Category: Philippines
Canada-Philippines trash war: Who would win if Duterte actually followed through with his threat?
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to “declare war” on Canada within a week if it doesn’t clean up its act and remove tonnes of trash shipped [...]
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Duterte threatens ‘war’ against Canada over trash shipped to Philippines
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to “go to war” with Canada if the country doesn’t take back tonnes of trash a Canada-based company had [...]
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Envoy reiterates plea for repatriation after another Filipino gets hurt in Libya fighting
Charge d’Affaires Elmer Cato on Wednesday (April 24) reiterated his plea for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Tripoli to go home. Cato reported on his social media [...]
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Philippines’ Duterte gives Canada 1 week to take back garbage or ‘we will declare war’
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday reportedly threatened to “declare war” against Canada within the next week if the country fails to remove tonnes of [...]
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Death toll rises to 16 after 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Philippines
At least 16 people have died after the Philippines was rattled by two major earthquakes, authorities said on Tuesday. A further 81 people were injured and 14 remain missing, [...]
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Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’ is tearing families apart, analysts say
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs takes a toll on the country’s poorest women and children, when a family’s primary earner, usually a man, [...]
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2 Earthquakes Shake The Philippines; At Least 16 Dead
A powerful 6.4 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, the day after a different temblor took lives and collapsed buildings. Rescuers continued to search for survivors [...]
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Philippines expects $13.6b investments, trade deals from China trip
The Department of Trade Industry expects more than $10 billion (S$13.6 billion) worth of fresh investment and trade deals to be sealed by Philippine businesses with their [...]
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Philippines’ Duterte hits Canada on exported garbage
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berated Canada on Tuesday in a longrunning dispute over waste exported to the Southeast Asia nation, threatening to sail it back to [...]
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Philippines earthquake: Man loses family in deadly cataclysm
Chuzon Supermarket in Porac was the only major structure completely destroyed by the quakes that killed at least 16. Jason Dela Cruz, 30, had just dropped off his wife [...]
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Duterte wants to get tougher on drug menace
More than 5,000 have died so far in President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on the narcotics tradenearly all suspects killed in raids or by motorcycle-riding hitmenyet [...]
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Five killed as buildings collapse in strong Philippine quake
At least five people were killed when buildings collapsed near Manila after a powerful earthquake set skyscrapers swaying and drove terrified locals into the street. Rescuers [...]
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Eight killed, dozens feared trapped after earthquake hits Philippines
At least eight people were killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Monday and officials feared dozens could be trapped in [...]
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No settlement ending up with China allowing Philippines to protect clams, Locsin says
The Philippines’ top diplomat said he would not allow a settlement of the South China Sea dispute that would put China at an advantage in connection to giant clams in [...]
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Philippines rocked by deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bodega on the Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Pampanga [...]
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