Title:

 AIIB expects to sign 85 members by year's end

Author:

Editor: Feng Shuang

Source:

ECNS

Date:

2017-05-22

Description:

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank expects to grow its membership to 85 by the end of this year, bank president Jin Liqun said on Saturday.
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Title:

 PH stops aid from E.U.

Author:

ABS-CBN News

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 May 17, 2017

Description:

he Duterte administration has informed the European Union (EU) that the Philippines will no longer receive aid from the bloc, ABS-CBN sources said. This would take effect for future projects, informed sources added.

Title:

 Duterte open to deals in South China Sea

Author:

Leila B. Salaverria

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

 May 17, 2017

Description:

President Duterte on Tuesday said that he was open to exploring the resources of the South China Sea with rival claimants China and Vietnam, contradicting Foreign Secretary-designate Alan Peter Cayetano, who said on Sunday that joint exploration was not a direction for the Philippines in the resolution of disputes in the strategic waterway.

Title:

 De Venecia proposes joint exploration, development in Spratlys

Author:

Roy Canivel

Source:

Inquirer

Date:

May 15, 2017 

Description:

Philippine special envoy Jose de Venecia Jr. on Sunday called for joint exploration and development in the Spratly Islands as lawmakers at home cautioned the administration of President Duterte against entering into such “megadeals” with China, as these might compromise Manila’s stake in the maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea.

Title:

 Manila, Beijing dating again: ‘Who is the screwer, screwed?’

Author:

Malou Mangahas

Source:

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Date:

May 9, 2017

Description:

THEY CALL it “Dutertenomics.” Its tagline: “Build, build, build.” Its boast: “The golden age of Philippine infrastructure.” Its estimated bill: PhP8.4 trillion, to be sourced from taxes, foreign and local loans, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) from bilateral partners.

Title:

 Duterte’s China Deals, Dissected

Author:

Kenneth Cardenas

Source:

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Date:

May 8, 2017

Description:

NEARLY SIX months on, the deals signed during President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first state visit to China last October stand apart as the least assailable achievement of his presidency. No matter what one thinks of the President and his aims and his methods, his prowess as broker-in-chief so far stands unquestioned.

Title:

 NEDA URGES RUSSIA: Match or beat China financing aid

Author:

MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

Source:

The Manila Times

Date:

 March 28, 2017

Description:

Russia should offer competitive rates compared with those carried by China’s sovereign funding assistance to the Philippines as Manila and Moscow also explore areas of closer cooperation, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

Title:

 Dealing peacefully with China

Author:

GIL H. A SANTOS

Source:

The Manila Times

Date:

 March 26, 2017

Description:

NEWS reports in the Asia-Pacific region last week must have sent serious students of geopolitics and foreign policy makers to deeper analyses and interpretations of the current security situation in the Asean 10 area.

Title:

 China to build two bridges across Pasig River — Rody

Author:

Christina Mendez

Source:

The Philippine Star

Date:

 March 26, 2017

Description:

MANILA, Philippines - China will build two bridges across the Pasig River as part of the $10-billion investment package agreed upon by President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping as a result of the renewed vigor in bilateral cooperation between the two countries.