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Philippine Interests

PHL IMPROVES IN WORLD ECONOMIC FREEDOM RANKING

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – The Philippines has improved to 70th place from 76th in the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom ranking released Monday (Feb. 1) by the Heritage Foundation, a think

PH-US TIES NEVER BEEN STRONGER, SAYS DFA’s DEL ROSARIO

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent) (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) – With the stamp of approval of the EDCA by the Philippine Supreme Court behind his back, Secretary Albert del Rosario of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs described the Philippine-American bilateral rela...

US ENDS REVIEW OF PH WORKERS RIGHTS ABUSES

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL) — The Office of the United States Trade Representative has announced that it has closed the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) review of worker rights abuses in the Philippines after the Philippines government a...

EVEN IF JAILED, VP BINAY TO STAY IN RACE, SAYS SUPPORTER

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)   NILES, Illinois (JGL) – Despite the entry of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte into the crowded Philippine presidential race for next year’s elections, a big supporter of Vice President

President Aquino Thanks Canada For Its Help on Typhoon Haiyan

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA ((c) 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)   CHICAGO (JGL)-- President Benigno Aquino III thanked May 7 Canada’s Governor General David Johnston for “Canada’s enduring support” when it deployed a contingent of the Canadian

AQUINO, OBAMA GUILTY OF GROSS, SYSTEMATIC VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks   CHICAGO (JGL) – When the Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III and U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) last April 28, 2015, in Manila, they broke the

MARWAN: MORE THAN 60 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN AN ENCOUNTER IN AN ENCOUNTER IN 2007

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)      (Last of two parts)  CHICAGO (JGL) -- In one of his email messages to his elder brother, Rahmat Abdhir, Zulkifli "Marwan" Abdhir reported to his brother battles and casualties between Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Philippine gover...

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