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BI detains Chinese student who threw cup of soya at cop

February 13, 2019

Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) intelligence division detained Tuesday evening the viral Chinese student who threw soybean curd drink to a police officer last February 9. According to BI spokesperson Dana Krizia Sandoval, their operatives were armed with a Mission

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Duterte to approve P3.7T budget bill by end Q1 once Congress submits it early March – Diokno

Duterte to approve P3.7T budget bill by end Q1 once Congress submits it early March – Diokno

February 13, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign into law a proposed P3.757 trillion budget bill for this year before the end of the first quarter once Congress submits the enrolled bill by the first week of March, Budget Secretary Benjamin

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Budget chief sees inflation to reach 2-4% target by Q2

February 13, 2019

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno expressed optimism on Wednesday inflation could further decline within the government’s target of 2-4 percent by the second quarter. “It should be in the second quarter,” Diokno said in his regular weekly forum in Manila when

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Sharp rise in child abuse adds burdens to welfare workers

February 13, 2019

Tokyo–A sharp rise in child abuse has added burdens to welfare workers and other staff at child consultation centers across Japan, where a 10-year-old girl died in a high-profile case. A child consultation center in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan,

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PSE index ends lower, but remains at 8,000-point level

February 12, 2019

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index ended lower on Tuesday, but it remained at the 8,000-point level The PSE index closed at 8,009.92 points, down 51.62 percent. In the broader market, there were 124 decliners, 86 gainers while 46 shares

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Philippines to state case before UN panel on involuntary disappearances

February 12, 2019

The Philippines will reassure the United Nations of its commitment to respect, protect, and fulfill its human rights obligations when it appears before a panel looking into cases of enforced and involuntary disappearances in the country from 1975 to 2012. 

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Children ” remind me why I ran for the first time”: Poe

February 12, 2019

Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday said children reminds her why she joined politics as she starts her re-election campaign through a feeding program in Payatas, Quezon City. “One example, our children. They symbolize hope that’s why I want to start

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Philippines 2018 trade deficit at record $41.44 billion

February 12, 2019

The Philippines’ trade deficit hit a record of $41.44 billion in 2018 as imports shot up while exports declined, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Tuesday. “(The full-year trade deficit for 2018) is the highest.  It really widened since

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