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IMF 'carefully' monitoring capital flows to Asia

by  Agence France-Presse  on  April 29, 2013

The International Monetary Fund is 'carefully' monitoring massive capital flows into Asia and urged the region's...

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Cost, delivery key to choice of MRT-3 train cars

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 29, 2013

Second hand train cars from Spain are cheaper and can be delivered faster, but may have maintenance issues when...

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US teachers earn 7-8 times more than Pinoy counterparts

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 27, 2013

The low salary of teachers in the Philippines forces many of them to seek greener pastures

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Abaya on PPPs: Better cautious than sorry

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 26, 2013

Being cautious takes time, but it's a compromise to avoid future headaches, says Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio...

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MAP: The poorest provinces in PH

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 26, 2013

There are 16 provinces that have 40% of their population living below the poverty threshold

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US 1st quarter GDP at 2.5%

by  Agence France-Presse  on  April 26, 2013

The US economy grew at a pace of 2.5% in the first quarter of 2013

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1.27-M tourists visited PH in Q1, up 11%

by  Rappler.com  on  April 26, 2013

Koreans, Americans, Japanese and Chinese remain the top tourist markets of the Philippines. In January-to-March,...

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No reason to doubt poverty stats - NSCB

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 25, 2013

NSCB Secretary General Jose Ramon Albert stands by the official poverty statistics that President Aquino questions

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BSP maintains interest rates at record low

by  Rappler.com  on  April 25, 2013

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas decided to keep benchmark interest rates at their current record low levels but cut...

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Aquino doubts official poverty numbers

by  Cai Ordinario  on  April 25, 2013

President Aquino says 'bloated' population numbers in 2009 may not make it comparable with the 2012 poverty data

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