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Rank of Clark International Airport as one of the best airports in the world, according to the London-based Financial Times Business Group. Sharing the prestige, Clark Freeport Zone ranks 8th, landing a slot on the elite list of freeport zones in the world, including The Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA), the Dubai International Financial Centre in UAE and the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in China.
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Amount Mindanao will receive for infrastructure projects next year, which is roughly 26.4% of the total budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
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Amount the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) alloted for the 2013 National Greening Program (NGP). Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said that among the DENR’s key expenditure programs, the NGP will get the biggest allocation. This is a clear proof that the Aquino administration is laying down the necessary requisites to facilitate quicker and more efficient implementation of the NGP.
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The expected GDP growth of the Philippines this year according to the Institute of International Finance’s (IFF) Global Economic Monitor for June-July 2012
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"As long as a Filipino child reads with a gas lamp, as long as households dwell in the dark, as long towns and sitios have light-posts unlit, we shall not rest until our whole nation is electrified."
- President Benigno S. Aquino III, in his speech during the 33rd Annual General Meeting of PHILRECA, August 2, 2012
Click here to read the full speech
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“The management of the economy has been quite well over the last year. The commitment to poverty reduction, as shown by the increase in P44-B to reach about 4-M poor families is something I would really like to compliment the administration for.”
- Akbayan Representative Walden Bello, commenting on the Aquino administration’s 2013 budget presentation
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“We want to ensure that they are on a self-reliant mode by the time they leave the program so that they can continue to send their children to school and keep them healthy.”
- Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Aquino administration
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“It goes without saying that the Philippines has a rich marine diversity and it deserves the best care and attention we can offer.”
- 2012 Yeosu Expo Commissioner General Lee Joon-hee on the Philippines’ rich marine diversity
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“We are interested in setting up businesses in the Philippines after reading the good news about the improved business environment in the Philippines.”
-Signtec Biz Inc. Marketing Director Shinnosuke Takahashi on the Philippines’ business environment
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
On July 30, 1934, the Constitutional Convention, tasked with creating a charter for the Philippines, was convened. It was headed by Claro M. Recto. The Convention finished its work on February of the following year. The draft constitution was subsequently approved by the President of the United States and came into full force and effect after its ratification through a national plebiscite.
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