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Duterte says United Nations make ”poor nations”look ”foolish””

June 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the United Nations only makes poor nations like the Philippines look foolish. “Some nations are just fooling us. That is why I was angry during the ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit.

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Duterte asks PSG to remove bulletproof glass before speech in General Santos

June 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte asked the Presidential Security Group ( PSG) to remove the bulletproof glass placed in front of him before he started his speech at General Santos City last Thursday. “This glass isn’t intended to shield me from bullets.

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Duterte says he can fulfill NPA’s promises as gov’t gives land in Mindanao

June 14, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte told Filipinos that he can fulfill all the promises made by the New People’s Army (NPA) as the government undertook the biggest land distribution ever last Thursday. During the distribution of Certificate of Land Ownership to agrarian

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Iran won’t produce nuclear weapons, Khamenei tells Abe

June 13, 2019

Tehran, June 13 (Jiji Press)–Iran will not produce, possess or use nuclear weapons, and has no intention ever to do these, the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their first-ever meeting, in Tehran,

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Welfare Ministry Provided Basis for Controversial FSA Report: Suga

June 13, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s welfare ministry has provided the basis for the controversial Financial Services Agency report suggesting that an elderly couple living on pensions needs to amass 20 million yen in life savings, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicated Thursday. “It’s true

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Toys on sports, education featured at Tokyo Show

June 13, 2019

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)–New sports- and education-related toys are featured at the International Tokyo Toy Show, which opened on Thursday. The toys come ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the full-fledged introduction of new teaching

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Round-the-clock construction of Sangley Airport starts

June 13, 2019

Round-the clock construction of Sangley Airport in Cavite began Thursday to meet the November deadline set by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Transportation ( DOTr) said Thursday. Construction started last year, and is at 48.68 percent completion rate. The

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PSE index remains at 8,000-point mark

June 13, 2019

Philippine stocks remained at the vital 8,000-point mark on Thursday. The peso closed at P51.865 against the US dollar from P 51.85 on Tuesday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $919.84 million

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