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According to the International News Safety Institute in London, 134 journalists and media support staff were killed in the line of duty last year. The Philippines ranked third among the countries listed as the most dangerous for journalists with 14 media persons killed last year. Overall, Syria remained as the country which is the most dangerous for journalists for the second year running. At least 20 journalists died in Syria, 16 died in Iraq, 14 died […]
(Reuters) – When Philippine President Benigno Aquino compared China to the Germany of 1938 and called for global support as his country battles Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, he put the focus on a case that Manila has filed in an international court. The Philippines has taken its dispute with China to arbitration under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea and its lawyers say that the tribunal has discretionary […]
Philippines may become the host of the 2014 Miss World after Miss World Megan Young recommended to Vice President Jejomar Binay the interest of the Miss World organization to hold the pageant in the country this year. This will be the first time that the pageant will be held in the country.
(Reuters) – The United States has growing concerns that China’s maritime claims in the disputed South China Sea are an effort to gain creeping control of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. In congressional testimony, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Danny Russel said China’s vague territorial claims in the South China Sea had “created uncertainty, insecurity and instability” among its neighbors. While the […]
(Reuters) – China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said, warningJapan not to “spread rumors” it plans a new air defense identification zone. China alarmed Japan, South Korea and the United States last year when it announced an air defense identification zone for the East China Sea, covering a group of uninhabited islands at the center of a bitter ownership spat between China and […]
