POLITICS-SOCIAL MEDIA: MANILA – Report: UK firm at heart of Facebook data scandal helped Duterte win 2016 polls
President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during his visit at Camp in General Teodulfo Bautista in Barangay Bus-Bus, Jolo, Sulu
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POLITICS – DRUG WAR: MANILA – Duterte: Turn to CIA if something bad happens to me
President Rodrigo Duterte AP . President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said that people should look to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in
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US-CANADA POLITICS: WASHINGTON – Trump’s immigration moves complicate election strategies for both parties
President Trump speaks to reporters about immigration and other issues at the White House on Tuesday. (Jabin Botsford / Washington
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POLITICS-HUMAN RIGHTS: MANILA – FBI probes Quiboloy’s Hawaii church for human trafficking — report
Facebook photo shows evangelist Apollo Quiboloy waving from his Cessna Citation Sovereign jet, which landed at his compound in Davao
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POLITICS-ELECTION 2016: MANILA – Vice Presidential recount hits snag as 4 head revisers quit
Both camps of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo expressed concern on this development, which they
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POLITICS-DRUG WAR: DAVAO CITY – Duterte to fire DOJ chief Vitaliano Aguirre
Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre – Philstar.com/File photo . . . DAVAO CITY, Philippines — It’s Justice Secretary Vitaliano
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NATION-GOV’T: VIENTIANE – Laos to name three new cities
The government has approved a change in the status of Luang Prabang, Kaysone Phomvihane and Pakxe from towns to new
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US & CANADA-POLITICS: WASCO, California – ICE arrests farmworkers, sparking fears in the Central Valley over immigrants and the economy
Jesus Aceves, center, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, prays at his brother’s church, El Aposento Alto,
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POLITICS-ELECTION: NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – Myanmar swears in Suu Kyi loyalist as new president
Myanmar’s new President Win Myint (C); Cho Cho, first lady; and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi; Vice President number
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POLITICS-HUMAN RIGHTS: MANILA – Terrorism-accused UN expert: Duterte wages new war, with ‘new targets’
An activist shouts slogans during a protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte near the Malacanang palace in Manila on September
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