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INTERVIEW: Koizumi vows to reduce coal-fired power generation

September 16, 2019

Tokyo–Japan remains committed to reducing coal-fired power generation to cut greenhouse gas emissions, new Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said in a recent interview. Japanese companies need to focus more on environmental preservation to attract investment that takes into account environmental,

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Attacks on Saudi oil facilities will ”deeply” affect Philippines: Locsin

September 16, 2019

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday said attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities will “deeply” affect the Philippines. Locsin made the statement after the Iranian-backed Houthis group in Yemen attacked Abqaig oil facility, the center of the Saudi

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Palace defends DA over handling of ASF cases

September 16, 2019

Malacanang said on Monday the Department of Agriculture is handling “properly” the African Swine Fever cases despite the spread in other areas in Luzon. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said there was no need for the Palace

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BAI confirms African Swine Fever outbreak in Bulacan, Rizal

September 16, 2019

The Bureau of Animal Industry ( BAI) on Monday confirmed some areas in Bulacan and Rizal are now African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak level. Ronnie Domingo,  BAI chief, saiit can be considered as an outbreak as areas affected first by

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PNP agrees with PDEA on some cops still selling recycled drugs

September 16, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) on Monday said that while they agreed with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino that some police officers are engaged in recycling illegal drugs, majority of them remains “professional and

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Ex-cop said involved in abducting BIR officials killed in Cavite shootout

September 16, 2019

A former police officer allegedly involved in the abduction of Bureau of Internal Revenue ( BIR) officials was killed in an encounter in Kawit, Cavite early Monday morning. Police Colonel William Segun, Cavite provincial director, identified the former cop as

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Palace wants PDEA chief to submit memo over illegal drug trade in Bilibid

September 16, 2019

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino should submit a written memorandum to Malacanang on the alleged drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prisons, a Palace official said on Monday. This was despite Aquino’s claim that he informed

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Lorenzana will study deal between AFP and China-linked telco inside camp

September 16, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assures he will carefully study the  memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) allowing a Chinese-linked telco to build communication facilities in military camps. Lorenzana said he just learned about

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