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Pacquiao urges WBO to review world title defeat to Horn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July 5 (ANI): Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao, who lost his welterweight world title to Jeff Horn, has urged the World Boxing Organisation to act on a request by Philippine sports officials for a review of his defeat, saying he doesn't want to see the boxing industry &
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Sing National Anthem with fervor or face prison time: Philippines Bill
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 28 (ANI): Philippines House of Representatives has approved a bill requiring Filipinos to sing the country's national anthem, Lupang Hinirang, "with fervor" whenever it is played publicly.
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Philippines' Duterte apologises for martial law, pledges to rebuild M
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 21 (ANI): Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has apologised to the people of Marawi for declaring martial law in Mindanao island and vowed to rebuild the city which was destroyed after four weeks of fierce fighting between forces and ISIS affliated militants.
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ISIS-linked militants attack Philippines village, take hostages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 21 (ANI): Several residents have been taken hostage and used as human shields after armed terrorists stormed a village in the Cotabato province of the Philippines, according to local police.
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Visakhapatnam: Two Filipino sailors found dead on coal vessel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): At least two sailors from Philippines were found dead on a coal vessel on the way to Visakhapatnam's Gangavaram Port.
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Manila casino death toll rises to 34, gunman commits suicide
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 2 (ANI): The death toll from Friday morning's terror strike at a popular hotel-cum-casino in Philippines capital Manila has gone up to 34, and local police have also confirmed that the lone gunman involved in the attack, has committed suicide.
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ISIS attack at resort in Manila, 25 injured
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 2 (ANI): Dozens of people were injured in an open gunfire at Resorts World Manila in Philippines in the early hours of Friday.
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Philippine military mistakenly kills own soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Marawi [Philippines] June 1 (ANI): The Philippine military mistakenly killed its own 11 soldiers in the course of targeting Islamist militants, said a military official on Thursday.
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Philippine military air strike 'accidently' kills 10 soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 1 (ANI): The Philippine military airstrikes aimed at militants killed 10 of its soldiers and injured eight others, even as the government is struggling to take the southern Marawi city from the clutches of alleged Islamic State terrorists, the government officials
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Jaideep Mazumdar appointed next Ambassador of India to Philippines
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Jaideep Mazumdar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Philippines.
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Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages, kills 13 ISIS-linked terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow[Russia], May25 (ANI) :At least 13 ISIS linked terrorists were killed in the Philippines city of Marawi where government forces carried out an operation over 70 hostages held captive by the Islamic State linked Maute Group inside the Amai Pakpak Medica center public hospital.
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Trump terms Kim Jong -Un as 'Madman with nuclear weapons'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow[Russia], May24 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump held a private telephonic conversation with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during which he labeled North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a "madman with nuclear weapons."
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