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US expels 3 Venezuelan diplomats in response to expulsion of 3 US embassy staff in Venezuela

(Reuters) –United States Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki addressed the expulsion of three Venezuelan diplomats from Washington, DC, on Tuesday (February 25). The U.S. government decision was in reprisal for President Nicolas Maduro’s expulsion of three American embassy staff accused of fomenting unrest that has killed at least 13 people. “They have been allowed 48 hours to leave the United States,” said Psaki. “We have indicated, and have indicated for months, our openness to develop a more constructive relationship with Venezuela, but again, recent […]

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Death Toll Rises To Nine After Landslide In Indonesia

(Reuters) — Indonesian search and rescue team pulled a body from the rubble on Tuesday (February 25) after a landslide in Indonesia’s Papua swept through some areas raising the death toll to nine, officials said. The landslides, which hit on Monday (February 24) were caused by heavy rain that started on Saturday (February 22) which caused flooding, authorities said. The two areas affected by landslides were Abepura district and the southern district of Jayapura. “The total number of victims […]

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PHL protests Chinese harassment in Bajo de Masinloc

  By Michaela Del Callar MANILA, Feb. 25 (PNA) -– The Philippines on Tuesday strongly protested several cases of harassment allegedly committed by Chinese authorities on Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal off Manila’s northwestern coast, including last month’s water cannon assault on two Philippine fishing vessels in the area. Foreign Affairs acting Assistant Secretary Bernadette Catalla summoned Chinese Embassy Charge d’Affaires Sun Xiangyang to receive Manila’s diplomatic note indicating the government’s “vehement protest” over […]

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DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro says graduation rites should be simple

MANILA, Feb. 25 (PNA) — This year‘s graduation rites in private and public elementary and secondary schools should be kept solemn, simple, prudent and economical, according to Department of Education – DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro who said on Tuesday that such occasion should fall on March 27 or 28. At the same time, Luistro said that schools and regions which have to conduct makeup classes due to calamities last year may schedule their graduation day […]

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‘Black Tuesday’ taints EDSA celebration

What was supposed to be a joyful, historic 28th anniversary celebration of the 1986 EDSA revolution is now marred in controversy as various media groups and critics of the Cybercrime Law staged the first-ever ‘Black Tuesday’. Denouncing the Aquino government for “betraying the spirit of EDSA”, sympathizers of the new law, which the linked to as E-Martial Law, called on ‘netizens’ to make their own protests offline. At the same, petitioners against the Cybercrime Law […]

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AFP refers Panatag Shoal Incident to the DFA

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is leaving it up to the Department of Foreign Affairs to handle the recent Panatag shoal incident where Chinese Coast Guards reportedly fired water canons at Filipino fishermen to drive them away from the disputed shoal last January 27. According to AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, they are avoiding a military confrontation between the two countries.  He added that the government prefers to resort to international arbitration […]

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Petroleum Prices Rise

The price of petroleum products increased today at 6 in the morning. Petron, Shell, and Total increased the price of their diesel by 25 centavos per liter, while Petron and Shell increased the price of kerosene and gas by 15 centavos per liter.

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Russia lightens up with softer image at closing ceremony

Feb 23 2014, 6:03 PM EST – By Mike Collett-White SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – An emotional closing ceremony at Russia’s first Winter Olympics painted the hosts in soft colors, in contrast to the muscular, assertive spectacle that kicked off the Games, and there was even room for a joke at the home nation’s expense. The show at the Fisht Stadium on the Black Sea coast opened with a volley of fireworks and a boat suspended […]

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