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Duterte names lady Cebu police chief PCSO head

June 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he has appointed Cebu City Police Office chief Col. Royina Garma as general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office ( PCSO). Garma has replaced retired Marine general Alexander Balutan, who was dismissed from

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Duterte: No more joint inquiry into Recto Bank incident; 3rd party probe possible

June 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday there could be no more joint investigation with China into the boat sinking incident at Recto Bank in the South China Sea. Instead, the probe could be conducted by a third party marine board,

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Duterte back from “productive discussions” with fellow ASEAN leaders in Thailand

June 24, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte arrived on Sunday night from “productive discussions” with his Southeast Asian counterparts in Thailand. In a statement, Malacanang said Duterte raised concern delays in the negotiations for a “substantive and effective” Code of Conduct in the disputed

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Japanese Empress Emerita undergoes cataract surgery on left eye

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko underwent cataract surgery on her left eye at a Tokyo hospital on Sunday. The operation was successful, and she returned to her residence at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward in the Japanese capital in the

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Xi seen demonstrating ties with Japan at meeting with Abe

June 23, 2019

Beijing–Chinese President Xi Jinping apparently hopes to reconfirm with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their expected meeting in Japan next week that relations between the two Asian neighbors have returned to a normal path. At the meeting that may

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Abe to start summit diplomacy on coccasion of G-20 leaders’ meeting

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to start summit diplomacy on the occasion of a meeting of leaders from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies, scheduled to take place in the western Japan city of Osaka for

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EXCLUSIVE: Job exam applicants at Japan’s 47 prefectures down for 8 years in row

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–The number of people, mainly university and graduate school students graduating next spring, who applied to take recruitment exams for civil service jobs at Japan’s 47 prefectures starting in fiscal 2020 fell 10.8 pct from the previous year to 53,369,

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Duterte ” expressed concern and disappointment” over delay in Code of Conduct in South China Sea

June 23, 2019

The Palace on Sunday said President Rodrigo Duterte ” expressed concern and disappointment over the delay in negotiations for a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea” during the 34th ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Retreat. “The

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