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Floods submerge streets, highways in Philippines

AvehiclebravesthroughfloodwatersinMakatiCity,thePhilippines,onSept.12,2017.FloodscausedbyatropicalstormsubmergedmanystreetsandhighwaysinthePhilippinesonTuesday,

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American government deploys drone for surveillance service

ByAPDWriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Sept.11(APD)–TheUnitedStatesofAmericasenta“GrayEagleUnmannedAircraftSystems”(UAS)specificallytoMindanaoforadditionalsurveillancetof

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2 Indonesian hostages escape from custody of Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,Sept.7(APD)—TwoIndonesianhostagesmanagedtoescapefromthecustodyofPhilippinemilitantgroupAbuSayyafonThursday,wouldbereturnedtoIndonesia

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Philippines: World Bank – AIIB project up for implementation in 2018

ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Sep.1(APD)–TheWorldBankGroupwillsoonimplementitsMetroManilaFloodManagementProjectunderaco-financingarrangementwithChina-basedAsianI

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Boxing: Pacquiao pulls out of title rematch with Horn

FilipinogreatMannyPacquiaoonFridaypulledoutofarematchwithworldchampionJeffHorn,leavingtheAustralianlookingforanotherchallengerinhistitledefence.TheQueenslandsta

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Japan Tobacco to buy Philippine cigarette maker Mighty for $936 million

JapanTobaccoInc(2914.T)saidonTuesdayitwouldbuythePhilippines'No.2cigarettemakerMightyCorpforabout$936million,itssecondlargedealinSoutheastAsiathismonthasitdeepe

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Philippine troops to help cull thousands of fowl in bird flu battle

ThePhilippineswilldeployhundredsoftroopstohastenacullofabout600,000fowl,thefarmministersaidonWednesday,aspartofeffortstoreinintheSoutheastAsiannation'sfirstoutb

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US may launch airstrikes against militants in the Philippines

Two defense officials told NBC News on Monday that the Pentagon may announce as early as Tuesday the authority to strike targets that could threaten US allies.

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US may launch airstrikes against militants in the Philippines

AsfightingbetweengovernmentforcesandISIL-affiliatedmilitantsinthesouthernPhilippinecityofMarawiisabouttoenteritsthirdmonth,theUnitedStateshassaidthatitisnowcons

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Tillerson to raise US human rights concerns in Philippines

TheUnitedStates'topdiplomatisexpectedtoraiseconcernsabouthumanrightsinthePhilippinesduringapossiblemeetingwithPresidentRodrigoDutertewhenhevisitsManilathisweekf

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Indonesia’s Manado hosts first sub regional meeting on terrorism

Senior officials of six countries gathered in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi capital of Manado to attend the initial Sub Regional Meeting on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Cross Border Terrorism (SRM FTF-CBT), resulted in possibilities of inter-nation forces alignment to extinguish the escalating terrorism activities in the Philippines’ city of Marawi.

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Indonesia’s Manado hosts first sub regional meeting on terrorism

ByAPDWriterMaverickJAKARTA,July30(APD)–SeniorofficialsofsixcountriesgatheredinIndonesia’sNorthSulawesicapitalofManadotoattendtheinitialSubRegionalMeetingonForei

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Duterte visits Philippine Stock Exchange for first time

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his first visit in the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City, the Philippines, July 11, 2017

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President Duterte thankful for Chinese military aid

ByAPDWriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,June30(APD)–PresidentRodrigoDuterteexpressedhisthanksforthemilitaryassistancefromtheChinesegovernmenttobolstertheArmedForcesofthePh

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Philippines president Duterte thankful for Chinese military aid

ByAPDWriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,June30(APD)–PresidentRodrigoDuterteexpressedhisthanksforthemilitaryassistancefromtheChinesegovernmenttobolstertheArmedForcesofthePh

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China donates 300,000 USD to rebuild war-torn Philippine city

Chinahasdonated15millionPhilippinepesos(about300,000USdollars)tothereliefoperationsinMarawi,thesouthernPhilippinecityplaguedbyclashesbetweengovernmenttroopsandt

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Philippines welcomes Australia's offer to send surveillance planes

The Philippines expressed on Friday its welcome to Australia's offer to send its intelligence-gathering planes to help the country crush the militants allied with the Islamic State (IS) in the southern Philippine city of Marawi.