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The United States called on China and other rival claimants Wednesday, June 22, to exercise restraint when an international tribunal issues a landmark ruling on the South China Sea disputes that Beijing has chosen to ignore.
Read more: US calls on China, rivals to be calm when sea ruling issued
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Filipino WWII veterans and her family members mourn the passing of Cpl. Magdalena Estoista Leones, 95, who entered the history books as the only Asian female to have been awarded the Silver Star in World War II for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. She died Thursday, June 16.
Read more: Only Filipina WWII US Silver Star recipient dies at 95
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President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 21, said that he recently asked the US ambassador whether Washington would support the Philippines in case of a possible confrontation with China in the disputed South China Sea.
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Outgoing Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya on Monday, June 20, brushed off talk that President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is “slowly moving the country to communism.”
Read more: Incoming AFP chief says Duterte not leading PH to communism
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SAN FRANCISCO – Filipino owners of two residential care businesses will pay 32 workers more than $359,000 in back wages and an equal, additional amount in liquidated damages, for violating US fair labor laws.
Read more: Filipino care home owners to pay workers $718K in back wages
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INFANTA, Zambales -- Jonathan Almandrez was chased away from the rich fishing grounds of a South China Sea lagoon by a Chinese patrol, something he hopes will stop happening if the Philippines wins an international legal case against China.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A California-wide advocacy group expressed disappointment at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 United States v. Texas decision blocking President Obama’s effort to expand DACA and DAPA programs, but stressed that the decision does not affect the original DACA program, which remains available to at least a million applicants.
Read more: SCOTUS blocks Obama immigration plan; original DACA not affected
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Senators on Thursday, June 23, eulogized the late Senate President Ernesto Maceda for his deep knowledge of legislation and politics, and valuable contributions to nation-building.
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Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte will order the unconditional release of several political prisoners as a “gesture of goodwill” by his administration in upcoming peace talks with the communist-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), according to his chief peace negotiator.
Read more: Duterte to release jailed Reds even before amnesty
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DAVAO CITY - “Shut up!” In his characteristic harsh language, presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, May 26, slammed both Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Chito Gascon and incoming Sen. Leila de Lima, for calling him out on his previous actuations.
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