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PNP spends P784.9 M to secure APEC meets
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) spent over P784.9 million ($16.67 million) to secure economic leaders, senior ministers and officials, and technical experts from all over the...
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Supreme Court wants task force created to address judge killings
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) is pushing for the creation of a task force to investigate the recent killings of court officials and provincial judges.The SC Committee on Security, headed...
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Over half of world's primates on brink of extinction – experts
SINGAPORE – More than half the world's primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction – and the list of endangered primates now includes the Philippine tarsier. International...
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Aquino holds meeting with Lumad in Malacañang
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III met with several Lumad, the indigenous peoples in Mindanao, on Tuesday, November 24, in Malacañang, months after a spate of killings that have pitted...
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Beijing rejects South China Sea arbitration as hearing starts
BEIJING, China – China on Tuesday, November 24, reaffirmed that it will "not accept" a judicial arbitration on the South China Sea, as an international court was due to hear a case bought by the...
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Turkey shoots down Russian war plane on Syria border
ANKARA, Turkey – NATO member Turkey on Tuesday, November 24, shot down a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border, threatening a major spike in tensions between two key protagonists in the 4-year Syria...
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147 world leaders to attend Paris climate summit – France
PARIS, France – A total 147 heads of state and government so far will attend a climate summit due to start in Paris next week, the French government said Tuesday, November 24.The November 30-December...
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Kid Peña’s staff now using Junjun Binay’s 21st floor office in city hall
MANILA, Philippines – After being left unoccupied for almost 4 months, the Office of the Mayor in the Makati city hall was again filled with employees on Tuesday, November 24. It was not the first time...
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UNDP Asia chief: To curb climate crisis, time to rethink values
MANILA, Philippines – Climate change is more than a phenomenon happening to our environment. It calls for an overhaul of what human society values the most. These were among the sentiments shared by...
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De Lima on Duterte: 'No comment' until he officially files COC
MANILA, Philippines – They've traded barbs in the past, but former justice secretary and senatorial aspirant Leila de Lima opted to "reserve her comments" on Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's announcement...
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Bangladesh bans Facebook, chat apps for security reasons
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh authorities insisted Tuesday, November 24, an almost week-long ban on Facebook and mobile messaging services would remain until security in the tense country improved.The...
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NATO calls 'extraordinary meeting' after Turkey downs Russian jet
BRUSSELS, Belgium – NATO ambassadors will hold an "extraordinary" meeting Tuesday, November 24, at Ankara's request to discuss Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border,...
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Cries of 'inquisition' as Vatican puts journalists in dock over leaks
VATICAN CITY – Two journalists and three Vatican officials went on trial Tuesday, November 24, over the publication of classified documents in a case critics have attacked as having a whiff of the...
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Putin rages as Turkey shoots down Russian plane
ANKARA, Turkey – NATO member Turkey on Tuesday, November 24, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border, an act President Vladimir Putin said would have "serious consequences" for ties between...
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Flooding brings Qatar to near standstill
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar was hit by more than a year's worth of rain in several hours, while in neighboring Saudi Arabia, one person was killed during flooding Wednesday, November 25.Roads in Doha were...
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MSF hospital strike 'caused primarily by human error' – US probe
KABUL, Afghanistan – A United States (US) air strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people was caused primarily by human error, the commander of US forces...
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ISIS claims deadly Tunisia bus bombing
TUNIS, Tunisia – The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Wednesday, November 25, claimed the bombing of a presidential guard bus in the Tunisian capital that killed at least 12 people.A Tunisian suicide...
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Korina a minus? 'She's with me, I'm with her' says Roxas
MANILA, Philippines – “Korina is my wife and I love her very much.”The typically stoic Manuel Roxas II turned to emotion on Wednesday, November 25, when asked if it was “fair for poor people” not to...
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Roxas: Time to end 'anomalous' MRT3 contract
MANILA, Philippines — It’s one of the sticky issues raised against him, but Liberal Party standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II on Wednesday, November 25, insisted he was not remiss in his role as...
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UN climate talks to start a day early
PARIS, France – Negotiations for a world pact to curb global warming will start in Paris Sunday, November 29, a day ahead of schedule, the UN said Wednesday, November 25, as a report warned 2015 could...
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