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DILG supports DOJ position Sanchez not eligible to be released

August 24, 2019

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) support the position of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez is ineligible to avail of good conduct time allowance (GCTA) to be released. “We support DOJ’s stand

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Four, including two soldiers, killed in encounter vs alleged NPAs In Samar

August 24, 2019

Four people, including two soldiers, were killed while another one was wounded in an encounter with alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members in Samar province on Friday morning. Maj. Bard Caesar Mazo, public affairs officer of the 8th Infantry Division, 

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PSE index turns around to end higher

August 24, 2019

The main Philippine stock index overcame an early downturn to end higher while the peso ended flat on Friday. The peso finished at P52.27 against the US dollar from P52.255 on Thursday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the

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July heatstroke sufferers decrease year on year in Japan

August 23, 2019

Tokyo–The number of people taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke in Japan in July tumbled some 70 pct year on year to 16,431, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Friday. In July last year, the number climbed

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Japan-US Ministerial Trade talks to run into third day

August 23, 2019

Washington–Japan and the United States will extend their ministerial trade talks into a third day after completing the scheduled two-day session Thursday, Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said. “Discussions have considerably neared a conclusion,” Motegi told reporters after the

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Abe, Trump to meet on G-7 sidelines, possibly to discuss trade

August 23, 2019

Washington–U.S. President Donald Trump will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a three-day Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, southwestern France, from Saturday, the White House said Thursday. The two leaders are widely expected

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U.S. “disappointed” over S. Korea’s ending of intel pact with Japan

August 23, 2019

Washington–U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday expressed disappointment over South Korea’s decision to terminate an agreement to share military intelligence with Japan. “We’re disappointed to see the decision that the South Koreans made” about the information-sharing pact with

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Japan firms worried about escalation of boycott in S. Korea

August 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese businesses are increasingly concerned about a possible escalation of the boycott of Japanese products in South Korea following Seoul’s surprising decision on Thursday to scrap its military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo. As the bilateral tensions have spread to the

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