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DILG: Inclusion of Philippines in US State Dep’t advisory questionable 

April 13, 2019

Foreigners have no reason to be alarmed as kidnapping cases continue to decrease according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as it questioned the US State Department list naming the Phillipines one of the countries with

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PNP urges people to go to terminals, ports early for vacation

April 13, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) urged people to go to terminals and ports as early as possible for their Holy Week vacation. Police Colonel Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, on Saturday advised people to schedule their travels early passenger traffic

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Liberian arrested in Makati entrapment operation

April 13, 2019

A Liberian was arrested in Makati City in an entrapment operation by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Friday night. In his report, Police Lt. Col. Dionisio Bonoy, officer-in charge of the CIDG’s Anti-Fraud and Commercial

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PNP says peace and order ”under control” despite US travel advisory

April 13, 2019

The Philippine National Police ( PNP) assures that peace and order in the country is ”under control” amid a travel advisory by the United States warning their citizen from travelling to the southern part of the country. “The peace and

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Duterte signs law dividing Palawan into three provinces

April 13, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law dividing Palawan into independent provinces of Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur. According to Republic Act 11259 signed last April 5 but released Saturday, the province of Palawan del Sur will

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1.7 M. people seen working as freelancers in Japan

April 13, 2019

Tokyo–About 1.7 million people in Japan are estimated to work as freelancers, a labor ministry think tank said Friday. Of them, 1.3 million people live mainly from such workstyles, while 400,000 people do freelancing on the side, the Japan Institute

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70 percent in Japan ok female emperors, female-line succession

April 12, 2019

Tokyo–A recent Jiji Press poll showed that 69.8 pct of Japanese support the idea of allowing female members of the Imperial Family and descendants in its female line to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne. Meanwhile, the proportion of respondents backing the

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Ghosn’s detention extended until April 22

April 12, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo District Court on Friday approved an eight-day extension of the detention of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn until April 22. Public prosecutors had demanded an extension until April 24. Before the decision, the detention period was set

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