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Palace says Congress may amend auditing protocols to avoid delays in implementing projects

January 10, 2019

After President Rodrigo Duterte’s joke to kidnap and torture state auditors, Malacanang said on Thursday Congress might want to amend the procedures of the auditing protocols in order to avoid delays in the implementation of the government’s programs and projects.

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Benguet vegetable farmers ”disposing” of produce due to oversupply, DA to help

January 10, 2019

La Trinidad, Benguet  – Tons of harvested carrots, potatoes and cabbages are left by vegetable growers to rot in gardens at northern Benguet. August Balanoy, general manager of the Benguet Farmers Marketing Cooperative, said farmers are “disposing” their produce as

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1.3 million devotees witness end of Black Nazarene procession at Quiapo Church

January 10, 2019

Around 1.3 million devotees celebrated the annual commemoration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene to the Quiapo Church which ended after 21 hours Thursday morning, police said.    The image of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno or Black Nazarene

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Former RCBC branch manager sentenced to imprisonment over money laundering

January 10, 2019

A former bank branch manager of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) was sentenced Thursday by a Makati court for eight counts of money laundering over the $81 million cyber heist of Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves in 2016. The Makati

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Number of Flu Patients Tops Warning Level in Japan

January 9, 2019

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that the number of influenza patients per medical institution reached 11.17 in the week through Dec. 30, exceeding the warning level of 10, which suggests the possibility of an outbreak occurring

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Request for End of Ghosn’s Detention Rejected

January 9, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo District Court decided Wednesday to turn down a lawyer request for ending the detention of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged aggravated breach of trust for transferring his private losses to the Japanese automaker. Appearing in

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Japan to Seek Bilateral Talks with S. Korea on Wartime Labor

January 9, 2019

Tokyo–Japan will shortly ask South Korea to hold bilateral talks on the issue of wartime labor, under a 1965 bilateral agreement on claims and property, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. Suga made the remark at a meeting of

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Japan Aiming to Buy Island for U.S. Military Practice by March

January 9, 2019

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is planning to buy a southwestern island, regarded as a candidate U.S. military training site, from the landowner’s side by the March end of this fiscal year, government sources said Wednesday. According to

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