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Aquino Sweats to Solve Mindanao Power Failure: Southeast Asia

Shrinking water levels threaten to cut Mindanao’s power supply by as much as a third just as President Benigno Aquino seeks to convince voters he’s reducing electricity shortages in the Philippines’ second-biggest island.

Aquino Hunts ‘Big Fish’ to Bury Philippines’ Sick-Man Tag

The Philippines, Asia’s fastest- growing economy after China, needs to do more to finally lose its decades-old tag as the “Sick Man of Asia,” according to the country’s president.

Philippines Probing Luzon Blackout Before Elections, Aquino Says

The Philippines is investigating the failure that left Manila and almost half of Luzon island without power yesterday, and the May 13 elections won’t be marred by blackouts, President Benigno Aquino said.

Aquino Moves to Strengthen His Control of Senate: Southeast Asia

Philippine President Benigno Aquino spent a third of his working days in the past two months campaigning for allies seeking seats in the senate, where he barely won the vote to raise tobacco and liquor taxes.

Philippines’ Claim on Marcos’s Singapore Funds Dismissed

The Philippines’ claim on $23 million its late president Ferdinand Marcos had looted and held in trust at West Landesbank AG’s Singapore branch was dismissed by a Singapore Court.

Billionaire Ang Emulating Ambani Steers Brewer San Miguel to Oil

Ramon Ang, president of San Miguel Corp., greets visitors to his eighth-floor Manila conference room wearing a plain black suit, white shirt, red tie and $200 Seiko titanium watch.

Pope Francis Should Look East to End Poverty

Philippine President Benigno Aquino faces a huge roadblock in his push to end the poverty weighing on his 106 million people: the Catholic Church.

Philippines’ Aquino Says No Hero Burial for Marcos in His Term

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said there will be no hero’s burial for the late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos under his watch. Marcos’ body had been kept in a refrigerated crypt for more than two decades in his home province in Ilocos, north of Manila.

I Liked to Sell the World a Coke (Part 1): Neville Isdell

Coca-Cola was losing the Philippines, where failure might have been the beginning of the end of our global business. By 1981, the nation was the world’s 10th-largest soft-drink market, but Pepsi had a 2-to-1 market share and the Coke bottler, owned by the Soriano family’s San Miguel Corp., warned that it could no longer sustain its losses unless Coke shared the burden.

S&P’s Reward Awaits One-Time Sick Man of Asia: William Pesek

It is often a fool’s errand to predict turning points in the more erratic Asian economies. Nowhere is that truer than the Philippines, whose greatest consistency seems to be disappointing the optimists.

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Taiwanese Crew Hid to Escape Hail of Philippine Bullets

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