France has removed the Philippines from its list of countries deemed to be uncooperative in investigating foreign aid fraud, reports ABS-CBNnews.com. The French government last Aug. 29 released an updated blacklist of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” that now includes Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Jersey, that cause the withholding taxes of up to 75 percent on payments from France.
President Benigno Aquino III canceled his trip to a Chinese trade fair after Beijing demanded that he first withdraw a legal complaint over disputed territories in the South China Sea, reports Inquirer.net.
Five suspects have already been arrested in the gang rape of a Filipino woman in Doha, Qatar, a report on GMA News's “24 Oras” said Thursday. The five, all Indian nationals, were arrested following a joint entrapment operation by the Criminal Investigation Department of Qatar and the INTERPOL.
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center opened a hotline for families of Filipinos who want to be rescued from Syria, reports ABS-CBNnews.com. Families of OFWs in Syria that can't get through the Department of Foreign Affairs's hotlines can call the Ople Center 833-5337, send an SMS to +639158435498, email blasoplecenter@gmail.com or post at https://www.facebook.com/blasoplepolicycenter. The center will immediately share the information with the DFA and various authorities.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised crisis alert Level 4 in Egypt, signaling the mandatory evacuation of overseas Filipino workers at Philippine government expense, reports Philstar.com. The marked deterioration of peace and order in Egypt makes working and living there increasingly difficult and dangerous the DFA said.
MANILA--The United Kingdom's embassy said Tuesday that 80 percent of the Philippines is safe for British tourists, and their no-travel advise covers only several provinces in Mindanao because of on-going terrorist activity and clashes between the military and insurgent groups, reports Inquirer.net
The Philippines showed the greatest improvement in its business environment in Southeast Asia in the last five years, according to a survey of US companies in the region, reports Philstar.com. The US Chamber of Commerce and the American Chambers of Commerce in the ASEAN surveyed 475 American firms in ten ASEAN countries from May 10 to June 10, and revealed that 39 US companies in the Philippines had the biggest increase in satisfaction over the local business climate from 2008 to 2013.
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