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Duterte offers military help to Qatar if need arises

April 16, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has offered military assistance to the Middle Eastern countries if the need arises to protect also the interest of the millions of Filipinos working there. In a speech during the Philippine-Qatar Business Forum  on April 15 in

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Bello says Philippines thinking of not deploying household workers to Kuwait

April 15, 2017

The Philippines is thinking of not sending household workers to Kuwait after the execution of a Filipina last January, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday. “As an aftermath of that, I talked to our senior officials in the department

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Duterte witnesses signing of agreement between AMA-NEH

April 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between AMA Group Holdings Corporation and Nader & Ebrahim Sons of Hassan Company W.L.L. (NEH) held in Four Seasons in Manama, a statement from Malacanang said. The

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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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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President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn his plan to visit an island in the disputed South China Sea and raise the Philippine flag there in deference to China.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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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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