Bad weather forces Duterte to skip PDP-Laban campaign rally in Marawi: Panelo

April 12, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday skipped PDP-Laban’s campaign rally in Marawi City. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo the weather is ”not good” for the president to fly to Marawi City. “Not good weather for the flight to Marawi, so

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Women account for record 35.4 percent of Japan govt new recruits

April 12, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government said Friday that women accounted for 35.4 pct of its new recruits in fiscal 2019, the highest level since it started to collect data in fiscal 2005. The figure was up 1.4 percentage points from the previous

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Stock index down, but peso ends at P51.765:$1

April 12, 2019

The main share index declined but the peso gained against the US dollar on Friday. The peso closed at P51.765 from Thursday’s P51.835. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $998.4 million from

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Meralco announces rotational brownouts in some parts of Luzon

April 12, 2019

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced a rotational brownout which affecting several parts of Luzon on Friday. Meralco said power outrage that will last up to three hours will be felt in portions of Bulacan including Plaridel, Malolos City, San Rafael,

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S. Korea’s prime minister stresses cooperation with Japan, others

April 12, 2019

Seoul–South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has stressed the importance of cooperation with Japan and other countries to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula. In a speech at a ceremony on Thursday night to mark the 100th anniversary of the

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Presence of military in West Philippine Sea is no cause for alarm: AFP

April 12, 2019

The presence of military forces in West Philippines Sea because of the just- concluded Balikatan exercises is not a cause for alarm. “The presence is not really to agitate or anything else but purely for training so nobody should be

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Malaysian Defense Forces chief visits AFP headquarters

April 12, 2019

General Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, chief of the Defense Force of the Malaysian Armed Forces, visited the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday. Col. Noel Detoyato, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs chief

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to penalize universities over missing foreign students

April 12, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to penalize universities with many foreign students whose whereabouts are unknown, Jiji Press learned on Thursday. The move is included in a draft of the government’s response to the issue of missing foreign students, which came

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