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“Collateral damage” from US-China trade spats hurting smaller countries, says Australian PM

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that “collateral damage” from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy. In an unusually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the “world’s most important bilateral relationship –- the US-China relationship” had become “strained”. “Trade tensions have escalated. The collateral damage is spreading. The global trading system is under real pressure. […]

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2 whistleblowers on WellMed ghost dialysis cases, provisionally admitted to WPP, says DOJ chief

(Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed that the two whistleblowers of the WellMed Dialysis Center who exposed the ghost dialysis claims made by the center, have been admitted provisionally into the Witness Protection Program. The former WellMed employees who were granted provisional admission into the WPP under the Department of Justice (DOJ) are Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon. “They were provisionally admitted into the WPP, good for 90 days,” Guevarra said. […]

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US border chief quits amid outcry over child detainees

  by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The acting head of the US Customs and Border Protection agency announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a public outcry over alarming detention conditions of migrant children in Texas. John Sanders, appointed to the post just two months ago, said in a letter obtained by several US media outlets that he planned to step down as acting CBP commissioner on July 5. Sanders’ […]

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Citing PHL Constitution, SC’s Carpio reminds Palace that China should not be allowed to fish in PHL EEZ

(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio reminded Malacanang that the Philippine government has the primary obligation to “protect the nation’s marine wealth” including those in the country’s exclusive economic zone. He said that allowing China and other countries to fish in these waters was contrary to the Philippine Constitution. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Carpio, citing the Constitution, said that the country’s exclusive economic zone should be for the […]

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Panelo says Chinese nationals’ fishing activity at Recto Bank, other parts of PHL EEZ, “tolerated”

(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that Chinese nationals are not barred from fishing at Recto Bank which is under the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the South China Sea. Panelo said that it is not really a grant of fishing rights, but China’s activities are “tolerated.” “Parang ito-tolerate mo lang. It’s not necessarily grant,” he explained after President Rodrigo Duterte said that China could not be prevented from fishing in the […]

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PDP-Laban chooses Marinduque Rep. Velasco as its nominee for House Speaker

(Eagle News) – Marinduque Representative Lord Alan Velasco has been chosen by the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban as its nominee for House Speaker in the 18th Congress, according to Senator Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao, in a video conference from Los Angeles, said he was given the authority to make the announcement by PDP Laban President Aquilino Pimentel III He said that the administration party, PDP Laban, wants the next speaker to be a member of […]

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Trump makes Melania spokeswoman new White House press secretary

  by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Stephanie Grisham — until now spokeswoman for his wife Melania — the chief White House press secretary, taking over an office that has seen sharply deteriorating relations with the media. Trump said Grisham would do a “fantastic job.” “She actually gets along with the media very well, as you know. A lot of the folks in the […]

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Tropical depression “Dodong” slows down, won’t make landfall and is forecast to leave PHL today

  (Eagle News) – Tropical Depression “Dodong” is not expected to make landfall and currently has no direct impact in the country. It is even expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the day. With maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 60 kph, the tropical depression “slightly slowed down” as it moved generally northeastward Tuesday night. As of 3 a.m. Wednesday, June […]

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Seven people, including Chinese, charged over Cambodia building collapse

  SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AFP) — Seven people, including five Chinese nationals, have been charged with manslaughter or as accomplices to manslaughter in connection with a building collapse in Cambodia that killed 28 people and sparked anger over shoddy construction regulations. The collapse of a seven-storey, under-construction Chinese building in the resort town of Sihanoukville on Saturday is the deadliest industrial accident in recent memory in Cambodia. A close Beijing ally, Cambodia has seen an influx […]

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Scores ill, hundreds of schools closed in Malaysia due to toxic fumes

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Scores of people have fallen ill and hundreds of schools have been closed in Malaysia due to toxic fumes believed to have come from a chemical factory, authorities said Tuesday. It was the second serious incident involving poisonous gas in Pasir Gudang district, in southern Johor state, in three months after thousands of people became sick in March when waste was dumped in a river and emitted noxious fumes. […]

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South Korean Olympians in sexual harassment incident

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean Olympic short-track medallist sexually harassed another male Games podium-finisher, officials said Tuesday — prompting them to suspend the entire team. The offender — who has not been identified — reportedly forcibly pulled down the victim’s trousers, leaving him standing in his underwear in front of team-mates at the national training centre in Jincheon. In response coaches collectively punished the entire team — seven men and seven women […]

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Advincula now out of police custody, says PNP spokesperson

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police announced on Tuesday, June 25, that Peter Joemel Advincula is no longer in its custody. Advincula first came out to say that he was the narrator, known as the hooded “Bikoy,” in the controversial “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos. PNP Spokesperson Police Colonel Bernard Banac said that Advincula is now “free” and is “on his own. “Si Mr. Advincula is free. He is out and not in the […]

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