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Philippines, Japan sign loan agreement for North-South Commuter Railway Extension Project

January 21, 2019

The Philippines and Japan signed the loan agreement for the 109-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Extension Project Monday. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Japan international Cooperation Agency (JICA) Director General Shigenori Ogawa signed the agreement. This was witnessed by

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‘Amang’ strands more 1,000 passengers in ports

January 21, 2019

More than 1,000 passengers are stranded as trips were cancelled in ports areas affected by Tropical Depression ‘Amang’ on Monday. As of 8 am, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said total of 1,757 passengers, 347 rolling cargoes, 55 vessels and

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Duterte feels Congress “slow” on federalism, Palace says

January 21, 2019

Malacañang said on Monday Congress seemed “slow” in acting on the proposal for a shift to federalism, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up the possibility of changing even only the economic provisions of the Constitution for the entry of

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Despite some delays, Comelec says plebiscite ‘’successful’’

January 21, 2019

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday despite some delays in the start of voting in 24 precincts in the plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the exercise was ‘’successful.’’ Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said this

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Abe Aims for Acceptable Isle Issue Resolution: Interfax

January 21, 2019

Moscow–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he aims for a resolution acceptable both to his country and Russia in bilateral peace treaty talks, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. In an interview with the Russian news agency, Abe said

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113-Year-Old Japanese, world’s oldest man, dies

January 21, 2019

Sapporo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Masazo Nonaka, the world’s oldest man and a resident of the town of Ashoro, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, died on Sunday at the age of 113. Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905. In April last year,

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PNP ‘’inclined to support’’ bill lowering criminal responsibility from 15 years old to nine

January 21, 2019

Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde said they are ‘’inclined to support’’ a bill lowering the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 years old up to nine years old. “We have not been asked to give comment

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Abe to Hold Talks with Putin to Promote Island Talks

January 21, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss their countries’ territorial dispute in a bid to promote negotiations on concluding a World War II peace treaty. With Abe hoping

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