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Families flock to Myanmar jails after Suu Kyi amnesty plan
THARRAWADDY, Myanmar – Anxious families of detained activists rushed to Myanmar prisons Friday, April 8, as officials indicated dozens of students could be freed after Aung San Suu Kyi hinted at a mass...
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Admin shielded allies in PDAF scam prosecution – Baligod
MANILA, Philippines – The former lawyer of pork barrel scam whistleblower Benhur Luy on Friday, April 8, criticized the Aquino administration's alleged selective prosecution of lawmakers implicated in...
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Roxas: Now is time for candidates to ‘tell whole truth’ about selves
CEBU, Philippines – On the sidelines of a day-long campaign in Cebu province on Friday, April 8, Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II was asked to react to news that presidential rival...
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Belgica: Lower income tax rate to 10%, scrap VAT
MANILA, Philippines – Senatorial candidate Greco Belgica on Friday, April 8, pushed for the adoption of a 10% flat taxation rate, saying this would provide Filipinos with more money to spend on their...
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Domestic violence: Kapunan for tougher law, Baligod for values formation
MANILA, Philippines – Lawyers Lorna Kapunan and Levi Baligod agree it is important to improve the plight of victims of domestic violence in the Philippines, but they have different ideas of how to do...
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Panama president: Leak reveals 'global problem' on offshore finance
MANILA, Philippines – Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela on Friday, April 8, outlined the country's actions on offshore finance and banking secrecy moving forward in the wake of what is being...
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13 N. Korean staff in overseas restaurant defect to South
SEOUL, South Korea – Thirteen North Koreans working in a state-run restaurant outside the country have defected to South Korea, a government official in Seoul said Friday, April 8.The defectors, one...
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Game changers: 1.38 million OFWs begin to vote
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Described as game changers, around 1.38 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) began to vote on Saturday, April 9, in a month-long exercise to choose the Philippines'...
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Earth could become hotter than thought, study warns
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Global warming could make the planet far hotter than currently projected because today's scientific models do not correctly account for the influence of clouds, researchers said...
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SC upholds ruling: Grace Poe can run for president
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, April 5, upheld its decision allowing presidential bet Grace Poe to run in the May 2016 polls. The resolution released Saturday, April...
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Greece expels second wave of migrants to Turkey under EU deal
DIKILI, Turkey – Greece deported a second batch of more than 200 migrants to Turkey on Friday under a controversial EU deal to stem mass migration as Germany announced a sharp drop in asylum...
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Marawi mayor survives ambush
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Marawi City Mayor Sultan Fahad Pre Salic was ambushed early dawn Saturday, April 9, by still unidentified men outside the Pryce Plaza hotel here.He was with his driver...
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Poe on Neil's US Air Force stint: It's no secret
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Presidential bet Grace Poe denied allegations she hid the fact that her husband was a former serviceman of the United States Air Force.The senator claimed Filipinos know...
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#OFWVote challenge: Go out and vote
MANILA, Philippines – Can the overseas absentee voters deliver 100% turnout?There are 1,376,067 registered OAVs for the 2016 presidential elections. A promising start, this figure almost doubled from...
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SpaceX lands rocket on ocean platform for first time
MIAMI, USA – After 4 failed bids SpaceX finally stuck the landing Friday, powering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket onto an ocean platform where it touched down upright after launching cargo to...
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Duterte’s dream legacy: 3 major train lines across PH
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte says he will be happy with his 6 years in power if he could manage to build for the Philippines 3 major train systems: the Mindanao railway,...
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N. Korea says successfully tested ICBM engine
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Saturday, April 9 it had successfully tested an engine designed for an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that would "guarantee" an eventual nuclear strike...
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France 'wrong' to designate Panama as a tax haven – president
PANAMA CITY, Panama – France's decision to put Panama back on its list of tax havens in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations is "wrong," Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said on Friday,...
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Freed Italian hostage leaves PH hospital
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – A retired Italian priest held hostage for 6 months by suspected Islamic militants left a Philippine hospital Saturday, April 9, a day after his release, looking frail though...
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Sereno to dissenters on Poe: 'We are 7, you are 5'
MANILA, Philippines – The main decision of the Supreme Court (SC) on the disqualification case against presidential candidate Grace Poe said there is "more than sufficient evidence that [Poe] has...
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