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Ateneo graduate tops 2018 bar exam

May 3, 2019

A graduate from Ateneo de Manila University led the 1,800 new lawyers who passed the 2018 Bar Examinations, the Supreme Court said Friday. Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, chairman of the 2018 SC Committee on the Bar Examinations, said Sean

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Namfrel says Comelec denied them accreditation as citizens arm for May polls

May 3, 2019

The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) announced on Friday that it was denied accreditation as the citizen’s arm of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May midterm elections. In a press conference on Friday, Namfrel announced it

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ADB Chief warns of protectionist moves

May 3, 2019

Nadi, Fiji)-=-Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao on Friday sounded an alarm about protectionist moves around the world. “I am a firm believer in the multilateral system,” Nakao said in his opening address at the ADB’s annual meeting in Nadi,

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Police looking into the death of restaurant owner

May 3, 2019

Police on Friday said there is no foul play on the death of restaurateur Vic Vic Villavicencio at the age 77 last Tuesday but an investigation is ongoing It was first reported that the founder of Triple V Group of

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Brazil seeks deeper ties with Japan under new emperor

May 3, 2019

Sao Paulo–Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday expressed his wish to see deeper ties between his country and Japan, following the enthronement of Japanese Emperor Naruhito earlier this week. In a message released on the day, Bolsonaro said he hopes

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Abe’s constitutional amendment efforts at stalemate

May 3, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apparently been locked in a stalemate in efforts to realize his long-cherished political aim of revising the country’s constitution, which marked the 72nd anniversary of its enforcement on Friday. With main opposition parties maintaining

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Intruder in prince’s school critical of imperial system

May 3, 2019

Tokyo–The 56-year-old man who was arrested Monday for unlawfully entering the junior high school Japan’s Prince Hisahito attends has criticized the Imperial system during questioning, investigative sources said Thursday. Although no link has been found so far between the arrested

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EXCLUSIVE: Rare sake to be offered at banquet for new emperor

May 3, 2019

Tokyo–A high-quality sake brand named “Junmai Ginjo Souhana,” which was once considered extremely rare, will be offered at “Kyoen-no-Gi” banquets to celebrate the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, slated for October, informed sources told Jiji Press Thursday. The banquets will be

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