‘Military, police rights abuses still hound PH’
Human rights abuses of state and paramilitary forces and police impunity continue to hound the Philippines, the US State Department ...
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Salazar: Consistent rescue of human trafficking victims augurs well for PH chances of keeping Tier 1 Status
The Philippines is gunning to keep -- for the eighth straight year -- its Tier 1 Status in the world ...
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Envoy says $100M US grant to PH for modernizing AFP in the works
The United States is already working on granting the Philippines $100 million to bankroll the modernization program of the Armed ...
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US nixes sanctions on Iran civilian-use nuke program
WASHINGTON -- The US State Department is waiving sanctions on Iran’s civilian nuclear program in a technical step necessary to ...
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US: Vico a strong transparency champ
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, who was previously named as a global “anti-corruption champion” by the US State Department, got ...
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US: Expand engagement with Taiwan
The US State Department called on “all countries that value democratic institutions” to “expand engagement with Taiwan” in a statement ...
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US, UK warn citizens of threat to Kabul hotels
Kabul—The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens were killed ...
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Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president Conde captive
Conakry, Guinea—Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in ...
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US blacklists five terrorist leaders
The US State Department added five alleged senior members of jihadist groups in Africa to its terror blacklist, blocking access ...
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Anakpawis raps P118-b arms deal with US
As the US State Department approved the arms deal with the Duterte government worth $2.43 billion or P118 billion, the ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.