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Taiwan mourns victims of deadly quake, families demand justice
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Flags flew at half-mast across Taiwan Monday, February 15, as the island mourned more than 100 people who died when an earthquake toppled an apartment complex, as families demanded...
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Aquino off to last ASEAN Summit as president
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III left the Philippines on Monday, February 15, for his last Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit as chief executive. Aquino said he was...
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Air strikes hit MSF-backed hospital in Syria, 9 dead
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Suspected Russian air strikes hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Syria on Monday, February 15, killing 9 people including a child, the Syrian Observatory for...
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Philippines preparing to auction off Marcos jewels
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine authorities pledged Monday, February 15, to auction off as soon as possible millions of dollars' worth of jewellery recovered from late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and...
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Cayetano in Misamis Oriental: Duterte is Mindanao’s champion
MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Philippines – From this vote-rich province in Northern Mindanao, vice presidential candidate Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized his and his standard-bearer’s vision of a progressive...
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Thousands march in Brussels against cheap Chinese steel imports
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Thousands of European steelmakers descended on the EU capital Brussels on Monday, February 15, demanding that officials do more to stop the flood of cheap imports from China.Police...
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WATCH: Duterte and the issues that make him 'angry'
MANILA, Philippines – At his campaign kick-off event held Tuesday, February 9, presidential candidate and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte expressed outrage over national issues.Duterte said he curses...
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SolGen to SC: Grace Poe met requisite 10-year residency
MANILA, Philippines – Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who refused to defend the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Supreme Court (SC) case filed by Grace Poe, said the senator had met the...
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Survey ratings for sale? Senatorial bets receive offers
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – Two senatorial candidates revealed on Tuesday, February 16, an alleged scheme of polling firms in the conduct of pre-election surveys.Lawyer Lorna Kapunan said the first...
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China's space telescope to displace humans in search for aliens
BEIJING, China – China will move nearly 10,000 people to make way for the world's largest radio telescope which promises to help humanity search for alien life, state media reported on Tuesday,...
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Pakistan scientists 'find 1.1-M-year-old stegodon tusk'
LAHORE, Pakistan – A team of Pakistani researchers claims to have unearthed a 1.1 million-year-old stegodon tusk in the central province of Punjab, potentially shedding new light on the mammal's...
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Comelec defends decision vs voting receipts
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, February 16, defended its unanimous decision not to issue receipts from vote-counting machines (VCMs) on election day.In a joint...
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SolGen: 99.9% chance children born in PH have Filipino parents
MANILA, Philippines – It is not the first time Solicitor General Florin Hilbay sided with presidential candidate Grace Poe’s claim that foundlings like her are natural-born Filipinos, but on Tuesday,...
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PCGG's actions stained with politics – Bongbong Marcos
MANILA, Philippines – Vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr accused the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) of politicking in its intensified efforts to search for...
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Ombudsman: Stronger forfeiture powers to 'paralyze' corrupt officials
MANILA, Philippines – To keep up its campaign against corrupt public officials, the Office of the Ombudsman wants to push key legislative measures that could enhance its Constitutional powers,...
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PDP-Laban: No official senatorial line-up yet for Duterte-Cayetano
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is still discussing the application of independent candidates seeking to be part of the party’s senatorial...
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Binay entices Cebu: You’re 1st in my mega infrastructure program
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday, February 16, promised Cebu that he would prioritize the vote-rich province in his eyed mega infrastructure program if he is elected...
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Turkey: Russian bombings in Syria 'barbaric'
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey on Tuesday, February 16, denounced Russia's bombing campaign in Syria as "barbaric," saying the assault had killed civilians including children and the elderly. "Those vile,...
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US set to authorize up to 110 daily flights to Cuba
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States and Cuba will sign a bilateral agreement Tuesday, February 16, authorizing up to 110 scheduled daily commercial flights to Havana and 9 other destinations...
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Susan Roces angry over ‘oppression’ vs Grace Poe
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – It was her first time to join the campaign sorties of her daughter, and Susan Roces made sure she got the message across.At an evening rally in Jaro, Iloilo, on Tuesday,...
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