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Philippines halts visits by officials to contested territory in South China Sea
Mar 17, 2017 11:16The Philippines’ military has blocked a group of lawmakers and security chiefs from visiting one of nine Philippine-held features in the disputed South China Sea due to safety issues, defense officials said on Friday.
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Philippine government, communist rebels to resume talks
Mar 12, 2017 06:55The Philippines’ government and communist rebels in the country have agreed to resume peace talks and reinstate a ceasefire after a recent escalation of clashes.
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UN anti-drug body slams Philippines for ‘extrajudicial’ killings
Mar 02, 2017 16:16The UN anti-drug body has censured the Philippines for the rampant use of extrajudicial killings in its war on narcotics.
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Philippine President Duterte to recall police to drug war
Feb 28, 2017 12:07Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he has to recall police to the country’s war on drugs amid reports that sidelining the 160,000-strong force has allowed drug trade to emerge out of shadows.
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Takfiri group beheads German in Philippines
Feb 27, 2017 13:46The Philippines-based ultra-violent Abu Sayyaf Takfiri terrorist group has decapitated a German hostage after a deadline for a ransom expired, drawing strong condemnation from Manila for the “barbaric beheading.”
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About 13 inmates escape prison in Philippines
Feb 26, 2017 09:05More than a dozen inmates have escaped from a jail in the Philippines, the latest in a series of prison breaks in the Southeast Asian country.
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Filipinos protest outside US embassy on revolution anniversary
Feb 25, 2017 08:43Filipinos have rallied and clashed with police outside the US Embassy in capital Manila as thousands more marched to mark the anniversary of a revolution that ousted a US-backed dictator over 30 years ago.
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Philippines to arrest ex-justice minister over drugs
Feb 23, 2017 16:46A court in the Philippines has ordered the arrest of a former justice minister strongly opposed to President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drugs campaign.
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15 killed, 126 injured in southern Philippine earthquake
Feb 11, 2017 05:44A powerful earthquake has struck the southern Philippines, claiming the lives of at least 15 people and injuring some 126 others, officials say.
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3,000 families displaced as huge fire hits shantytown in Manila
Feb 08, 2017 04:11Thousands of people have been displaced after a huge fire ripped through a crowded shantytown in the Philippine capital, Manila.