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Apple has now paid back €14 bn to Ireland over

March 3, 2018 by Paul Fletcher

Apple has now paid back €14 bn to Ireland over that period.

Apple's Dublin headquarters now has a special "recovery facility".

Source: AppleInsider | Via @AppleInsider

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Entry filed by: Chris Devereux | Last updated: Wed, 09 May 2018 01:18:17 CESTAfter an international call for peace, the government of the Philippines said it was ready to start negotiations on the U.S.-led "peace process," but warned that the process could be more complicated than expected, and urged the international community to continue to work toward a "peace agreement" in the region.

"We will continue to work with the United States, including our partners, to work on our international agenda. The peace process will continue to take time," said Sen. Joseph Chabot, a staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Chabot said the Philippines was ready to negotiate its government, but said that its political system was broken.

"The Philippine government was too weak to solve the political problems that would arise if the political system is broken," Chabot said, adding that the United States and the United Nations would not accept a new agreement that would leave the Philippines in the hands of its longtime ally, China.

"We will continue to work with the United States, including our partners, to work toward a peace agreement in the region," he added.

"We have a long tradition of working with the U.S., but we need to know the U.S. will not accept a new peace process if it is broken," he added.

Chabot said the U.S. was working with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to find some means to halt China's economic and military expansion into the country.

"This is not a political process, this is an economic process that has to be stopped," he said.

Poverty, poverty and crime, Chabot noted, were the reasons the United States and the United Nations had so far refused to agree on the peace process.

"If the United States is not willing to meet its commitments, we will have our hands full with another government that might be less willing to join us in negotiations," he said.