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Domestic liquidity expands in December 

January 31, 2019

Preliminary data showed that domestic liquidity grew by 9.2 percent year-on-year to about P11.6 trillion in December 2018,  the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thursday. This was slightly faster than the 8.5 percent (revised) expansion in the previous month.

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Reenacted budget to hurt economy – Palace

January 31, 2019

Malacanang rejected on Thursday a reenacted budget for this year, saying it would hurt the economy. “A reenacted budget as a result of a budget impasse would hurt our economy,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. This was

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Filipina guilty of murder executed in Saudi Arabia: DFA

January 31, 2019

A Filipina domestic helper found guilty of murder was executed in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday. In a report, Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto said Saudi authorities carried out the sentence against

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Four die as bus, truck collide at SCTEX

January 31, 2019

Four people died when a bus and a truck collided at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) Thursday morning.  According to an initial police report, at 5:10 am a tourist bus carrying 50 passengers, mostly government employees, was travelling northbound in Concepcion,

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Apparent body part of missing female student found in Ibaraki Pref.

January 31, 2019

Kamisu, Ibaraki Pref.–A body part apparently of a missing Tokyo female university student, 19, has been found in a crop field in the city of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of the Japanese capital, investigative sources said Thursday. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police

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Ibaraki Pref. to certify LGBT couples as partners

January 31, 2019

Mito, Ibaraki Pref.–The government of Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, is considering introducing a system for LGBT, or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, couples to be treated in the same way as married couples, it has been learned. The prefecture will

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Japan, S. Korea weathering “tough period”: senior U.S. official

January 31, 2019

Washington–Relations between Japan and South Korea “are weathering a tough period,” a senior U.S. government official said Wednesday. “We believe that now more than ever, it is crucial to ensure that there are strong and close relationships” among the United

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Tokyo Olympic ticket prices unveiled

January 31, 2019

Tokyo–The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics unveiled Olympic ticket prices Wednesday, including the maximum price of 130,000 yen for the men’s 100-meter sprint final. The committee also said it will accept applications for ticket lotteries on

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