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(Update) 2 killed in Manila City Jail riot

September 29, 2019

Two inmates died, while scores were wounded in a riot between two gangs inside the Manila City Jail on Sunday morning. National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Major General Guillermo Eleazar said a commotion between members of Batang City

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P35M “shabu” from Vietnam abandoned at NAIA; suspect nabbed in Tarlac

September 29, 2019

A man was arrested after abandoning around P35-million worth of alleged illegal drugs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). According to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) NAIA Supervisor Gerald Javier, a passenger named as Nazarene Obillo from Hanoi, Vietnam

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DOF in talks with other possible country-donors

September 29, 2019

The Department of Finance (DOF) is in exploratory talks with some of the Philippines’ international development partners to augment support for projects adversely affected by the suspension brought about by the United Nations-sanctioned investigation into the Duterte administration’s campaign against

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Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Davao Occidental

September 29, 2019

A magnitude 6.4 quake jolted Davao Occidental on Sunday morning. According to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the tremor was detected around 10:02 AM. The tectonic earthquake had its epicenter located 130 kilometers East of Jose Abad Santos,

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DOF unfazed in pushing for CITIRA despite PEZA “fallacies”

September 29, 2019

“There is no way we will stop fighting for fiscal incentive reform,” Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary and its Chief Economist Gil Beltran has said, in response to the spate of strongly worded statements made by Philippine Economic Zone Authority

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Japan appoints new ambassadors

September 27, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government Friday appointed six new ambassadors, including Kenji Hiramatsu, ambassador to India and Bhutan, as ambassador to Spain, effective the same day. Hiramatsu, 62, who joined the Foreign Ministry in 1979, took up the post of ambassador to

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Labor shortages affecting 70 percent of Japan firms

September 27, 2019

Tokyo–Labor shortages are affecting business operations at some 70 pct of Japanese companies, with firms in the countryside in particular facing a severe situation, an annual report from the labor ministry revealed Friday. The 2019 white paper on the labor

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Japan, South Korea foreign chiefs agree to continue dialogue

September 27, 2019

New York–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, agreed Thursday to continue dialogue between them and other diplomats of the two countries amid the deterioration in bilateral relations over wartime labor and other issues. Motegi

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