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PNG security forces shoot 6 people, kill 1, near lawless Porgera gold mine. The violence has forced the shutdown of the huge mine indefinitely.
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Philippines’ anti-graft court dismisses $5M ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses. It’s another legal victory for the Marcos family, whose heir currently serves as president of the Philippines. View older stories ».
Philippines says it did not surrender Sabina Shoal to China
Sep 16, 2024 · HO/Philippine Coast Guard/AFP. Filipino officials tried to reassure the Philippine public Monday that they had not surrendered Manila’s claim of sovereign rights over Sabina Shoal to China by withdrawing a coast guard ship from the disputed reef. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it pulled its ship out from the shoal’s waters over the ...
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Philippines’ anti-graft court dismisses $5M ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses. It’s another legal victory for the Marcos family, whose heir currently serves as president of the Philippines.
EXPLAINED: Al-Arqam, the Malaysian sect implicated in a child …
Sep 13, 2024 · The sealed-off gate outside a welfare home – one of 20 homes raided by police and from where children were rescued – is seen in Kajang, Malaysia, Sept. 12, 2024. Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes during police raids ...
5 years after its birth, Bangsamoro autonomous region struggles …
Feb 1, 2024 · Jeoffrey Maitem/BenarNews. An autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines that came out of a peace deal is struggling to end violence five years after being established and 15 months before its first-ever elections, analysts and the region’s top leader told BenarNews. Weapons in the hands of many armed groups including former rebels ...
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Thailand elected UN Human Rights Council member amid ‘questionable’ civil liberties record. 2024-10-10. Still, activists said this could be an opportunity to remedy criticisms over lack of freedoms.
PNG, Bougainville optimistic special moderator can guide …
Oct 3, 2024 · An estimated 10,000-15,000 people died in a decade-long civil war between Bougainville and PNG that ended with a peace agreement in 2001. PNG’s government missed the agreed 2023 deadline for parliament to debate the result and decide on the semi-autonomous region’s independence aspirations. The two sides are far apart on fundamental issues ...
Duterte pastor’s assets frozen as manhunt, standoff continue
Aug 8, 2024 · In a 48-page resolution dated Aug. 6 but released to the media only on Thursday, the Court of Appeals issued a freeze order on the pastor’s 10 bank accounts, seven real estate properties, five motor vehicles, and one aircraft. Quiboloy, a close friend of Duterte, is the target of an arrest warrant but he has managed to evade a nationwide manhunt.