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Filipinos voting to electe new lawmakers, executives in mid-term elections
May 13, 2019 03:44People in the Philippines are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in mid-term elections, which are expected to promote the allies of President Rodrigo Duterte and pave the way for him to gather legislative support for his controversial plans to restore the death penalty and rewrite the constitution.
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About 8 killed, dozens feared trapped after quake hits Philippines
Apr 23, 2019 00:25At least eight people have been killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Philippines' main island of Luzon as officials fear dozens could be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed commercial building.
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Philippines' Duterte warns China with 'military action' over disputed island
Apr 05, 2019 07:49Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if China does not back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea.
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Philippines protests China’s presence in disputed waters
Apr 02, 2019 06:33The Philippines says it has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 270 Chinese vessels near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea.
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Philippines protests China’s presence in disputed waters
Apr 02, 2019 02:16The Philippines says it has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 270 Chinese vessels near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea.
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Pompeo promises military intervention if Philippines attacked in South China Sea
Mar 01, 2019 09:03The US has told the Philippines that it would come to its defense in the event of a confrontation with China which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo singled out Friday as a threat to stability.
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Philippine president warns of harsher drugs campaign
Feb 20, 2019 15:16Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Wednesday that his signature anti-narcotics campaign will be even harsher in the future, signaling no let-up in a bloody crackdown that has alarmed the international community.
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Iran condemns terrorist blasts in Philippines
Jan 27, 2019 11:39Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi, in a formal statement on Sunday, categorically condemned the terrorist attack on a church in the Southern regions of the Philippines, offering sympathies to the government and people of the Southeast Asian country.
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Blasts kill dozens after Muslim self-rule vote in Philippines
Jan 27, 2019 08:53At least 27 people have lost their lives and dozens of others been injured after two bombs hit a church on a southern Philippine island, which is home to a Daesh-linked terrorist group.
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Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods climbs to 85
Jan 02, 2019 07:50The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities.