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Japan lauds Philippines for lifting import ban of food products from Fukushima

January 9, 2020

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu welcomed on Thursday the Philippine government’s decision to allow again food importation from Fukushima after the 2011 nuclear disaster. In a joint press statement after his bilateral meeting with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin

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Japan signs supplemental loan for bridges project in Metro Manila

January 9, 2020

Japan signed with the Philippines a supplemental loan for bridges project in Metro Manila on Thursday. Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsion Jr. inked the exchange of notes for the Metro Manila Priority

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Locsin, Motegi reaffirm upholding rule of law in South China Sea disputes

January 9, 2020

The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed on Thursday to continue their cooperation and in upholding the rule of law amid the disputes in the South China Sea. In a joint press statement at Makati Shangri-la Hotel after their bilateral meeting, Foreign

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Philippines lifts ban on Japanese meat, farm products from Fukushima

January 9, 2020

The Philippines has lifted a ban on Japanese meat and other agriculture products from Fukushima prefecture, nine years after a powerful quake that affected its nuclear plants. Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, in Manila for a two-day official visit, made

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Lorenzana says new Coast Guard vessel to shuttle Filipinos from Iran or Iraq to Qatar

January 9, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) will be used to shuttle Filipinos from Iran or Iraq to Qatar. “We will hold them (the crew of BRP Gabriela Silang) there for a while.

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One dead, 11 hurt as van falls into Benguet ravine

January 9, 2020

TUBA, Benguet — A laborer died from multiple injuries while 11 were hurt when the van they were riding plunged into a 30-meter ravine at sitio Nabjeng, Tabaan Norte in Tuba  Thursday morning.  Tuba Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

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Tagle urges Filipinos to pray for peace in Middle East

January 9, 2020

Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Thursday called on the Filipino faithful to pray for peace between the two nations and for the  safety of Filipinos based in the Middle East.  In his homily during the Midnight Mass for the

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Soldiers encounter alleged NPAs in North Cotabato hours after ceasefire lapses

January 9, 2020

Soldiers encountered alleged members of New People’s Army (NPA) in North Cotabato hours after the ceasefire has lapsed on Wednesday. Major Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), said the troops of the 7th Infantry Battalion clashed with

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