HUMAN RIGHTS: MANILA – Duterte tells police, military not to entertain UN probe on drugs
UN special rapporteur on human rights Agnes Callamard (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte. (File photos from the Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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POLITICS-ELECTION: BANGKOK – (Some) politics resume – 20 new parties scramble to register – Players shift up a gear ahead of February poll
Familiar holdover Election Commission member Somchai Srisutthiyakorn believes that “about 20” new parties and groups will apply to register on
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RUSSIAN CYBER CRIME: WASHINGTON – Top Trump aide Hope Hicks to resign
The White House’s 29-year-old communications director Hope Hicks has been one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving advisors. — AFP/VNA Photo
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MANILA: ‘FM places all Cavite under PC’ – ‘Bomb witness rattled’ – A PRELUDE TO MARTIAL LAW… The Manila Times’ PAGE FROM THE PAST – March 1, 1971
‘FM places all Cavite under PC’ – Armed men given 7 days to surrender. . . FLASH BACK – “History
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POLITICS-ELECTION: BANGKOK – Prayut’s new poll vow met with scorn Few expect February election will happen
Reaction to the sixth ‘promise’ by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to hold an election has been greeting mostly with scorn,
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IMMIGRATION-OVERSEA WORKERS: TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – Saudis trading Filipino maids
FINALLY HOME Undocumented Filipino workers arrive in Manila from Saudi Arabia in this photo taken last year. —PNA PHOTO .
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POLITICS-ELECTION: PHNOM PENH – Cambodia ruling party wins all senate seats: election committee
A member of the National Election Committee (NEC) shows a ballot as he counts ballot papers during a Senate election
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POLITICS-ELECTION: BANGKOK – Fears held for next EC shortlist – Rigid charter rules scare contender away.
Votes are tabulated at the National Legislative Assembly. The NLA’s rejection of nominated Election Commissioners has cast a pall over
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POLITICS-ELECTION / I.T.: BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia – Umno and BN do not want to lose the cyber war again
Chairman of Umno’s information technology (IT) bureau Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan — Bernama . . BUKIT MERTAJAM: Umno and Barisan
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POLITICS-ELECTION: NORWAY (Cambodia Watchdog Council International) – Watchdog asks people not to vote
A woman votes in a previous election. KT/Chor Sokunthea . . The Norway-based Cambodia Watchdog Council International has appealed to Cambodian
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