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Every restaurant in the Philippines has fried chicken, in Vietnam there are maybe 10 coffee shops on every block. In the midst of all of this competition, there's always a standout one or two, how are you going to do it? Our formula is very simple. Offer the best tasting food at the right price and you're going to make it. – Chief Financial Officer Ysmael Baysa	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have made an offer to repatriate this Canadian waste and continue to be closely engaged with the Philippines to resolve the outstanding details, including legal and regulatory issues. – Guillaume Berube	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Philippines has for a long time been a standard bearer in the region for press freedom, if Duterte is able to get away with effectively silencing what has been one of his most prominent and credible media critics, that could send a message to the wider region that this is an attack you can get away with. – Shawn Crispin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I don't think the human rights issue are issues that are of great personal importance to President Trump, he doesn't seem to raise those issues with other leaders, whether it's Turkey, Saudi, Philippines, China. – Frank Jannuzi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The enemies of the state have boldly challenged the capability of the government to secure the safety of the citizenry in that region, the armed forces of the Philippines will rise to the challenge and crush these godless criminals. – Salvador Panelo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The Latin American people believed and feel that we Filipinos form part of that vast family, the children of Spain. Thus, although Spain ceased to govern those countries many years ago and although another nation is sovereign in the Philippines, those Latin-American peoples feel themselves as brothers to the people of the Philippines. It is the Spanish language that still binds us to those peoples, and the Spanish language will bind us to those peoples eternally if we have the wisdom and patriotism of preserving it. – Manuel L. Quezon	added by MuerteEnCuatroActos 5 years ago
The principal defect of our national defense is not the training nor the lack of finances, but the great and dangerous defect of democracy which has been implanted into the minds of the Filipino people. We have a nationally wrong conception of democracy. Our democracy in the Philippines is unilateral. It is only for the benefit, for the freedom, for the rights, comfort and happiness of each individual member of the nation. That is the common belief, and I venture to say that 99.9% of our people believe in that kind of democracy. They do not know their obligations, their duties and the sacrifices that they should give to the state which is the relative counterpart of the amount of personal democracy he should indulge. The two should balance. – Vicente Lim	added by anonymous 5 years ago
He did a lot of good things in the Philippines. Big, big accomplishments. – Manny Pacquiao	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
After a while, my executive assistant, Angie Lathrop, took over the sponsorship, and after Timothy graduated at 17, Angie Lathrop flew to the Philippines to meet him, that's when Angie Lathrop told him who his sponsor really was. – Wess Stafford	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Timothy would send him hand drawings and told the President how much he liked art, so he sent over color pencils, sketch pads, and paint, i waited for my staff to go to the Philippines and send it with them. They would then bring it to the church Timothy was a part of, so he could collect his gifts. – Wess Stafford	Found on CNN 5 years ago
China just has such a great infrastructure, you go to some of these areas in the Philippines or Vietnam, and the ground surrounding the factory is not developed whatsoever. – Nathan Resnick	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We're worried for the 10 million people in The Philippines living in the path of this destructive storm, including those who have been displaced several times due to the monsoon rains last July and August, we are preparing our emergency assets and relief items. Our staff and volunteers are on high alert for possible deployment. – Richard Gordon	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am deeply disappointed in the actions displayed during yesterday's game against the Philippines, being from a war-torn country, basketball for me has always been a means to bring people together. I feel a great responsibility as an NBA player to carry South Sudanese-born Australian in a way that promotes peace and unity. – South Sudanese-born Australian	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Washington would likely redeploy any freed up troops and equipment to other bases in Asia, most likely Japan and in rotations through Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere. – Timothy Heath	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This tyranny and impunity have led the president to warn that lawlessness is taking over the country and yet Teddy Baguilat has also repeatedly declared Teddy Baguilat vow to bring peace and order to the Philippines, i sincerely hope that he will make good on his words and bring justice to victims like Fr. Richmond Nilo. – Teddy Baguilat	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Bourdain's Parts Unknown on the Philippines was wonderful - watched it flying out of Manila and it made me cry, the man had such empathy and insight. – Adam Harvey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
For me I want to stay, but I ’m required to go back to the Philippines, for a certain time, long term, if I can get a working visa, I would love that. – Adrian Calabano	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
For too long, Congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war. We've let the 9/11 and Iraq War authorizations get stretched to justify wars against multiple terrorist groups in over a dozen countries, from Niger to the Philippines, our proposal finally repeals those authorizations and makes Congress do its job by weighing in on where, when and with who we are at war. – Tim Kaine	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Steve Harvey received major backlash after Steve Harvey announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, as 2015's Miss Universe. The crown was already placed on Gutierrez’s head when Steve Harvey went back on the mic to say Steve Harvey made a mistake and that Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, was the real pageant winner. Steve Harvey received backlash after Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner during the 2015 Miss Universe pageant. ( Reuters) This is exactly what was on the card. I take full responsibility for this. – Steve Harvey	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Regular Jobs Now. Duterte reiterated his plea for Congress to re-impose the death penalty for drug offenders and other criminals, and said he would not stop his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs. The fight will not stop until those who deal in (drugs) understand that they have to stop because the alternatives are either jail or hell, he said. PHILIPPINES CANCELS TALKS WITH COMMUNIST REBELS AMID ATTACKS Duterte also addressed the United States in his speech by demanding America give back three church bells that were seized more than a century ago in the Philippine village of Balangiga. Give us back those Balangiga bells…They are part of our national heritage ... return it to us, this is painful for us. – Rodrigo Duterte	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Philippines under Duterte decided that we had to address the overdependence on one major power whose capital is thousands of miles away and to pay attention to our neighborhood, particularly, to the biggest neighbor we have -- that is China. – Santa Romana	Found on CNN 6 years ago
President Trump's decision to welcome the Philippines’ leader to Washington at a time when thousands of Filipinos are being slaughtered in the streets—at President Duterte’s direction—calls into question long held American policy of promoting human rights and the rule of law. – Eliot Engel	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
In the Miss Philippines, they love me — but I ca n’t go to Colombia. – Steve Harvey	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We are in the final stages of recovering the $15 million, but for the rest we hope a (Philippines) senate hearing on the issue resumes so that we can get to know more details about the case. – John Gomes	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

Every restaurant in the Philippines has fried chicken, in Vietnam there are maybe 10 coffee shops on every block. In the midst of all of this competition, there's always a standout one or two, how are you going to do it? Our formula is very simple. Offer the best tasting food at the right price and you're going to make it.

– Chief Financial Officer Ysmael Baysa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have made an offer to repatriate this Canadian waste and continue to be closely engaged with the Philippines to resolve the outstanding details, including legal and regulatory issues.

– Guillaume Berube

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Philippines has for a long time been a standard bearer in the region for press freedom, if Duterte is able to get away with effectively silencing what has been one of his most prominent and credible media critics, that could send a message to the wider region that this is an attack you can get away with.

– Shawn Crispin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I don't think the human rights issue are issues that are of great personal importance to President Trump, he doesn't seem to raise those issues with other leaders, whether it's Turkey, Saudi, Philippines, China.

– Frank Jannuzi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The enemies of the state have boldly challenged the capability of the government to secure the safety of the citizenry in that region, the armed forces of the Philippines will rise to the challenge and crush these godless criminals.

– Salvador Panelo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The Latin American people believed and feel that we Filipinos form part of that vast family, the children of Spain. Thus, although Spain ceased to govern those countries many years ago and although another nation is sovereign in the Philippines, those Latin-American peoples feel themselves as brothers to the people of the Philippines. It is the Spanish language that still binds us to those peoples, and the Spanish language will bind us to those peoples eternally if we have the wisdom and patriotism of preserving it.

– Manuel L. Quezon

added by MuerteEnCuatroActos
5 years ago

The principal defect of our national defense is not the training nor the lack of finances, but the great and dangerous defect of democracy which has been implanted into the minds of the Filipino people. We have a nationally wrong conception of democracy. Our democracy in the Philippines is unilateral. It is only for the benefit, for the freedom, for the rights, comfort and happiness of each individual member of the nation. That is the common belief, and I venture to say that 99.9% of our people believe in that kind of democracy. They do not know their obligations, their duties and the sacrifices that they should give to the state which is the relative counterpart of the amount of personal democracy he should indulge. The two should balance.

– Vicente Lim

added by anonymous
5 years ago

He did a lot of good things in the Philippines. Big, big accomplishments.

– Manny Pacquiao

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

After a while, my executive assistant, Angie Lathrop, took over the sponsorship, and after Timothy graduated at 17, Angie Lathrop flew to the Philippines to meet him, that's when Angie Lathrop told him who his sponsor really was.

– Wess Stafford

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Timothy would send him hand drawings and told the President how much he liked art, so he sent over color pencils, sketch pads, and paint, i waited for my staff to go to the Philippines and send it with them. They would then bring it to the church Timothy was a part of, so he could collect his gifts.

– Wess Stafford

Found on CNN
5 years ago

China just has such a great infrastructure, you go to some of these areas in the Philippines or Vietnam, and the ground surrounding the factory is not developed whatsoever.

– Nathan Resnick

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We're worried for the 10 million people in The Philippines living in the path of this destructive storm, including those who have been displaced several times due to the monsoon rains last July and August, we are preparing our emergency assets and relief items. Our staff and volunteers are on high alert for possible deployment.

– Richard Gordon

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am deeply disappointed in the actions displayed during yesterday's game against the Philippines, being from a war-torn country, basketball for me has always been a means to bring people together. I feel a great responsibility as an NBA player to carry South Sudanese-born Australian in a way that promotes peace and unity.

– South Sudanese-born Australian

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Washington would likely redeploy any freed up troops and equipment to other bases in Asia, most likely Japan and in rotations through Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere.

– Timothy Heath

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This tyranny and impunity have led the president to warn that lawlessness is taking over the country and yet Teddy Baguilat has also repeatedly declared Teddy Baguilat vow to bring peace and order to the Philippines, i sincerely hope that he will make good on his words and bring justice to victims like Fr. Richmond Nilo.

– Teddy Baguilat

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Bourdain's Parts Unknown on the Philippines was wonderful - watched it flying out of Manila and it made me cry, the man had such empathy and insight.

– Adam Harvey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

For me I want to stay, but I ’m required to go back to the Philippines, for a certain time, long term, if I can get a working visa, I would love that.

– Adrian Calabano

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

For too long, Congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war. We've let the 9/11 and Iraq War authorizations get stretched to justify wars against multiple terrorist groups in over a dozen countries, from Niger to the Philippines, our proposal finally repeals those authorizations and makes Congress do its job by weighing in on where, when and with who we are at war.

– Tim Kaine

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Steve Harvey received major backlash after Steve Harvey announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, as 2015's Miss Universe. The crown was already placed on Gutierrez’s head when Steve Harvey went back on the mic to say Steve Harvey made a mistake and that Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, was the real pageant winner. Steve Harvey received backlash after Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner during the 2015 Miss Universe pageant. ( Reuters) This is exactly what was on the card. I take full responsibility for this.

– Steve Harvey

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Regular Jobs Now. Duterte reiterated his plea for Congress to re-impose the death penalty for drug offenders and other criminals, and said he would not stop his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs. The fight will not stop until those who deal in (drugs) understand that they have to stop because the alternatives are either jail or hell, he said. PHILIPPINES CANCELS TALKS WITH COMMUNIST REBELS AMID ATTACKS Duterte also addressed the United States in his speech by demanding America give back three church bells that were seized more than a century ago in the Philippine village of Balangiga. Give us back those Balangiga bells…They are part of our national heritage ... return it to us, this is painful for us.

– Rodrigo Duterte

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Philippines under Duterte decided that we had to address the overdependence on one major power whose capital is thousands of miles away and to pay attention to our neighborhood, particularly, to the biggest neighbor we have -- that is China.

– Santa Romana

Found on CNN
6 years ago

President Trump's decision to welcome the Philippines’ leader to Washington at a time when thousands of Filipinos are being slaughtered in the streets—at President Duterte’s direction—calls into question long held American policy of promoting human rights and the rule of law.

– Eliot Engel

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

In the Miss Philippines, they love me — but I ca n’t go to Colombia.

– Steve Harvey

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We are in the final stages of recovering the $15 million, but for the rest we hope a (Philippines) senate hearing on the issue resumes so that we can get to know more details about the case.

– John Gomes

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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