Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:51:44 +0000
LONDON – Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans work to preserve the medieval landmark.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:06:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The number of passengers in seaports nationwide more than quadrupled within a six-hour period on Holy Monday to over 97,000, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. Data from the PCG showed that a total of 97,233 outbound passengers flocked to ports across the country from 6 a.m. to 12 noon of April […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:26:01 +0000
President Duterte’s popularity and satisfaction ratings will continue to rise despite his detractors’ attempt to malign him
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:14:18 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – A low pressure area (LPA) will bring rains over parts of Visayas and Mindanao, the state weather bureau said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:12:20 +0000
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s human rights commission has urged the government to reinvestigate the disappearances of a Christian pastor and a Muslim activist after a public inquiry concluded they were abducted by the police special branch for alleged proselytizing of Muslims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:05:46 +0000
VIENNA, Austria – Austria on Wednesday proposed taxing internet giants such as Google and Facebook five percent of their digital advertising revenue, a higher rate than France and other EU countries are seeking.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:20:59 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan intelligence officers Thursday arrested the chief of staff of Juan Guaido, the opposition leader recognized by the US and other countries as interim leader, Guaido and the opposition-ruled congress said on Twitter.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:11:41 +0000
TOKYO – Human Rights Watch urged Japan on Wednesday to drop its requirement that transgender people be sterilized before their gender is changed on official documents.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 04:37:05 +0000
Candidates for Benguet provincial elective posts in this year’s midterm elections signed on Tuesday a peace covenant for peaceful campaign period and polls.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:25:19 +0000
The city’s power distributor will continue to pursue a new franchise even after the signing by President Duterte of a new franchise for another company to operate in the city and other areas.
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