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EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo police probing Uranium trade by high school boy

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo police are investigating suspected online trade of uranium by a 16-year-old high school boy in the Japanese capital, investigative sources have said. The boy may have violated the law regulating nuclear reactors and materials, according to the Metropolitan Police

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Bong Go takes off shirt to prove he has no tattoo linking him to drug syndicate

April 10, 2019

Former Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go took off his shirt on Wednesday to show that he has no tattoo on his back that supposedly linked him to a drug syndicate. Go made the gesture during a press

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National Price Coordinating Council closely watching effects of El Nino on prices, supply of agricultural products – DTI

April 10, 2019

An interagency National Price Coordinating Council is closely watching the effects of El Nino on prices and supply of agricultural products, the Department of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo

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PNP gives tips to ensure safe summer vacation

April 10, 2019

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday urged the public to observe travel safety best practices during this summer vacation as people are expected to visit various places, especially this upcoming Holy Week. This is in line to PNP’s anti-criminality campaign

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Road to Tokyo 2020: Japan’s capital rapidly evolving into “global-standard” city

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–Foreign-language signs are increasingly common along streets, cashless payment is available at more and more shops and restaurants, and ashtrays are vanishing from public spaces. Tokyo is rapidly transforming into a “global-standard” city with these moves, before it hosts the

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Palace insists Chinese-funded irrigation project constitutional

April 10, 2019

Malacanang reiterated on Wednesday that the $62-million loan that the Philippines contracted with China for the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project underwent evaluation and is constitutional. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after the Supreme Court ordered the Duterte

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Philippine poverty incidence down in first half of 2018

April 10, 2019

Poverty incidence in the Philippines has decreased during the first half of 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Wednesday. PSA Assistant Secretary Josie Perez said poverty incidence among Filipino families in the first semester of 2018 fell at 16.1

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Ghosn’s wife to appeal in Tokyo Court for questioning

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–The wife of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is ready to appear in Tokyo District Court for questioning, a lawyer for Ghosn said Tuesday. The questioning may be conducted within this month, the lawyer said. When Ghosn, 65,

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