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China raps US interventions in Asia at regional forum

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and how to handle increasingly erratic North Korea. Speaking at the 7th annual Xiangshan regional defence forum in Beijing, Chang Wanguan, China’s defence minister, levied thinly veiled criticism at recent US involvement in Asia’s trouble spots. Washington has conducted freedom of navigation operations close to artificial islands […]

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CSC to state workers: ‘Act for the environment now’

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, October 11 (PIA) – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) urged state workers and the public to take action and manifest their concern for the environment before it is too late.   “When will we start giving our own little way in preserving the environment? It should be now, not tomorrow,” Director Flordeliza Bugtong of CSC-Lingayen field office told civil servants who participated in the mangrove planting activity held recently at Barangay Malimpuec here. […]

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Apple, Samsung take battle to US Supreme Court

by Sébastien BLANC WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The epic legal battle pitting Apple against its bitter rival Samsung over the design of the iPhone reaches a new level Tuesday when it heads to the US Supreme Court. The high court is set to hear arguments over financial damages the South Korean smartphone giant owes Apple for allegedly violating design patents by producing copycats of its groundbreaking smartphone. Observers are watching the case closely to […]

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‘I’m not afraid to return to Bataclan’, says Marianne Faithfull

by Sophie LAUBIE PARIS, France (AFP) — Marianne Faithfull knows why some musicians are reluctant to return to play at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where jihadist gunmen massacred 90 people last year. But one of rock’s great survivors, whose voice and body carry the scars of battling through cancer, heroin and alcohol addictions, will not be put off. She will perform there next month, a week after a concert by another reborn British […]

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Amnesty for detained rebels up with President Duterte

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 11 — Government panel member Angela Librado-Trinidad said they have already submitted a draft amnesty proclamation to the Office of the President a week before leaving for the second round of the peace talks which began on Thursday, October 6. This is consistent with the GRP panel’s commitment to immediately recommend to the President a draft of an Amnesty Proclamation covering those listed by the NDF, the final list of which was received on […]

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Foodie’s paradise

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 11) – It must be Instagram ready: whether we accept it or not, it is one of the many considerations that we have whenever we are about to dine out. In this technologically-inclined generation, millennials do not just go to restaurants for the primary purpose of eating alone, taking social media-ready pictures of the food that we ordered and the people who we are with has become a habit. #foodislife and  #foodislove […]

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NFL’s Washington team visit hurricane-ravaged Haiti

POT AU PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — Players from NFL’s Washington Redskins were in Haiti on Monday (October 10) to help in aid relief for the impoverished country after it was hit by Hurricane Matthew, killing some 1,000 people. Members of the American football team sent a plane of medical supplies to the Haitian capital to be delivered by wide receiver Pierre Garcon and defensive end Ricky Jean Francois. “We are here basically to help provide […]

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The underdog versus the crowd’s favorite

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 11) – The Meralco Bolts have entered the PBA finals for the first time and they did it in the most glorious way possible, upsetting a top-seeded team. No one could have imagined Meralco defeating the mighty team of TNT, spearheaded by Jayson Castro, the best point-guard in Asia. But through perseverance, the Bolts have beaten the odds and have claimed their chance to bag the elusive championship. On their way to […]

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Family feud reignites at S. Korea’s Lotte Group

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The elder brother of South Korea’s Lotte Group chairman has filed a lawsuit against his younger sibling for alleged accounting fraud, his spokesman said Tuesday, reigniting a bitter family feud over a stake in the business empire. “We submitted a complaint to the prosecutors’ office on September 30,” Thomas Hong, spokesman for Shin Dong-Joo, former vice president of Lotte Holdings, told AFP. Hong said Shin accused Lotte chairman Shin Dong-Bin […]

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Drake sets new record for American Music Award nods

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap chart-topper Drake on Monday earned a record 13 nominations for the American Music Awards, topping the mark set by late king of pop Michael Jackson. The Toronto rapper, whose “Views” has been the top-selling album released this year in the United States, was in the running for Artist of the Year and raked in other nominations thanks to his slew of collaborations. But on the same day as […]

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