Topic: Philippines
August 2009, Philippines was mourning the death of their beloved hero, Corazon Aquino. In September 1986, Aquino delivered a speech before a joint session of the United States Congress which was interrupted by applause several times, and which then U.S. House Speaker ...
Aug. 1, 1944, Saranac Lake, N.Y., U.S.), Filipino statesman, leader of the independence movement, and first president of the Philippine Commonwealth established under U.S. tutelage in 1935.. In 1909 Quezon was appointed resident commissioner for the Philippines, entitled to speak, but not ...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was set Thursday to be the first Southeast Asian leader to visit Barack Obama's White House, with cooperation on fighting Islamic extremists on the agenda.Arroyo was due to hold talks in the afternoon with Obama. She will also ...
Ford cuts Philippine office staff by 15 percentFord Motor Co. has cut its office staff in the Philippines by 15 percent in a restructuring program, a company official said Monday.Some 29 employees, including six managers, out of total of 200 office-based staff ...