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BASEL, Switzerland – Interest rates in the Philippines are appropriate given balanced inflation risks, which allow the central bank to pursue stable monetary policy without endangering growth, it governor said on Sunday.

Amando Tetangco also told Reuters China’s recent move to make the yuan’s exchange rate more flexible — one of the key focuses for central bankers gathering on Sunday for the annual meeting of the Bank for International Settlements — reflects confidence in the world’s third largest economy and is positive for Asia.

The Philippine central bank held its policy rate at a record low of 4% for the eighth consecutive meeting in June but unexpectedly cut its 2010 and 2011 inflation forecasts, raising expectations that any tightening could be later and less than expected.

The downgrade comes even as the economy expanded 3% in the first quarter, its fastest in almost 22 years, prompting the government to raise its 2010 growth target to 5% to 6%.

"Growth rates in Q1 gave us a surprise. (But) it is unclear whether that kind of growth is going to generate additional inflationary pressures. Growth in Q1 even Q2 may have been influenced by election spending," Tetangco said in an interview in the Swiss city of Basel.

"There is a broad balance between upside risks and downside risks to inflation. Inflation dynamics are quite favourable. Given this we should be able to have the flexibility to preserve monetary stability and support economy growth … We see interest rates as appropriate at this time."

On the full-year growth forecast, Tetangco said: "It’s doable. There may be some deceleration (from the Q1) … because of certain uncertainties such as what’s happening in Europe, how it’s going to impact other developed economies."

Multi-speed recovery

Tetangco said central bankers gathering in Basel will discuss China’s economy, Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and a recovery in the United States.

"The global economy is showing a multi-speed recovery Omega replica watches, with emerging markets particularly those in Asia seen to lead this recovery. As a result of that, if a tightening cycle would start, it will be in Asia Breitling replica watches," he said.

"China is the main driver of growth in the global economy now. China is re-orienting itself towards the domestic economy. The (yuan reform) is really a sign that China’s authorities are more confident that the recovery is on a solid footing. That should be positive for us in Asia."

XIAMEN, China – The mall developing arm of tycoon Henry Sy is spending RMB3.6 billion, or about P23 billion, for 4 new malls in China.

SM Prime Holdings Inc. will build new malls in Tianjin, Suzhou, Chongqing and Shandong following the success of its 4 existing malls in Xiamen (SM City Xiamen and SM Lifestyle Center), Jinjiang, and Chengdu, said SM Shopping Center Management Corp. president Annie Garcia.

All 4 malls are expected to rise by 2013.

Garcia said they are in talks for another mall in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.

Diane Dionisio, SM Prime’s vice president for finance for China projects, said the bulk of the spending budget, or about RMB2 billion, will be earmarked for the Tianjin mall.

This will be the largest mall so far for SM Prime, beating even the Mall of Asia in Manila.

The mall will rise on a 43-hectare lot in the 4th largest city of China and will have a gross floor area (GFA) of 530,000 square meters (sqm), larger compared to the 409,000 sqm of Mall of Asia.

Tianjin is about an hour by car from Beijing, the capital of China.

On the other hand, Dionisio said SM Suzhou will cost RMB450 million, with a GFA of 73 Cartier replica watches,000 sqm.

The development of the mall will be more expensive because of the high cost of land, she noted.

The 150,000-sqm SM Chongqing, meanwhile Omega replica watches, will require capital spending of RMB500 million, while the 170,000-sqm SM Shandong will have a price tag of RMB630 million.

Completion of the new malls is slated within a period of 3 years, with the one in Suzhou opening later this year, Chongqing in 2011, and Tianjin and Shandong in 2013.

Last September, SM Prime opened the RMB330-million SM Lifestyle Center, which is a stone’s throw away from SM City Xiamen, the company’s "most mature" and profitable mall in China.

Mall manager Marcus Dee said SM Lifestyle, which caters to the middle-upper class, has a GFA of 110,000 sqm and is already 80% occupied.

MANILA, Philippines – The property firms of businessmen Lance Gokongwei and George Ty have partnered to develop a residential condominium project in Mandaluyong City.

In a statement Breitling replica watches, Robinsons Land Corp. said the company will build the twin-tower Axis Residences on a 21,000 square-meter lot owned by Federal Land Inc. along Pioneer Street in Mandaluyong.

"It’s an ideal development for those who have high consideration for mobility and for those in search of dwelling units that strike a balance between quality and affordability," Robinsons’ vice president for sales and marketing Rouen Raz said, noting that their target markets include young professionals and start-up families.

Axis Residences’ first tower will have 42 floors of deluxe units Rolex replica watches, and 3 podium levels for parking. The ground floor will house the main lobby and commercial spaces.

Units ranging from 23 to 27 square meters will be sold at P1.9 million to P2.2 million.

Robinsons Land, the property arm of conglomerate JG Summit Holdings Inc., earlier reported that it would spend P30 billion in capital expenditures over the next 3 years, primarily to acquire new properties and to put up new shopping malls, hotels, office buildings and residential condominiums.

The capex will be funded through a stock rights offer and internal cash.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - God really works in mysterious ways. Once more, actress Pilar Pilapil has reaffirmed this belief.

When she was being stabbed ruthlessly by her assailants inside a car on that fateful night of April 14, it was like the end of the world but she made sure she would survive the ordeal.

“I prayed hard. Gano’n pala ‘yon. The only thing that came out of my mind was ‘Lord, please help me! Lord, please help me! Touch the hearts of these men,’” she said in an exclusive interview with abs-cbnNEWS.com.

She couldn’t say a word that time, she said, so she just kept praying.

“They could have stabbed me in my neck but they didn’t. Thank God! Just the same it was horrible,” she said as she heaved a sigh of relief.

Later, she was dumped by her attackers in an isolated, grassy part of the road in Antipolo City. From where she was dumped, she said she “crawled and then I got up. Blood were dripping all over me. I walked my way to ask for help but I couldn’t find anyone.”

According to Pilar, she had already walked one kilometer when she found an abandoned hut.

“Nagpahinga muna ako sandali. I was already tired and I couldn’t breathe easily. Until I saw a lighted house so I walked again and finally reached it."

“I presented myself as Pilar Pilapil and they were all shocked. It’s good the family had a (Ford) Fiera so they brought me to the hospital,” she recounted.

Up until today, she couldn’t believe she’s still alive. “It’s a miracle. The Lord has performed another miracle for me.”

“Imagine, pinagsasaksak na ako pero hindi bumaon nang todo. Pinatigil talaga ng Panginoong Diyos. Sinabi niya na hanggang d’yan lang ‘yan. Dumugo siya pero, di ba, puwedeng may tama na ang kidney ko o ang liver ko pero wala?”

“Ang tinamaan lang ay ang left lung ko kaya ito ang dapat na may therapy. I was advised to swim a lot para mabalik ang lakas ng baga ko Omega replica watches,” she said.

Pilapil believes the Lord has awakened her once more to spread His words more vigorously.

“This has a purpose and I should serve Him with His purpose. This isn’t a good experience but I should learn a lot from this. God gave me this to test my strength,” she said.

She said her faith has given her the strength to cope with fear and human weakness.

Pilapil believes that her survival from the harrowing experience was lesson learned to share with the public.

"I think this incident can help your readers strengthen their faith," she told ABS-CBN News.

As a renewed Christian, the actress has always been devoted to the essence of the teachings of Christ in relation to her everyday life.

"I am anointed by the Lord so He protected me. It’s in the Bible," she added.

The experience, said Pilar, has made her aware that there are still many people who love and care for her.

“I couldn’t imagine that friends from long, long time ago were around to wish me well. Imagine, [former actor] Romeo Vasquez came all the way from the US just to pay me a visit at the hospital. Romeo is a good friend and he immediately went to my room in the hospital.”

“Akala raw niya, e, gimik lang ‘yon but when he saw me black and blue, he right there and then believed it was true,” said Pilapil.

People from all walks of life have also expressed their sympathy to the veteran actress.

During the run of the feminist stage play “The Vagina Monologues” at the Teatrino in Greenhills, Filipinos and foreigners from US and Europe came to see what Pilar should have read and performed in the piece even if it was announced early on that she wouldn’t make it even as a guest.

“During the curtain call, after we offered a rose to the Women Crisis Center, I was holding on to another rose for Ms. Pilar Pilapil. We offered it to her while her photo was being flashed on the giant screen. It was a standing ovation and you could see the faces of all of the audience. They were all proud of Pilar,” said the play’s director Breitling replica watches, Mia D’Bayan.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s external payments position declined in October, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Friday.

Data released by the central bank showed that the balance of payments (BoP) surplus for October amounted to $2.736 billion, lower than the $3.062 billion recorded in September.

The October result brought year-to-date BoP to a surplus of $9.276 billion from $6.540 billion in September.

The surplus more than doubled last year’s $896-million surplus, while the $9.276 billion 10-month tally was also higher than the $5.299 billion in the same period last year.

"The payments for maturing debt obligations for the month were not enough to offset the strong foreign exchange inflows through the BSP’s foreign exchange operations and from its investments abroad," BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said in a text message to reporters.

Mr. Tetangco said strong inflows may continue due to seasonal factors.

"The BSP is mindful of the domestic liquidity implications of these FX (foreign exchange) inflows, and we continue to monitor developments," he said.

"We are ready to calibrate any or all the tools in our enhanced toolkit to ensure that the flows are orderly and do not create excessive volatilities."

BSP said last month forecast BoP surplus this year to reach $8.2 billion Tag heuer replica watches, revised from $3.7 billion. Earlier this week, Mr. Tetangco said the annual surplus could be higher than the revised forecast.

BoP is the summary of a country’s trade and financial transactions with the rest of the world.

Its current account component measures all trade in goods and services, and remittance flows from overseas Filipino workers Tag heuer replica watches, while the capital and financial account indicates movement of foreign investments.

A higher BoP surplus means the country is able to improve ability to repay external obligations.

LONDON – Novak Djokovic outplayed Rafa Nadal to win the Wimbledon title with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory in the final on Sunday.

The Serbian second seed saw off the top seed and defending champion to claim his first Wimbledon crown and confirm his status as the new world number one.

The first set went with serve until Djokovic pounced in the 10th game to break Nadal and he played inspired tennis to romp through the second set in 33 minutes and take complete control of the match.

Nadal Omega replica watches, twice Wimbledon champion and winner of 10 grand slam titles Cartier replica watches, finally got a foothold in the match when a rare Djokovic error handed him a break in the second game of the third set and he broke again before taking it 6-1.

Nadal looked to have the momentum but Djokovic displayed nerves of steel to break for a 2-0 lead in the fourth.

The Spaniard broke back quickly but Djokovic struck again in the eighth game and he served out for victory.

MANILA Rolex replica watches, Philippines – Tony Award-winning singer and actress Lea Salonga revealed she was overwhelmed at being chosen as one of the judges in this year’s Miss Universe pageant.

“I’m not even in Sao Paolo yet and it’s already very exciting. It felt really good to be asked and feels even better that there are wonderful people in that same line up,” Salonga told ABS-CBN News in an interview on Thursday.

According to the internationally-acclaimed singer, she has been getting a lot of messages since the news broke out that she will be part of the judges’ lineup.

Although she believes that 2011 Bb. Pilipinas-Unviverse Shamcey Supsup will do her best, Salonga vowed she will be fair in giving scores to all the candidates.

“I’m hoping that she (Shamcey) does well so if I give her a high score, she’ll deserve it,” Salonga explained.

Asked if she has already prepared a question that she will ask the contestants, Salonga said: “I have a long plane ride to think about this question.”

Salonga is set to fly to Brazil on Sunday.

Joining Salonga in the roster of judges will be racing driver Helios Castroneves, journalist Connie Chung, supermodel Isabeli Fontana , actresses Vivica Fox and Adrienne Maloof, and Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega.

Andy Cohen and Natalie Morales will host the event.

Joining them in the hosting duties will be Jeannie Mai and Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessy.

The live coverage of the Miss Universe beauty pageant will be shown on ABS-CBN on September 13.

An exclusive double primetime telecast of the pageant will also be aired on the Velvet Channel at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Pacquiao to judge Miss U too?

Meanwhile Omega replica watches, Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao will reportedly join Salonga in Brazil to also serve as one of the judges in the 60th Miss Universe Pageant.

According to All About News.com, Pacquiao will go to Sao Paolo after completing his commitments for the Juan Manuel Marquez fight.

Pacquiao is currently on a 4-city global tour promoting his November 12 fight. – With a report from Gretchen Fullido, ABS-CBN News

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III said the government is expecting to fully operate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) 3 in December.

This developed after the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Singapore on Saturday favored the Philippine government in the arbitration case against the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) in connection with the NAIA 3 contract.

The ICC decision is similar to the decision of the arbitration in Washington which dismissed the complaint of Fraport AG, a German investor in NAIA 3, against the government.

"It is with very intense delight that I was informed that we won by the dismissal of the complaint in Singapore," said Aquino in a press conference on Sunday, adding it is significant that the government won in both cases.

The favorable ruling meant the Philippine government will not be obligated to pay $1.1 billion to the complainants.

Aquino said Tag heuer replica watches, however, that he wants to know the details of the ruling.

"As you know the devil is in the details. I am awaiting for briefings of the details to move foreward and have NAIA 3 used to its maximum capacity."

"We are targeting (full operations) in time for the Christmas holidays," said Aquino.

On Saturday, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that with the case dealt with finality, the Department of Transportation and Communications will thresh out details on how the operations of the NAIA 3 will be done.

The NAIA 3 is currently not being used to its maximum capacity because of the cases.

Piatco was the consortium that submitted a winning counter-bid to build the NAIA 3 against the unsolicited proposal of AEDC, a corporation then formed by five Chinese-Filipino tycoons.

In December 2004, the Supreme Court (SC) nullified the build-operate-transfer contract between Piatco and the government due to onerous changes to the original contract.

The government then took over the terminal and started expropriation proceedings. This prompted Piatco and Fraport AG to file cases before local and international courts.

In December 2005 Tag heuer replica watches, the SC issued a ruling ordering the government to pay Piatco just compensation if it wanted to take over the terminal.

The Manila International Airport Authority was scheduled to hold a soft opening of NAIA 3 on March 31, 2006 but this was cancelled when a portion of the ceiling collapsed.

MANILA Omega replica watches, Philippines – The Aquino administration has assured investors in power-generation projects it will continue to give them incentives, especially with the cost and availability of power always figuring in the country’s competitiveness woes.

Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo said the government is aware that incentives play a big part in attracting investments in the power sector, especially if no government guarantee is offered.

“Incentives are a big factor in power; it affects their [investors] rates of return,” Domingo said.

Domingo gave this assurance even with the Department of Finance (DOF) again harping on significant cuts in the grant of fiscal perks, particularly income-tax holidays (ITH), as the government needs to address its budgetary problems.

Domingo said the power situation in the Philippines affects the competitiveness of the country in attracting investors since power cost is a big component for businesses Breitling replica watches, particularly in manufacturing.

He said the Philippines’ uncompetitive electricity cost, reportedly the second highest in Asia, is becoming more glaring in the eyes of foreign investors as “other countries have additional things that they can offer that we can’t.”

This, Domingo said, is why the giant chip maker Intel decided to move its manufacturing facility here to Vietnam.

“The good news is some power projects from the United States are coming in, and a number of power projects are in the pipeline. If all will materialize, this will stabilize the situation in the next few years,” Domingo said.

He said the Department of Energy is working very hard to address the power problem, “and based on what I know before and what I know now, I am much more comfortable that this power situation will be resolved.”

Power is not part of the six priority sectors identified by the government: mining, tourism, electronics, business-process outsourcing, housing and agribusiness. But Domingo said the availability and cost of power are part of the overall business environment that the country wants to improve, including infrastructure, governance and peace and order.
 

MANILA Omega replica watches, Philippines – The Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) will hold this year’s volleyball referee course at the Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA), in Villamor Base, Pasay City on April 11-15, 2011.

The National Volleyball Referee Course Accreditation course aims to educate participants through a series of lectures, discussions, and examinations on volleyball for participants.

For this year, the PVF will be calling 60 participants and will be reserving slots through a first-come-first-served basis.

The registration fee of P4,200 per person will cover expenses including a PVF License, 5-day lunch and snacks Tag heuer replica watches, and handbooks or handouts.

The PhilSCA AeroTel will receive accommodation at P2,000 for 6 days per person.

The PVF is asking interested participants to bring their playing attire: playing shirts, jogging pants and or short pants, T-shirt, and rubber shoes.

For inquires and reservation you may call the PVF office via their telefax number at +63 526 8438 and e-mail address pvf_flyvl2yahoo.com.

You may also call Ms. Gigi Abalos-Manaog of the PHILSCA Philippine State College of Aeronautics, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City via landline (02) 347 8004; via movile phone– (Smart), (Sun),  (Globe); or via email manaoggigi@yahoo.com. – By Marlon Bernardino