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Duterte to issue EO against “endo”

May 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Monday the Department of Labor and Employment to tap trade unions in conducting inspections of different establishments to make sure that they were not engaged in contractualization. In his Labor Day speech in Davao City,

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Labor unions criticize government in May 1 rallies

May 1, 2017

Labor unions criticized the government for lack of attention in helping workers get better jobs and more efficient social protection benefits. “We have been witness to recent series of events where our poorest poor people were forced to raid rice

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Duterte visits Chinese warship; open to joint military exercises with China

May 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday Philippine Navy could conduct joint exercises with China in southern Philippine waters. This, as Duterte boarded a Chinese warship docked in Sasa Port in Davao City. “Very impressive. It’s clean and even carpeting, it’s

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Duterte says he hasn’t accepted Trump’s invitation

May 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he has not yet accepted the invitation of United States President Donald Trump to visit Washington. “No, because I’m tied up. I cannot make any definite promise,” Duterte said in an interview in Davao

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Duterte vows to defend workers’ rights

May 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to protect and defend the rights of the workers as he paid tribute to them, including those Filipinos working abroad, on Labor Day. In his International Workers’ Day message, Duterte ordered the Department of Labor and

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Chinese warships dock in Davao City

April 30, 2017

Three Chinese warships arrived on Sunday in Davao City for a three-day goodwill visit. Guided missile destroyer Chang Chun (DDG150), guided missile frigate Jin Zhou (FFG532) and type 903 replenishment ship Chao Hu (890) composed the flotilla of visiting vessels

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ASEAN RoRo  expected to open more opportunities between Philippines, Indonesia

April 30, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo led on Sunday the launching of a ferry service, which they hope to provide greater accessibility and open more opportunities for the two countries as well as with other Southeast Asian nations.

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Arbitral ruling not mentioned in ASEAN chairman’s statement

April 30, 2017

The favorable ruling of an arbitral tribunal to the Philippines in 2016 on the issue in South China Sea was not mentioned in the chairman’s statement of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. The statement, a copy

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