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18 killed, 82 hurt in twin Sulu blasts

January 27, 2019

At least 18 people were killed while 82 others were injured in the two explosions inside and outside a Catholic church in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday, military said. The Western Mindanao Command, which has supervision over Sulu, said of the

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Palace says think-tank’s figure on less jobs created ”mathematically impossible”

January 26, 2019

Malacanang on Friday said the claim of IBON Foundation that the government only generated 81,000 jobs from 2017 to 2018 is “mathematically impossible”. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Labor and Employment

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PNP commemorates death of 44 commandos in Mamasapano

January 25, 2019

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday remembered the death of the 44 police commandos of the Special Action Force (SAF) who sacrificed their life in an encounter against local and foreign terrorists in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province in 2015. The

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Plastic waste on Pacific likely to double by 2030: survey

January 24, 2019

Tokyo–The amount of microscopic plastic waste floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean is expected to increase about twofold by 2030 from the 2016 level and about fourfold by 2060, a survey by a team of Japanese institutions has

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Misuari not a threat to Bangsamoro region – Palace

January 24, 2019

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari, who allegedly masterminded the Zamboanga City siege in 2013, is not a threat to the proposed Bangsamoro region, Malacañang said on Thursday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President

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Top SDF Officer calls on S. Korea to be cool-headed

January 24, 2019

Tokyo–The top uniformed officer of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces called on South Korea on Thursday to be cool-headed over a recent Sea of Japan incident involving a Japanese patrol airplane and a South Korean warship. The call from Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano,

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Japan to compensate for jobless benefit shortfalls from March

January 24, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese labor minister Takumi Nemoto said Thursday that the government will pay from March compensation to current recipients of jobless and other benefits for shortfalls caused by a flawed monthly labor survey. At issue is a change that the ministry

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Conservation group says tawilis is endangered species

January 24, 2019

Tawilis, a freshwater sardine in the world only found in Taal Lake, was marked as endangered species by the  International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Mudjekeewis Santos of the National Academy of Science and Technology sees the addition of

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