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Philippines, Bahrain sign four agreements

April 14, 2017

The Philippines and Bahrain signed four agreements, including avoidance of double taxation and on air services. President Rodrigo Duterte and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain witnessed the signing ceremonies early Friday (Manila time) at the Sakhir Palace,

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3 die as boat capsizes in Laguna

April 14, 2017

Three people died while three were missing after a boat capsized at the Laguna Lake on Maundy Thursday, police said on Friday. Senior Inspector Celso June Talampas, chief of police of the Pila Municipal station, said the boat, which had

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Eastern Mindanao Command on heightened alert after Bohol attack

April 14, 2017

The Eastern Mindanao Command was placed on heightened alert following the entry of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the province of Bohol early this week, a spokesman said Friday. “Eastern Mindanao Command heightened its alert level after an Armed Forces

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Duterte assures Saudi businessmen of return of investments if they’ll come to Philippines

April 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged businessmen from Saudi Arabia to come to the Philippines as he assured them of return on their investments. In a forum with the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia on April 12, Duterte said

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Duterte will not proceed to Pagasa, admits China persuaded him

April 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn his plan to visit an island in the disputed South China Sea and raise the Philippine flag there in deference to China. In a speech before the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Duterte

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Suspected kidnapper, companion arrested in Maguindanao

April 14, 2017

A suspected kidnapper and his companion were arrested in a checkpoint operation of the military and police in Maguindanao on Thursday. Capt. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, 0said the suspects were on a motorcycle with firearms

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Planned US base runways in Okinawa “too shortˮ

Planned US base runways in Okinawa “too shortˮ

April 12, 2017

WASHINGTON – The V-shaped runways of a new facility planned to be built in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture for the US Marine Corps will be “too short for certain aircraft.” the US Government Accountability Office said in a recent report. The

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German soccer team bus carrying Kagawa hit by explosions

German soccer team bus carrying Kagawa hit by explosions

April 12, 2017

FRANKFURT – A bus carrying members of the German soccer team Borussia Dortmund, including Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, was hit by explosions in Dortmund in western Germany on Tuesday. According to the Japanese consulate-general in Duesseldorf and other sources, Kagawa

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