International Business News - Philippines http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Nutritional supplement maker USANA Health Sciences Inc. said Thursday it plans to begin operations in the Philippines by early 2009. Direct-selling revenue totals about $500 million per year in the Philippines, the company said, citing the Direct Selling Association of the Philippines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/usana-plans-for-philippines-operations-by-2009.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:56 EDT The Philippine government blamed high world oil prices and inflation for disappointing second-quarter growth, the lowest in three years, but the president's spokesman Friday ruled out any major policy changes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/philippine-economic-growth-at-slowest-in-3-years.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:28:38 EDT A military transport plane that crashed after takeoff in the southern Philippines with nine people aboard sank 600 feet under water, too deep for divers to reach, a navy spokesman said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/philippine-c-130-wreck-found-600-feet-under-water.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:11:51 EDT Fishermen found body parts, debris and documents Tuesday that were believed to be from a C-130 military transport plane that disappeared after taking off in the southern Philippines with nine crew members on board. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/philippine-plane-debris-found-in-southern-sea.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:19:06 EDT A C-130 military transport aircraft disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines with nine crew on board, and authorities launched a search and rescue operation, an official said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/philippine-military-plane-carrying-9-crew-missing.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:46:13 EDT Muslim rebels on Saturday urged the Philippine government to halt a military offensive they say threatens a years-long peace process and escalates violence in the archipelago's troubled south. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114288-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/philippine-rebels-say-peace-process-could-collapse.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/philippine-rebels-say-peace-process-could-collapse.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:54:29 EDT The latest violence in the southern Philippines took the government--and the military--by surprise, coming just weeks after Muslim rebels initialed a peace accord. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114236-philippines-elusive-peace.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/philippine-peace-on-shaky-ground-after-attacks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/philippine-peace-on-shaky-ground-after-attacks.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:52:49 EDT The latest violence in the southern Philippines took the government--and the military--by surprise, coming just weeks after Muslim rebels initialed a peace accord. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114153-philippines-elusive-peace.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/philippine-peace-on-shaky-ground-after-attacks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/philippine-peace-on-shaky-ground-after-attacks.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:23:56 EDT A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/philippines-peace-process-in-tatters.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:59:04 EDT Police special forces with orders to kill headed into the hinterlands of the southern Philippines on Wednesday, seeking Muslim rebels responsible for shooting and hacking 37 people to death in a brutal rampage that has left peace prospects in tatters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112708-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/philippines-peace-deal-to-be-renegotiated.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/philippines-peace-deal-to-be-renegotiated.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:32 EDT Philippine troops on Monday retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels killed at least 26 people earlier in the day in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111355-philippines-arroyo-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/muslim-rebels-attack-southern-philippine-villages.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/muslim-rebels-attack-southern-philippine-villages.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:54:23 EDT The Philippine military says Muslim rebels have attacked two southern villages, killed a local official and burned houses in a new escalation of fighting. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110998-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/4-philippine-soldiers-3-militia-killed-in-ambush.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/4-philippine-soldiers-3-militia-killed-in-ambush.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:53:07 EDT Remittances from Filipinos abroad surged 30 percent in June to $1.5 billion--the highest monthly inflow since 1989, thanks to a rise in the number of overseas workers, the Philippine central bank said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/filipino-workers-remittances-surge-30-pct-in-june.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:28:37 EDT Two dozen elderly Filipino women and their supporters protested outside the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Friday demanding a clear-cut apology and compensation from Tokyo for wartime sexual slavery. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109151-philippines-japan-comfort-women.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/filipino-women-seek-japans-apology-for-wwii-rapes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/filipino-women-seek-japans-apology-for-wwii-rapes.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:09:27 EDT Police say at least 15 hitchhikers have been killed and 14 others injured when the truck they were riding in plunged into a ravine in a southern Philippine mining area. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/15-killed-in-truck-crash-in-southern-philippines.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:58:04 EDT The Philippine Supreme Court opened a hearing Friday on an autonomy agreement with Muslim rebels, as tensions remained high with the discovery of a homemade bomb at a southern school. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109330-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/philippine-court-opens-hearing-on-peace-pact.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/philippine-court-opens-hearing-on-peace-pact.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:33:15 EDT A homemade bomb hurt a would-be attacker in the Philippines on Thursday while another device was defused at a southern bus terminal in what the military suggested was retaliation from Muslim rebels for a recent government offensive. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108670-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/bomb-in-philippines-hurts-would-be-attacker.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/bomb-in-philippines-hurts-would-be-attacker.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:58:47 EDT Muslim guerrillas have completely withdrawn from 15 predominantly Christian villages in the southern Philippines, and the tens of thousands of residents can return to their homes once they have been cleared of booby traps, the military said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108106-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/displaced-filipinos-can-return-to-their-homes-soon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/displaced-filipinos-can-return-to-their-homes-soon.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:10:50 EDT Muslim guerrillas began withdrawing from several occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday following fierce fighting with government troops that has displaced nearly 160,000 civilians during harvest time, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/philippine-rebels-begin-to-leave-occupied-villages.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:36:37 EDT Muslim rebels said they were pulling back from a dozen of occupied southern Philippine villages Tuesday after government forces began retaking them amid fierce fighting that has forced nearly 160,000 civilians from their homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/107492-philippines-muslim-rebels.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/filipino-troops-press-assault-on-muslim-rebels.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/filipino-troops-press-assault-on-muslim-rebels.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:22:08 EDT