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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POLITICS-DRUG WAR: MANILA – How many more Filipinos will suffer under Duterte? De Lima asks
Philippine Senator Leila de Lima . . “How many more lives are going to be cut short? How many more
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POLITICS-ELECTION 2019: MANILA – Liberal Party (LP) scrambles to complete its senatorial slate for 2019 elections
The Liberal Party is not even sure whether it can complete a 12-person roster, according to Vice President Leni Robredo.
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POLITICS-SAFETY: VIENTIANE – The National Regulatory Authority (NRA) seeks more funding for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearance
Funding for unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys and clearance is needed from various sources as there is currently a funding shortfall,
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US & CANADA-POLITICS: NEW YORK – Clooney to defend Reuters journalists held in Myanmar
British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and her husband, actor George Clooney, arrive at the Refugee Summit at the United
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US & CANADA-POLITICS: WASHINGTON – Fired Veterans Affairs secretary says privatization advocates doomed him
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies in Washington in March. In a New York Times op-ed Thursday, he blasts a
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