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Mangundadatu hopes ”100%” of major suspects in Maguindanao be convicted of multiple murder

November 21, 2019

After a month of delay, Maguindanao Rep. Esmael  Mangudadatu hopes ”100 percent” of major suspects in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre will be convicted of multiple murder. In a Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) forum in Quezon City, Mangudadatu

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PSE index ends lower, peso flat vs US dollar

November 21, 2019

The main Philippine share index ended lower while the peso was flat against the US dollar on Thursday. The peso settled at P50.865 from Wednesday’s P50.87. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached

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INTERVIEW: U.S. diplomat vows to push Seoul to keep GSOMIA

November 21, 2019

Tokyo–Joseph Young, charge d’affaires ad interim at the U.S. embassy in Japan, said Wednesday that Washington will continue to call on South Korea to renew its military information-sharing pact with Japan, which is set to expire soon following Seoul’s decision

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Alleged drug suspect killed, four nabbed in Tawi-tawi drug bust

November 21, 2019

A drug suspect was killed while four were apprehended in a buy bust operation in Tawi-tawi on Wednesday morning. Major Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, slain was Odin Masihul, alias Baby,

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263.3 kilos of suspected double-dead meat seized in Manila

November 21, 2019

Authorities seized 263.3 kilograms of suspected double-dead meat in Manila, early Thursday. City meat inspectors, during a routine inspection at New Antipolo Market in Blumentritt around 3 am, confiscated the pork ribs suspected to be double-dead. Manila Veterinary Inspection Board

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Japan demand for 2020 rice seen falling 100,000 tons

November 21, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese demand for rice to be produced in 2020 for human consumption is forecast to decrease 100,000 tons from the previous year to 7.17 million tons, the government has said. Rice demand drops are accelerating, reflecting a decrease in the

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Japan to require firms to clearly ban power harassment under work rules

November 21, 2019

Tokyo–A subcommittee of a Japanese labor ministry panel on Wednesday gave its nod to draft guidelines for preventing power harassment in workplaces, which require companies to clearly ban such practice under their work rules. The draft, approved by the Labor

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Duterte insists case vs De Lima true

November 20, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte slammed anew human rights groups and those sympathetic to opposition Senator Leila De Lima who was on her 1,000th day in detention on Wednesday to keep on insisting to release her. In a speech at the 80th

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