The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

PNP using new rank classification starting today

March 27, 2019

The Philippine National Police will use their new rank classification and abbreviation after its implementing rules and regulations ( IRR) was signed last March 25. “Yesterday, our organization has already issued the new rank classification in the organization. So we

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Duterte just wants to sleep at home, to be with kids, grandchildren on 74th birthday

March 27, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte wants a quiet celebration of his 74th birthday on Thursday. In a speech in Koronadal City where he graced the campaign rally of the senatorial bets of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban, the President

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PNP says it will still validate if Duterte’s ex-adviser linked to drugs

March 27, 2019

Philippine National Police (PNP) General Oscar Albayalde said they will validate if President Rodrigo Duterte’s former adviser is really linked to illegal drugs. “The President did not stop us or did not tell us to stop our validation. There is

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Heisei in perspective: Japan govt aircraft to retire after years of punctual flights

March 27, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government aircraft, dubbed the prime minister’s office in the air, will be decommissioned at the end of March, a month before the curtain falls on the Heisei era. The first-generation aircraft, which went into use in 1993, the

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Acierto was OIC of PNP anti-drug unit during Jee Ick Joo slay: Albayalde

March 27, 2019

Philippine National Police (PNP) General Oscar Albayalde said dismissed cop Eduardo Acierto was the officer-in-charge of its Drug Enforcement Group during the 2016 killing of Jee Ick Joo but they are still not sure whether he is directly involved. “Well

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S. Korea assembly speaker again seeks emperor’s apology

March 27, 2019

Seoul–South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang again asked for an apology from Japanese Emperor Akihito or Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the issue of so-called comfort women, a South Korean daily reported Wednesday. In an interview with the Hankyoreh,

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2.55 M. Tokyoites would need evacuation in event of big flood

March 27, 2019

Tokyo–A possible massive flood in Tokyo would make it necessary to evacuate 2.55 million residents in the Japanese capital to municipalities other than where they live, an estimate has shown. The estimate, released by a joint team of the central

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Ex-Sumitomo worker nabbed for allegedly raping job-hunting female student

March 27, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo police arrested a former employee of major Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. on Tuesday on charges of raping a job-hunting female university student. The man, Takuya Miyoshi, 24, has admitted to the charges, investigative sources said. According to the

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