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Marcos: Fire 'incompetent' MIAA chief Honrado
MANILA, Philippines – “He should be fired immediately. He is clearly incompetent. He should never have been put in that job in the first place.”This is what Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr had...
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Taiwan says China summit 'first step' to normalizing ties
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's president Thursday, November 5, defended a historic summit with China as the first step to normalizing relations between the leaders, as opponents wary over a rapprochement...
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Maldives faces international pressure to lift emergency
MALÉ, Maldives – The United States and Britain have expressed deep concern after the Maldives imposed a state of emergency, saying it curtailed vital civil liberties and urging the release of jailed...
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Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership released – New Zealand
TOKYO, Japan – The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was released Thursday, November 5, offering the first detailed look at the contents of the world's largest free trade area.The accord must...
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DOJ sets hearing on ex-Iglesia minister's case vs church leaders
MANILA, Philippines – More than two months since expelled Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister Isaias Samson Jr accused top church officials of serious lllegal detention, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is...
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SC justice Villarama seeks full benefits despite early retirement
MANILA, Philippines – Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Martin Villarama Jr, who will be leaving his post 3 months ahead of his retirement in 2016, has asked the court en banc to nevertheless grant...
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Graft charges vs Lapid, 5 others for overpriced fertilizer
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Lito Lapid has been charged with graft over the purchase of allegedly overpriced fertilizer in 2004 when he was still governor of Pampanga.Lapid, who is wrapping up his...
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Groups fear Yolanda victims will slide back to being exploited
MANILA, Philippines – After two years of funding rehabilitation efforts in areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013, what is next for international organizations?International groups...
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Carpio: 'Tribunal totally ignored China's 9-dash line'
MANILA, Philippines – One of the Philippines' top legal scholars said that the international tribunal hearing Manila's historic case against China “totally ignored” Beijing's controversial 9-dash...
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Laglag-bala scheme embarrassing, alarming – De Lima
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – The recent laglag-bala (bullet-planting) scheme at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is “very embarrassing” and “alarming,” former justice secretary and now Liberal...
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VLOG: Makabayan formally endorses Poe-Escudero tandem
It's an endorsement that's bound to happen.The Makabayan bloc officially endorses Senators Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero for the 2016 elections. Earlier, the Poe-Chiz tandem included Makabayan's Neri...
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Rescuers search for survivors of Pakistan factory collapse
LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani rescuers have pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for dozens of others believed still trapped in a disaster that has...
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UK probes Sharm security as Egypt, Russia dismiss bomb fears
LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain probed security at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport on Thursday, November 5, and scrambled to repatriate thousands of tourists as Cairo and Moscow dismissed fears a...
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Maldives impeaches VP as pressure to lift emergency mounts
MALE, Maldives – The Maldives parliament on Thursday, November 5, approved a state of emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen and used extraordinary powers to sack his estranged deputy despite...
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Bomb may have been carried onto Russian plane: report
LONDON, United Kingdom – Information intercepted by US and British spies suggested a bomb may have been carried onto the Russian plane that crashed in the Sinai peninsula last week, The Times reported...
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VLOG: When tech-voc education is not 'the other choice'
In Singapore, technical-vocational education takes centerstage, showing that there is no great disparity between professional work and skilled labor. Jee Geronimo files this video blog. – Rappler.com
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Obama, Netanyahu eye arms deal to mend ties
WASHINGTON, United States - Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a post-row summit Monday, hoping a massive 10 year defense deal will help them move beyond a bitter public fight that shook a...
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Designer cells reverse baby girl's cancer in world first
LONDON, United Kingdom – A one-year-old girl in Britain has become the first in the world to be treated with "designer" immune cells genetically engineered to reverse her cancer, doctors said Thursday,...
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Painfully slow rebuild after Typhoon Yolanda
TACLOBAN, Philippines – Two years after a super typhoon devastated the Philippines and sounded a global alarm on climate change, a massive rebuilding program has had big successes but at least 1...
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COA execs face criminal indictment over multi-million-peso bonuses
MANILA, Philippines – Sixteen executives and employees of the Commission on Audit (COA) are facing criminal indictment for receiving millions of pesos in illegal additional compensation and bonuses...
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