The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Duterte’s Independence Day message: Preserve Philippine sovereignty

June 12, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged the Filipinos to preserve the country’s sovereignty as the nation celebrates its 119th anniversary of proclamation of Philippine Independence on Monday. In his Independence Day message, the Chief Executive cited how thousands of Filipinos laid

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Duterte not aware US helping in Marawi vs Maute terrorists

June 11, 2017

 President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Sunday that he was not aware that the United States has been assisting the Philippine military on its fight against the Islamic State-linked Maute Terror Group. “I am not aware of that until they arrived,” Duterte

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Death toll from military “acceptable” – Ano

June 11, 2017

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Eduardo Ano said on Sunday the number of casualties from the government troopers was still “acceptable” even if it already reached to over 50. In a media briefing in Cagayan de

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Philippines explains how US has been helping fight vs Maute

June 11, 2017

The United States has been providing the Philippine military with intelligence information against the Islamic State-linked Maute Terror Group in the war-torn Marawi City, officials said on Sunday. This as the Duterte administration is open to accept offer of assistance

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Amid labor shortage, Japan Inc. looking at 4-day workweek

June 11, 2017

Tokyo- In the face of acute labor shortages, a number of Japanese businesses have adopted four-day workweeks and others are looking at the option in a bid to secure personnel by offering more diverse ways of work. Retailers and parcel delivery

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Palace: Democracy vibrant as groups hold rally on Independence Day to call for martial law lifting

June 11, 2017

Malacanang respects the right of those who are set to hold a rally in Manila on Monday, Independence Day, to call for the lifting of martial law in entire Mindanao. In a statement on Sunday, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella noted

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(UPDATE) Mother of Maute Group, two wounded arrested by authorities  

June 10, 2017

The mother of the Maute brothers and two other wounded terrorist members were arrested by the government authorities in Lanao del Sur on Friday night. In a police report, Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

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13 Marines killed in “intense firefight” in Marawi: military

June 10, 2017

Despite what authorities claim as gradual progressing in clearing Marawi City of the ISIS-linked Maute Group, 13 Marines were killed in fighting, a military spokesman said Saturday. Thirty to 40 Maute gunmen were posted at high-rise mosques and homemade bombs

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