Cameron faces EU music after shock Brexit vote
BRUSSELS—Shell-shocked European leaders will on Tuesday put the screws on Prime Minister David Cameron to expedite Britain’s EU exit after ...
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Peso drops below 47 vs dollar
The peso further weakened against the US dollar Monday, losing P0.08 to close at 47.03 from 46.95 Friday as the ...
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Britain scrambles to calm markets after shock vote
LONDON—Britain’s finance minister on Monday sought to calm markets after the country’s shock vote to leave the EU, and insisted ...
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UN chief: EU still a solid partner despite Brexit
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he expects the European Union to remain a solid partner for the ...
Read moreEU, UNDP turn over evacuation centers to Biliran communities
Tacloban City—The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday turned over two newly built evacuation centers to ...
Read moreEU, UNDP pour in P63m for peace in Mindanao
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme have funded another peace project amounting to €1.2 million (P63 million) ...
Read more‘No bargaining over plight of refugees’
BRUSSELS—Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu warned there would be no “bargaining” over the plight of refugees as he entered crunch talks ...
Read moreEU officials meet after migrant route is shut
BRUSSELS—EU interior ministers were set to meet in Brussels Thursday to discuss the migrant crisis after western Balkan nations slammed ...
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A license for incompetence
The report of 600,000 car license plates being held up at the pier for non-payment of import duty taxes is ...
Read moreEU-style economic bloc for Asean soon
SOUTHEAST Asian leaders on Sunday symbolically declared the establishment by year-end of an EU-style regional economic bloc, but diplomats admitted ...
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