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Voting starts for Japan upper house election

July 21, 2019

Tokyo–Voting began on Sunday morning in a Japanese House of Councillors election whose key issues include whether to revise the country’s constitution. About 47,000 polling stations across Japan opened at 7 a.m. (10 p.m. Saturday GMT). Vote counting will begin

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14.17 Million voters cast ballots early for Japan upper house poll

July 21, 2019

Tokyo–A total of 14,172,236 voters cast their ballots early for Sunday’s House of Councillors election in Japan in the 15 days from July 5, the day after the official campaign period for the poll began, the internal affairs ministry said

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Palace, military congratulate Pacquiao

July 21, 2019

Malacanang on Sunday congratulated Senator Manny Pacquiao on his triumph against American boxer Keith Thurman. The 40 year-old Pacquiao defeated Thurman and obtained the WBA super welterweight championship in a split decision. “At the start of the year, Senator Emmanuel

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More Filipinos consider themselves poor: SWS

July 21, 2019

A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed an increase in the number of Filipinos who consider themselves as poor.  In an SWS survey released on Saturday, 45 percent or at least 11.1 million Filipino families rated themselves as poor. This

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Duterte announces P1 million for killers of four cops in Negros Oriental

July 21, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday visited the wake of four policemen ambushed by the alleged New People’s Army ( NPA) and announced a one million peso reward for the capture of the perpetrators in Negros Oriental.  In a statement, Presidential

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Police to exercise ”maximum tolerance” during SONA

July 21, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will exercise “maximum tolerance” on Monday for President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA). “The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is utilizing its maximum capacity in order to ensure the safety

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Duterte addresses country in fourth SONA

July 21, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to discuss what he has done during the past three years of his six-year term in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) during a joint session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa on

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Pacquiao captures WBA super welter title by split decision over Thurman

July 21, 2019

Manny Pacquiao edged Keith Thurman with a split decision to capture the W0rld Boxing Association ( WBA) super welterweight division title on Saturday night in Las Vegas. It was the 62nd win by Pacquiao against seven losses and two draws.

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