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Philippines, Japan agree to further boost defense ties

February 10, 2019

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono have agreed to further strengthen the defense cooperation between the two countries. Speaking at a joint press conference in Davao City on Sunday after their bilateral meeting, Locsin

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Reds torch equipment for Quezon dam project

February 10, 2019

Alleged members of the communist New People’s Army have burned heavy equipment being used for the Kaliwa Dam project in Quezon province, police said on Sunday. Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) police spokesperson Superintendent Chitadel Gaoiran said the

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NCRPO to ask Immigration to declare as undesirable alien “taho-throwing” Chinese woman

February 10, 2019

The National Capital Region Police Office will recommend to the Bureau of Immigration do declare as an “undesirable alien” a Chinese woman who threw a cup of soya or taho at a police officer who reminded her of the “no

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DA chief orders ban of pork from Japan due to swine fever

February 10, 2019

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol has ordered a ban on the entry of pork and other pork products from Japan after the country was placed on high alert over the possible spread of swine fever. Pinol in a Facebook post on

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Duterte vetoed enrolled PCA bill to avoid corruption – Palace

February 10, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to pass a new bill on the Philippine Coconut Authority that is not prone to corruption, Malacanang said. This was after Duterte vetoed the enrolled bill, “An Act to Further Strengthen the PCA, amending Presidential

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FM Kono meets Duterte in Davao City

February 10, 2019

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono called on President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City on Saturday, February 9. In a statement on Sunday, Malacanang said that Kono reiterated Japan’s continuous support in the development of Mindanao. The visiting Japanese official also

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Three children die in Davao Oriental fire

February 9, 2019

Three children died in a fire in the province of Davao Oriental on Friday night. Based on the information posted at the Facebook page of the “Province of Davao Oriental” the victims were identified as siblings Ahmily Earl Halipa, 10,

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Gov’t to enforce law on immunization to curb measles outbreak

February 9, 2019

The government will enforce a law on immunization in light of a measles outbreak in the National Capital  Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Central and Western Visayas, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Saturday. In a statement, Nograles said the

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