Donated a carillon to Manila Cathedral, his most recent gift to the Catholic Church.
"We're not here to do the job ourselves, " he said on arrival in Manila.
Taipei's Liberty Times also says Manila's close relations with the US are complicating matters.
Ballet Manila presents a work on the life of Gabriela Silang, and other Philippine ballets.
Manila apparently has plans to build highways linking the area to other growing urban centers.
Ron is an entrepreneur and blogger from Chicago, but he was born in Manila.
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That is, if an IMF briefing paper at a recent forum in Manila is any indication.
The Manila-based lender said that worries persisted around the eurozone crisis and political tensions in Asia.
Consider some of the reforms Manila needs to undertake to boost long-term investment in key industries.
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"It's not a sexy story, " says analyst Leo Venezuela, senior analyst with ATR-Kim Eng in Manila.
Chairs DMCI group, which has built such landmarks as the Manila Doctor's Hospital and Manila Hotel.
Cooperman keeps a bulging manila folder of congratulatory notes in his office at Omega.
That would mean I had to leave Manila and everything I had built for myself.
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Boies won, despite a trail of incriminating telexes between headquarters and a consultant in Manila.
Sulu will be saturated with soldiers again if Manila moves to crush the outlaws.
Manila is alive with a mix of cultures, from Spain, China and the numerous Philippines islands.
The joke in Manila last week was that ASEAN was actually NATO in disguise.
Head to Intramuros, the 16th century section of Manila, where he conducts popular walking tours.
Manila has also been the USA's staunchest supporter in regional groupings such as Asean.
To find out, I spent the night in Cuatro, a shanty town in Manila.
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That is almost double what his nearest rival, Manila mayor Alfredo Lim, can garner (16%).
Manila, like most of the world's large cities, suffers from a huge and problematic urban sprawl.
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The Philippines is taking a risk with this move, says the BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila.
Associated Press writers Hrvoje Hranjski and Oliver Teves in Manila, Philippines, contributed to this report.
Manila needs to undertake the reforms that will leave those investors liking what they see.
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Such restrictions can have knock-on effects that work at odds with Manila's other economic goals.
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One of the largest shopping malls in Manila had the ground floor completely flooded.
Luxury condominiums in Manila sell for 5% of the price of those in Hong Kong.
"Corruption, sadly, has not spared our judicial system, " bemoans Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin.
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