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Senators: Invoking arbitral win vs China long overdue

August 6, 2019 admin arbitration, China, Conflicts, disputes, Foreign relations, hague, Latest News Stories, Nation, Philippines, politics, Senate, South China sea, territory

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:26:40 +0000

MANILA, Philippines— President Rodrigo Duterte should have invoked the 2016 Hague ruling against China a long time ago, senators said on Tuesday. But they nevertheless welcomed Duterte’s reported plan to raise the issue during his visit to China this month. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said he supports the move as he ruled out […]

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Koreans hold candlelight vigil to protest Abe government

August 4, 2019 admin Asia, Foreign relations, Japan, Latest News Stories, protest, South korea, trade war, World

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:33:05 +0000

SEOUL — Some 680 civic groups held a candlelight vigil over the weekend in protest of the Japanese government’s decision to take South Korea off a list of preferred trading partners and to call on Tokyo to apologize for war crimes it committed in World War II.

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Lacson shares advice he got as newbie senator: Watch and learn

July 31, 2019 admin agreements, Foreign relations, Francis Tolentino, Latest News Stories, Legislation, local news, Nation, Panfilo Lacson, Philippine news update, politics, Senate

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:55:07 +0000

A piece of advice for newbie senators: Don’t just stand up and take the floor if you don’t want to end up being grilled by veterans.

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Ramming of PH vessel intentional or accident? Boat captain now unsure

June 19, 2019 admin China, conflict, Diplomacy, eez, Foreign relations, gem-vir 1, junel insigne, Latest News Stories, local news, Manny Pinol, maritime dispute, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates, Philippines, recto bank, reed bank, richard blaza, West Philippine Sea

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:18:46 +0000

F/B Gem-Vir 1 captain Junel Insigne was confident the Chinese vessel deliberately rammed their boat at Recto Bank. Now, he’s already unsure.

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BREAKING: Duterte says ICC case vs Xi won’t affect PH-China relations

March 21, 2019 admin China, Diplomacy, Foreign relations, ICC, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates, Rodrigo Duterte, Xi Jinping

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:37:47 +0000

President Duterte said the case filed by two ex-government execs versus Chinese President Xi Jinping before the ICC won’t affect PH-China relations.

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Spy poison case: Suspects say they were in UK as tourists

September 13, 2018 admin alexander petrov, Cold War, Diplomacy, Foreign relations, gru, international news, Latest News Stories, nerve agent, news, novichok, politics, ruslan boshirov, Russia, skripal, spy, uk, Vladimir Putin, World, World News

MOSCOW — The two Russian men charged in Britain with poisoning a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent appeared on Kremlin-funded television on Thursday, denying their involvement in the attack and saying their appearance in the English city of Salisbury was merely an “incredible, fatal coincidence.”

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Poland totals WWII occupation’s cost amid Germany claim talk

September 1, 2018 admin 1939, 1945, atrocities, conflict, cost of war, damages, Diplomacy, Foreign relations, GERMANY, international news, jaroslaw kaczynski, JEWS, Latest News Stories, Nazi, news, polan, politics, World, World News, World War II

WARSAW, Poland — A parliamentary commission in Poland reported Friday that the country lost more than 5 million citizens and over $54 billion dollars (46.6 billion euros) worth of assets under its Nazi German occupation during World War II.

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