would be sent abroad for free advanced studies.


"The government should devise a program for the overseas education and training for the brightest and most promising Filipinos who are already employed or self-employed in the various branches of science and technology," Angara said.


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"Some of these Brady bonds are very likely for retirement," Cruz told reporters. "Consistent with our strategy of moving away from more foreign borrowings to more domestic borrowing, we will be closely watching the buy-back of Brady bonds" by other countries.


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Globe gives away free SIM cards to tourists

By Louella Desiderio | July 29, 2015 - 10:00am

Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. has forged a partnership with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) to help make the Philippines Asia’s top tourist destination.

Business

RP to buy back $411-M Brady bonds

By Des Ferriols | April 26, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines will buy back $411 million of Brady bonds by June as part of its effort to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday. "We have taken the steps to redeem those bonds consistent...

Business

RP to buy back $411-M Brady bonds

By Des Ferriols | April 26, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines will buy back $411 million of Brady bonds by June as part of its effort to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday. "We have taken the steps to redeem those bonds consistent...

Business

RP may buy back some of its $774-M Brady bonds

By Des Ferriols | April 4, 2006 - 12:00am

The Philippines may buy back some of its $774 million of Brady bonds as part of its plan to reduce overseas debt, National Treasurer Omar Cruz said yesterday. "Some of these Brady bonds are very likely for...

Business

‘RP is still Asia’s kidnap hotspot’

March 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Weak rule of law, rampant corruption and ineffective law enforcement continue to make the Philippines Asia’s kidnapping hotspot, a report by a leading risk consultancy group said Thursday. The government had...

Headlines

CBCP urges Palace not to support US-led war

March 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippines’ influential Roman Catholic bishops appealed yesterday to the government not to support a US-led war on Iraq and urged Washington and Baghdad to take steps to avoid hostilities. In a statement,...

Headlines

Scholar program to be revived

By Aurea Calica | December 24, 2001 - 12:00am

Opposition Sen. Edgardo Angara has filed a bill to revive an overseas scholarship program for deserving Filipino students. Under the scheme called "Pensionado Program," Filipino scholars would be sent...

Headlines