1 February 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, Feb 1, Reuter – The Philippines is exploring ways of reducing its massive foreign debt burden and the two U.S. military bases in the country could be a possible bargaining lever, Finance Secretary Vicente Jayme said on Monday. Jayme told Reuters in an interview…
16 February 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, Feb 16 – A stream of unsettling news from the Philippines has held back many potential small and medium-sized European investors, European Chamber of Commerce secretary-general Christian Roehr told Reuters. Roehr said several large European multi-nationals had long been in the Philippines and “are…
3 April 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, April 3, Reuter – Coup leader Colonel Gregorio Honasan’s escape from captivity on Saturday has dramatically revived threats to Philippine President Corazon Aquino’s power, analysts said. “Honasan’s escape couldn’t have occurred at a less convenient moment for Aquino,” an Asian diplomat said. Aquino is…
13 May 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, May 13, Reuter – The U.S. bases in the Philippines have sparked a superpower slanging match and stirred passionate debate about self-respect, alms-giving, sovereignty and subservience. Since April 5 when Manila-Washington talks on the future of the bases began, Philippine talk shows and newspaper…
28 July 1988 Reuters News English (c) 1988 Reuters Limited MANILA, July 28, Reuter – Philippine President Corazon Aquino, secure in power near the end of a coup-free year, is trying to get tough with her problems. “The president feels she has to use some form of brass knuckles now where she was all sweetness…
1 September 1987 Reuters News English (c) 1987 Reuters Limited MANILA, Sept 1, Reuter – “Who goes there — friend or foe?” That traditional challenge has acquired new meaning here after last week’s uprising by elite soldiers who helped President Corazon Aquino to power last year, analysts said on Tuesday. A senior army officer who…