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Manila: The widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Philippines became public after the Southeast Asian nation’s Vice President Sara Duterte said that she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she were to be killed. Mr Duterte is the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Now, the law and…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte listens as she attends a joint committee hearing of the House of Representatives in Quezon City. File. | Photo Credit: AP Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said on Saturday (November 23, 2024) she has contracted an assassin to kill the President, his wife and the House of Representatives Speaker if she…
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Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., right, confers the Outstanding Achievement Medal to United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III in recognition to his substantial contributions to strengthening the Philippines-U.S. bilateral defense ties and promoting regional security in the Indo-Pacific at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines on…
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Philippines’ Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) it summoned China’s ambassador to protest Beijing’s drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. “The said baselines…
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Manila: Rescuers in the Philippines were diving into a lake and scouring isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death count from Tropical Storm Trami hit 100. Trami, which rammed into the Philippines on October 24, was among the deadliest storms to hit the Southeast Asian country this year. According…
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Apollo Quiboloy is followed by millions of people in the Philippines Influential pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “owner of the universe” and “appointed son of god” who was wanted in the US for child sex trafficking, was arrested in the Philippines on Sunday. Over 2,000 police were deployed for more than two weeks to search…
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Rescuers save animals from typhoon’s flooding. A disturbing finding has surfaced following Typhoon Gaemi, which was one of the most destructive storms to hit Southeast Asia in recent times. The Philippines was devastated by the strong typhoon that struck in July, leaving behind extensive damage. The storm’s rage left a path of destruction, with tens…
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An asteroid lights up the night sky as it burns up in the atmosphere, as seen from Ballesteros, Philippines, September 5, 2024, in this still image obtained from social media video | Photo Credit: Via Reuters A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday (September 4, 2024) harmlessly burned up in Earth’s atmosphere the same day, NASA…
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In this image taken from handout video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship with bow number 5205, right, collides with Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua near the Sabina Shoal at the disputed South China Sea on August 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China accused a Philippines coast…
Wang Yi, right, the director of the Communist Party’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office shakes hands with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, left, at Yanqi lake in Beijing, Tuesday, August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) warned visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Jake…
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