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Aquino as 'minister mentor' under Roxas presidency?
MANILA, Philippines – If he is elected president in 2016, Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II said he would like President Benigno Aquino III to take on an advisory role in his...
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Nigeria leader pledges to rescue kidnapped Chibok girls
UNITED NATIONS – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised at the United Nations on Monday, September 28, to rescue the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 and to defeat the...
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LP to announce VP pick, Senate slate October 5
MANILA, Philippines – The public will have to wait one more week for the ruling Liberal Party (LP) to formally announce its slate for the 2016 national elections.In a statement Tuesday, September 29,...
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Super typhoon kills two, injures hundreds in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Super typhoon Dujuan has killed two people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan, authorities said Tuesday, September 29, after it swept across the island before making landfall in...
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Aurora group demands audit, zero budget for APECO
MANILA, Philippines – Residents of Aurora who are against the economic zone in their province gathered outside the Senate on Tuesday, September 29, to ask lawmakers not to allocate funds to the Aurora...
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Alan Peter Cayetano running for vice president
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – “I am running for vice president of the Republic of the Philippines,” said Senator Alan Peter Cayetano from Davao City on Tuesday, September 29. “And I am putting...
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MMDA chief Tolentino running for senator
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino formally announced his candidacy for senator in 2016.Speaking before some 100 leaders from...
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20 feared missing after India boat capsizes: official
GUWAHATI, India – Rescuers were searching on Tuesday, September 29,for about 20 people feared missing after a boat capsized and sank in a rain-swollen river in remote northeast India, a government...
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Japan orders diesel car emissions probe after VW scandal
TOKYO, Japan – Tokyo on Tuesday, September 29, ordered some of the country's biggest automakers to report on whether their diesel vehicles meet Japanese standards, in the wake of a scandal that saw...
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Climate change, as explained by a kid
MANILA, Philippines – What is climate change and why are we humans at the center of it?Many explanations have been offered by scientists, politicians, and climate action advocates.Climate change can be...
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Aquino dismayed over students' lack of knowledge in PH history
MANILA, Philippines – Why was Apolinario Mabini seated the entire time in the biopic Heneral Luna?It started as a social media post that made the rounds on the Internet, but actor Epy Quizon, who...
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Lanes on EDSA, Roxas Blvd to be reserved for APEC delegates
MANILA, Philippines – Two lanes on the northbound and southbound directions of major thoroughfare EDSA will be reserved for the delegates of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in...
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Still ‘overpriced’? Makati acting mayor faces graft complaint over cakes
MANILA, Philippines – A former Makati city politican filed a graft and corruption complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against Acting Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr for allegedly overpricing the...
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Comelec lawyers: Let SET decide Poe disqualification case
MANILA, Philippines – Lawyers with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) recommended to the commission en banc that the pending complaint to unseat Senator Grace Poe is not within its jurisdiction....
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Alan Peter Cayetano: A good partner is worth waiting for
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – “A good partner is worth waiting for,” said Senator Alan Peter Cayetano a few minutes before the start of his basketball game against staff of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo...
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Libya coastguard rescues 346 migrants
TRIPOLI, Libya – The Libyan coastguard said it rescued 346 migrants on Tuesday, September 29, almost 100 of them women and children, crammed onto rubber boats and stranded off the country's coast.Three...
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Germany moves to toughen asylum rules amid record influx
BERLIN, Germany – The German government on Tuesday, September 29, approved new measures to cope with a record surge in asylum seekers, including imposing tougher conditions for migrants from the...
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Dutch investigators raid Uber office in Amsterdam
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch investigators on Tuesday, September 29, raided popular taxi service app Uber's Amsterdam offices, saying it was part of a continuing probe into low-cost service...
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NUP members 'free' to choose presidential bets in 2016 – solon
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Members of the National Unity Party (NUP), have been given the liberty to endorse the presidential candidates they want, a party official here said on Wednesday, September...
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David's camp 'confident' majority of SET will vote vs Grace Poe
MANILA, Philippines – The camp of lawyer Rizalito David is confident they have majority of the votes of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) to disqualify Senator Grace Poe from her post."Judging from...
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