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Duterte keeps high approval, trust ratings: Pulse Asia

January 11, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte remained the Filipinos’ most trusted public official, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey released Friday. The survey, conducted last December 14 to 21 with a sample size of 1,800 adults nationwide,  showed Duterte’s approval rating was

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President can assume jurisdiction at any stage cases being probed by PACC under amended EO

January 11, 2019

The Office of the President could take over investigation being conducted by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission against government appointees. This was contained in Executive Order No. 73, amending EO NO. 43, creating the PACC. The new EO, which President Rodrigo

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Abe Visits Mecca of Rugby

January 11, 2019

London–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, together with his British counterpart, Theresa May, on Thursday visited Twickenham Stadium, known as a mecca of rugby, located in the suburbs of London. The visit was aimed at calling attention to the Rugby World

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EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors Doubt Ghosn’s Claim about Swap Contracts

January 11, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese public prosecutors doubt disgraced automotive executive Carlos Ghosn’s claim that currency swap contracts, at the center of aggravated breach of trust charges against him, were concluded for hedging purposes, informed sources told Jiji Press on Friday. Ghosn, former chairman

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Lorenzana hopes communist insurgency will be reduced to ” a simple peace and order problem”

January 11, 2019

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday the military may not be able to end the communist insurgency within the next three years, but they will be able to reduce them into “a simple peace and order problem.”. “We’ll see. Too

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Japan, Britain to Establish New Economic Partnership

January 11, 2019

London–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, Theresa May, agreed Thursday that the two countries will establish a new economic partnership as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. The two leaders, meeting in London, agreed that the

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Soldier wounded as NPAs harrass patrol base in Negros Occidental

January 11, 2019

A soldier was wounded after members of New People’s Army (NPA) harassed a patrol base in Negros Occidental on Thursday, a military official said. Col. Benedict Arevalo, Army’s 303rd Brigade commander, said the temporary patrol base under the 62ndInfantry Battalion in

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Japanese deported to face fraud charges

January 11, 2019

A 59-year old Japanese who is allegedly involved in a major fraud ring has left the Philippines after hiding for almost two months. On Friday, Misao Kamisukasu who is known as Misao Koyama, boarded All Nippon Airways flight NH870 going

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