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Former cop arrested in Muntinlupa buy bust

August 30, 2019

A former police officer was arrested in a buy bust operation in Muntinlupa City Thursday afternoon. Major General Guillermo Eleazar, National Capitol Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief, identified the suspect as Victor Bustamante Jr, a former patrolman, 37, and residing

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Philippines, China ink six deals

August 30, 2019

The Philippines and China signed on Thursday six agreements on various fields, including loan for a railway project. President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of the deals at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in China

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PNP-CIDG files kidnapping raps against Trillanes, others

August 30, 2019

The Philippine National Police- Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ( PNP-CIDG) filed a complaint against former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others for kidnapping and serious illegal detention. In a text message to The Daily Manila Shimbun, Police Lieutenant

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PSE index up for second straight day

August 29, 2019

The main Philippine stock index ended higher for the second straight day while the peso gained on Thursday. The peso rose to P52.18 from Wednesday’s P52.321. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached

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Kazuo Wada, ex-Yaohan chief, dies at 90

August 29, 2019

Tokyo–Kazuo Wada, effective founder and former chairman of collapsed supermarket chain Yaohan Japan, died of old age on Aug. 19, it was learned Thursday. He was 90. He passed away at his home in Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. After

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Japan trying to “rationalize” economic retaliation: Moon

August 29, 2019

Seoul–South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that Japan is trying to “rationalize” its economic retaliation against South Korea, criticizing Tokyo’s recent removal of Seoul from its list of countries with preferential trade status. “The Japanese government is trying to

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South Korean speed sating queen to marry Japanese singer

August 29, 2019

Seoul–Former South Korean speed skater Lee Sang-hwa is set to marry Kangnam, a Japanese singer, her management agency said Thursday. Lee, 30, will hold a wedding ceremony on Oct. 12 with the 32-year-old artist, whose real name is Yasuo Namekawa.

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Facebook found to have under reported income in Japan

August 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese tax authorities have found Facebook Inc.’s Japan unit failed to declare 500 million yen, or 4.7 million dollars, in taxable income over the two years through December 2017, informed sources said Thursday. Facebook Japan has agreed to correct its

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