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Cambodia art history

July 5, 2019

Artefacts are displayed during a ceremony in which 85 items were returned to the National Museum in Phnom Penh on July 5, 2019. – The artefacts were part of a collection of a Japanese antique collector. (Photo by TANG CHHIN

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Scientists present Homo Luzonesis at Australian National University

July 5, 2019

University of the Philippines-Archaeological Studies Program professor Armand Mijares and Australian National University-School of Archaeology professor Philip Piper presented the discovery of a new hominin species. Homo Luzonensis, in the Philippines during a public lecture at the Cultural Centre Kambri

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South Korea Japan goods boycott

July 5, 2019

A retail outlet posts a notice stating that is neither selling nor buying Japanese products amid signs of the spreading of a boycott campaign, in Seoul, South Korea, 05 July 2019. Such moves followed the Japanese government’s recent steps to

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DILG to pursue own case vs ex-Cebu mayor Osmena

July 5, 2019

The Department of Interior and Local Government ( DILG) on Friday said they are set to file a separate complaint on the case of former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena. DILG spokesperson, Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, said the Ombudsman is the

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DILG liquidated 85% of P4.05 billion to rehabilitate areas devastated by Yolanda

July 5, 2019

The Department of Interior and Local Government ( DILG) on Friday said they liquidated 85 percent of  P4.055 billion funds to rehabilitate areas devastated by the 2013  Yolanda super typhoon.  DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, in a press conference, said the

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Soldiers battle alleged NPAs in Capiz

July 5, 2019

Soldiers engaged alleged members of the New People’s Army ( NPA) in a 20-minute firefight in President Roxas, Capiz Friday. Capt. Cenon Pancito III,  public affairs chief of the 3rd Infantry Division, said the troops of 61st Infantry Battalion encountered around

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Sudo wins N.Y. hot dog eating contest for 6th straight year

July 5, 2019

New York–Miki Sudo won the women’s title in the Nathan’s Famous annual hot dog eating contest in New York for the sixth consecutive year on Thursday. At the Independence Day event on Coney Island, Sudo, a 33-year-old living in the

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Manufacturing index declines in May

July 5, 2019

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday manufacturing production continued to decline in May. Year-on-year growth of the Volume of Production Index (VoPI) decreased by 4 percent while the Value of Production Index (VaPI) contracted by 2.1 percent. “Despite these

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