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Article: PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 16, 2009.
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- October 16, 2009
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MANILA, Oct 16 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
MANILA BULLETIN:
- Government's debt stock increased by 6.5 percent year-on-year to P4.223 trillion as of July this year but dropped 0.1 percent or P4 billion compared to the previous month.
- Overseas Filipinos sent home $11.34 billion in the first eight months, up 3.7 percent year-on-year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Thursday.
- The Philippines may appeal before Washington to fast track the passage of the proposed Save Our Industries Act.
- The Philippines needs $5 billion worth of investments in the next six years to develop its downstream ...