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Recto files bill condoning farmers’ debts under land reform program

July 13, 2019

A bill condoning all the debts farmers incurred in owning lands under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) has been filed in the Senate. Filed by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, the measure seeks the write-off of all

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DILG asks Filipinos to help communist rebels surrender

July 13, 2019

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the public to help the government’s anti-insurgency campaign by urging communist rebels to surrender. “Help us convince the communist rebels that armed conflict is not the solution to the country’s

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At least 25 injured in Surigao del Sur quake: OCD

July 13, 2019

At least 25 persons were injured in four municipalities after a magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocked Surigao del Sur Saturday morning. Office of Civil Defense ( OCD) Caraga regional director Liza Mazo said the 25 who had minor injuries were treated

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Philippine Navy ship to visit Russia for second time

July 13, 2019

A Philippine Navy ship will make its second visit to Russia for the second time. Capt. Jonathan Zata, Philippine Navy spokesman, said Saturday BRP Davao del Sur with a helicopter detachment afloat will visit Vladivostok from July 24 to 29.

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Magnitude 5.5 quake hits Surigao del Sur

July 13, 2019

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the province of Surigao del Sur on Saturday morning. In its bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake’s epicenter was monitored at nine kilometers southeast of Carrascal, Surigao del Sur

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan likely to raise government employees’ monthlypay

July 13, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s National Personnel Authority is likely to recommend raising the monthly salaries of government employees for a sixth straight year this year to close gaps between the public and private sectors, informed sources told Jiji Press Friday. The salaries of

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27 percent say Abe should call Lower House Election: Jiji Poll

July 12, 2019

Tokyo–In a recent Jiji Press survey, 27.2 pct of respondents said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election before the completion of his current term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party

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Abe apologizes to ex-leprosy sufferers’ kin

July 12, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a statement Friday to apologize to family members of former leprosy patients who suffered discrimination under the state’s past isolation policy for sufferers of the disease. The statement, adopted by the cabinet, came after

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