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The Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ICCP) says foreign appetite for investment in the Philippines continues to be strong as more Italian firms are eager to have their slice of the pie.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said the Vietnamese government has confirmed the sinking of a cargo vessel carrying iron ore with an all-Filipino crew in Vietnamese waters.

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Two Filipino sailors were confirmed dead while one was rescued after a cargo vessel sank off Vietnamese waters last Friday, a government official said today.

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A Norwegian cargo ship with 19 Filipino crew members sank off the coast of southern Vietnam with only one man known to have survived, officials said today.

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A former lawmaker is urging the Aquino administration to set up a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) patterned after Singapore and China to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) expand and boost the country’s resilient economic growth.

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Global engineering and construction management firm Fluor Corp. is looking at expanding its Philippine operations as a global execution center by hiring close to 1,000 new Filipino workers, transforming the country as its largest office in the world in the next two to three years, an official said.

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A group of civil engineering (CE) students from Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL) has installed a rainwater harvester at a public elementary school in Cabuyao, Laguna, providing an alternative source of water for the school’s toilet and garden use.

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US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs upgraded the country’s economic growth outlook to 7.4 percent instead of 4.2 percent this year on the back of the stronger-than-expected rebound in the first half of a year.

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A Norwegian cargo ship with 19 Filipino crew members sank off the coast of southern Vietnam with only one man known to have survived, officials said today.

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US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs upgraded the country’s economic growth outlook to 7.4 percent instead of 4.2 percent this year on the back of the stronger-than-expected rebound in the first half of a year.

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