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WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump’s feud with top diplomat Rex Tillerson burst back into the open Tuesday, Oct. 10, after the US president joked that he and his Secretary of State should compare IQ scores.
Read more: Who’s the moron? Trump challenges top US diplomat to IQ test
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Noting that blaming the Catholic Church is a “convenient excuse,” Church officials stressed on Thursday, mOct. 12, that the decline in President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval and trust ratings is not their fault.
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NEW YORK – Ner Martinez emerged victorious as president of the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. (PIDCI) after a rowdy afternoon that marked its annual election meeting held last Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the upper east side of Manhattan. Martinez defeated Ollie David with a margin of 23 votes, 49 to 26.
Read more: Martinez prevails as PIDCI president; faces a bundle of challenges ahead
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Hours after Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista announced on Wednesday, Oct. 11, his plan to resign on Dec. 31, the House of Representatives voted 137-75-2 to impeach him.
Read more: House impeaches Comelec chief after he said he was resigning
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NEW YORK -- Governor Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio paid tribute to the “extraordinary imprint” made by Filipino Americans to the cosmopolitan culture of the Empire State.
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Foreign portfolio investments swung to a net inflow of $112.63 million in September as investors looked forward to the passage of the first tax reform package pending in Congress, even as more “hot money” left the country than came in during the first nine months mainly due to developments overseas.
Read more: PH posts $112.6-million net inflow of ‘hot money’ in September
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SANTA ROSA, California -- The flames that raced across California wine country left little more than smoldering ashes and eye-stinging smoke in their wake. House after house is gone, with only brick chimneys and charred laundry machines to mark sites that were once family homes.
Read more: California wildfires leave chimneys, charred appliances in their wake
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(Editor’s Note: Below is the statement of Edgardo J. Angara, special envoy of President Duterte to the European Union, in reaction to the Inquirer banner story, “Int’l groups press probe of drug kills.”)
Read more: Angara: EU delegation’s warning is a gross misinterpretation
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MARAWI CITY -- Government security forces recovered 24 remains suspected to belong to pro-Islamic State terrorists following aerial bombings and ground assaults that lasted until late Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Read more: More slain Maute, Abu men recovered from battle zone
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President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 12, told ambassadors of European Union countries to leave the Philippines after he slammed the EU for being critical towards his administration.
Read more: Duterte to EU ambassadors in PH: Leave my country in 24 hours
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