ADB maintains 5.7% growth forecast for the Philippines, fastest in Southeast Asia

December 13, 2023
Business
 Manila Standard Business
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its 2023 growth forecast for the Philippines at 5.7 percent, citing continued support from domestic demand. The ADB, in its December 2023 Asian Development Outlook (ADO) report, noted that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.9 percent in the third quarter and averaged 5.5 percent in the first […]
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Suicide attack on Pakistan army base kills 23 soldiers: military

December 13, 2023
News
 AFP
Peshawar, Pakistan – At least 23 soldiers were killed when militants rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistan military base on Tuesday, the army said, in an attack claimed by affiliates of the Pakistani Taliban. A suicide squad of six fighters attacked an outpost in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province — near the […]
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