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Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'
5 days, 6 hours ago

Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'

Raw Story  

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-for pardon in a women's prison. She flew home without handcuffs alongside Filipino correctional officials on an overnight commercial flight after a Jakarta ceremony marking "the end of a harrowing chapter in Veloso's life", …

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Mary Jane Veloso: Filipina spared from execution in Indonesia returns home after 14 years on death row
5 days, 18 hours ago

Mary Jane Veloso: Filipina spared from execution in Indonesia returns home after 14 years on death row

CNN  

Jakarta, Indonesia AP — A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home early Wednesday after longstanding requests from her home country. Aaron Favila/AP “Hopefully the president can grant clemency to Mary Jane,” Veloso’s mother told reporters. “I will return to my country, and I am …

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Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home
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5 days, 18 hours ago

Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Al Jazeera  

Mother of two, who became a poster child for anti-trafficking groups, now awaits potential pardon in a Manila prison. Mary Jane Veloso, 39, landed at Manila airport early on Wednesday following a repatriation deal between the two countries that eliminated the threat of her execution, as the Philippines has long abolished the death penalty. She flew home without handcuffs alongside …

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Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad returns home
6 days, 2 hours ago

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad returns home

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home early Wednesday after longstanding requests from her home country. Mary Jane Veloso, center, a Filipina who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, reacts as she …

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Scholar seeks more talks on Sino-Philippine ties
1 week, 3 days ago

Scholar seeks more talks on Sino-Philippine ties

China Daily  

Lucio Pitlo III speaks at a symposium on RCEP in Haikou, Hainan province, in November. Strained relations due to South China Sea issues would also be a topic of discussion as this is "unavoidable", he said. This reflects Pitlo's position on the China-Philippines relations — that the issue of the South China Sea cannot define the otherwise multifaceted relationship between …

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Scholar seeks more talks on Sino-Philippine ties
1 week, 3 days ago

Scholar seeks more talks on Sino-Philippine ties

China Daily  

Lucio Pitlo III speaks at a symposium on RCEP in Haikou, Hainan province, in November. Strained relations due to South China Sea issues would also be a topic of discussion as this is "unavoidable", he said. This reflects Pitlo's position on the China-Philippines relations — that the issue of the South China Sea cannot define the otherwise multifaceted relationship between …

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Manila's move threatens regional peace
Top News
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Manila's move threatens regional peace

China Daily  

Editor's note: The deployment of the US' Typhon missile system in the Philippines has raised widespread concerns, with critics arguing that such a weapon system far exceeds the defense requirements of Manila and, instead, risks escalating tensions in the South China Sea, while serving the US' geopolitical interests at the expense of regional peace. An open attempt to disrupt regional …

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Manila's move threatens regional peace
Top News
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Manila's move threatens regional peace

China Daily  

Editor's note: The deployment of the US' Typhon missile system in the Philippines has raised widespread concerns, with critics arguing that such a weapon system far exceeds the defense requirements of Manila and, instead, risks escalating tensions in the South China Sea, while serving the US' geopolitical interests at the expense of regional peace. An open attempt to disrupt regional …

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Manila's move threatens regional peace
Top News
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Manila's move threatens regional peace

China Daily  

Editor's note: The deployment of the US' Typhon missile system in the Philippines has raised widespread concerns, with critics arguing that such a weapon system far exceeds the defense requirements of Manila and, instead, risks escalating tensions in the South China Sea, while serving the US' geopolitical interests at the expense of regional peace. An open attempt to disrupt regional …

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Manila's move threatens regional peace
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Manila's move threatens regional peace

China Daily  

Editor's note: The deployment of the US' Typhon missile system in the Philippines has raised widespread concerns, with critics arguing that such a weapon system far exceeds the defense requirements of Manila and, instead, risks escalating tensions in the South China Sea, while serving the US' geopolitical interests at the expense of regional peace. An open attempt to disrupt regional …

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Philippines and China swap allegations after vessel ‘sideswiped’ in disputed waters
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Philippines and China swap allegations after vessel ‘sideswiped’ in disputed waters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Philippine Coast Guard said two Chinese Navy and …

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Philippines says China Coast Guard fired water cannon, 'sideswiped' govt vessel
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Philippines says China Coast Guard fired water cannon, 'sideswiped' govt vessel

Raw Story  

The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and "sideswiped" a government vessel Wednesday during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after Beijing said it had "exercised control" over the ship. Tensions flared again on Wednesday, with Manila releasing a video appearing to show a Chinese coast guard ship firing a torrent of water at the …

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Fresh tensions as Russian attack submarine shadowed in waters off Philippines
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Fresh tensions as Russian attack submarine shadowed in waters off Philippines

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tensions between Russia and the …

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California biofuel project aims to cut wildfire risk, but at what cost?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

California biofuel project aims to cut wildfire risk, but at what cost?

LA Times  

For Laura Ornelas and thousands of other South Stockton residents, harmful air pollution is a fact of life. For Ornelas and her neighbors, local air pollution could get even worse if officials approve plans for a massive forest management and biofuel project that would harvest trees across California through wildfire mitigation work, process them into wood pellets at facilities in …

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Australians could be victims of romance 'scam compound' raided in Manila, AFP says
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Australians could be victims of romance 'scam compound' raided in Manila, AFP says

ABC  

A compound in the Philippines found with more than 1,000 mobile phones is the suspected hub of a multinational scam network with possible Australian victims, according to the Australian Federal Police. Philippines law enforcement arrested more than 190 foreigners and 68 Filipino citizens for alleged immigration offences at the time of the raid, with thousands of phones and SIM cards …

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Fire destroys 1,000 homes in slum area of Philippine capital Manila
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4 weeks ago

Fire destroys 1,000 homes in slum area of Philippine capital Manila

ABC  

About 1,000 homes have been reduced to wreckage and ashes after fire ripped through a densely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila. Manila Fire District said the blaze was thought to have started on the second floor of one of the homes about 8am on Sunday. Drone footage shared online by the city's disaster agency showed houses in …

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STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...
4 weeks, 1 day ago

STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...

Daily Mail  

His final resting place can be found under an overhanging tree in a cemetery 7,000 miles from his old stomping ground at the House of Lords, where he once pledged allegiance to the Crown. Lord Moynihan, also known as ‘Lord Supergrass’, ‘Baron Scoundrel’ and the ‘Ermine Pimpernel’, with a showgirl in Sydney in 1956 They included, it is sensationally alleged, …

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Manila fire: Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Isla Puting Bato
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Manila fire: Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Isla Puting Bato

CNN  

Video Ad Feedback Large fire breaks out in Philippines shanty town 00:47 - Source: CNN CNN — A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames …

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Marcos says Indonesia has agreed to send Filipino death-row drug convict back to the Philippines
1 month ago

Marcos says Indonesia has agreed to send Filipino death-row drug convict back to the Philippines

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send home a Filipino death-row drug convict who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila. “Arrested in 2010 on drug trafficking charges and sentenced to death, Mary Jane’s case has been …

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Mary Jane Veloso: Indonesia agrees to send Filipino death-row drug convict back to the Philippines
1 month ago

Mary Jane Veloso: Indonesia agrees to send Filipino death-row drug convict back to the Philippines

CNN  

Manila, Philippines AP — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send home a Filipino death-row drug convict who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila. Marcos thanked Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his government for granting a longstanding Philippine request …

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US and Philippines sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology
1 month ago

US and Philippines sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to secure the exchange of highly confidential military intelligence and technology in key weapons the U.S. would provide to Manila. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, signed the legally binding General Security of Military Information Agreement in Manila at a time when …

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Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China
1 month ago

Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China

Al Jazeera  

The deal allows for classified information sharing that could benefit a US ally’s defence and streamlines the sale of certain classified technologies. The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they seek to counter a resurgent China. The deal, called the General …

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Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines, displaces about 400,000 people
1 month ago

Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines, displaces about 400,000 people

Deccan Chronicle  

Manila: A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month. Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the eastern island province of Catanduanes on Saturday night with sustained …

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Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines, displacing hundreds of thousands
Top News
1 month ago

Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines, displacing hundreds of thousands

NPR  

Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines, displacing hundreds of thousands toggle caption AP/MDRRMO Viga Catanduanes MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a …

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