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Justice secretary appoints ex-MWSS official as spokesman
MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa has appointed lawyer Emmanuel Leido Caparas, former chief regulator of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, as the spokesman...
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Iglesia ni Cristo wants ex-minister's petitions dismissed
MANILA, Philippines – The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) asked the Court of Appeals (CA) on Tuesday, November 3, to dismiss the petition for writs of habeas corpus and amparo filed by the relatives of former...
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Ospital ng Makati sets up help desk for patients
MANILA, Philippines – Acting Makati City mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr ordered the installation of a help desk to speed up medical services being offered by the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) to its...
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'Desperate': Grace Poe slams 'bogus email' saying she quit 2016 race
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe denied the email circulating among journalists on Tuesday, November 3, that she had supposedly pulled out from the 2016 presidential...
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Road works in 13 Metro Manila routes suspended in time for APEC
MANILA, Philippines – For two weeks before and during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Manila in November, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will suspend road works in...
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Comelec approves voting in malls in 2016
MANILA, Philippines – Voting in shopping malls for the 2016 national elections got a green light from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, November 3."In principle, the idea of mall voting...
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Japanese scientist stripped of doctorate over stem cell scandal
TOKYO, Japan – A Japanese university has revoked a doctoral degree awarded to a young researcher embroiled in a scandal that has rocked the scientific establishment.Haruko Obokata, 32, drew intense...
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Rare cyclone batters war-torn Yemen
ADEN, Yemen – A rare tropical cyclone has slammed into Yemen, triggering heavy flooding and causing "enormous" damage in a region of the war-racked country dominated by Al-Qaeda, a senior official said...
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NPC: Still no decision who to support for president
MANILA, Philippines – Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) spokesperson Congressman Mark Enverga said on Tuesday, November 3, that the party is still deliberating on who they will support in the...
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First airport laglag-bala complaint filed with NBI
MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has received a first complaint related to the alleged "laglag-bala" or bullet-planting scam targeting passengers at the Ninoy Aquino...
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'Laglag-bala' probe: Palace looking into bullets as amulets
MANILA, Philippines – Amid recent spike in the number of cases of airport security personnel allegedly planting bullets in passengers' bag to extort from them, the Philippine president's office is...
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Some South China Sea fish 'close to extinction'
HONGKONG, China – Experts said Tuesday, November 3, that some fish species are close to extinction in the South China Sea due to over-fishing fuelled by a growing appetite for seafood.Lack of...
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Indian court jails Uber driver for life for rape
NEW DELHI, India – An Indian court on Tuesday, November 3, sentenced an Uber driver to life in prison for raping a young woman passenger in New Delhi, a case that inflamed fears over sexual violence in...
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Austrian government moves to tighten asylum rules
According to the contentious draft legislation, those granted asylum will be reassessed after three years. If their countries of origin are then deemed to have become safe, they will be sent back.Those...
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Tech-sharing key to success of climate summit – France
SEOUL, South Korea (UPDATED) – French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that sharing emissions-cutting technology with emerging nations like India and China will be a key part of the "success...
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PH militants demand billions for foreign hostages
MANILA, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf group is demanding P1 billion ($21 million) each for the release of the hostages abducted in a resort on Samal Island, Davao del Norte last September 21.In a...
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Senate honors ex-Sen. Ernesto Herrera: 'Today's Apolinario Mabini'
MANILA, Philippines – Former and incumbent senators on Wednesday, November 4, honored the memory of the late senator and trade union leader Ernesto “Boy” Herrera, calling him the modern-day Apolinario...
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Philippine Catholic leaders urged to reject ivory
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines' dominant Catholic Church called on its leaders Wednesday, November 4, to help end the slaughter of elephants by rejecting fresh donations of religious objects...
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China raises coal use figure by hundreds of millions of tons
BEIJING, China (UPDATED) – China has been under-reporting its coal consumption for years, experts said Wednesday, November 4, after official statistics were revised upwards by hundreds of millions of...
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Mary Jane Veloso's recruiters to be arraigned November 11
MANILA, Philippines – A Nueva Ecija court has set for next week the arraignment of the alleged recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino who was sentenced to death row in Indonesia for drug...
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