Malaysian Police Shoot Dead 5 Abu Sayyaf Terrorists in Borneo
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JAD, Indonesian Terror Outfit That Targets Churches
Malaysia police shot dead five suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists in an encounter. The raid took place last week in Sabah, a state in the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo. The Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf terror group is known for brutal and deadly kidnappings for ransom.
The police said the five militants were killed during a patrol in an area from where they had arrested eight members of the group earlier. Our men knocked on the door of one of the squatter houses but were met with hostile gunfire, which we immediately returned, said Sabah police commissioner Hazani Ghazali, according to IANS.
PH vows to catalyze actions in shifting to circular economy
Philippine Information Agency
17 May 2021, 16:38 GMT+10
PARAnAQUE CITY, May 17 (PIA) Policymakers and experts from various United Nations member states gathered to facilitate exchanges on best practices and emerging innovations, and promoted principles and practices on circular economy during the (UNIDO) Global Consultations on Circular Economy held recently.
The transition to a circular economy aims to adopt resource efficient and cleaner production systems to allow manufacturers to increase their competitiveness while protecting the environment. By saving big amounts of water, energy and raw materials, manufacturers can significantly reduce their production costs, produce less waste, therefore optimizing their production.
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File photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gesturing during his fourth State of the Nation address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2019. Reuters pic
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MANILA, May 15 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte reduced the tariff for imported rice on Saturday to ensure food security and protect consumers in the world’s biggest importer of the grain.
The South-east Asian nation, which is battling elevated inflation, took into consideration the increase in global rice prices and uncertainties in local rice supply, the president’s office said in a statement.
Manila 6th District representative and House Deputy Speaker Bienvendo ‘Benny’ Abante (Facebook)
This was after Manila 6th District representative and House Deputy Speaker Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. opposed the inclusion of gender identity in the “protected attributes” of the anti-discrimination measure that they are crafting.
Abante, one of the authors of the bill, said it would be a “redundancy” as gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and sex characteristics have already been included as among those protected under the bill.
“We have already made a lot of compromises, a lot of compromises. We have gender, we have sexual orientation, we have sex characteristics. There is no need for us to put up gender identity,” lamented the congressman, who is also a pastor.
Covering Campaign Finance: The Philippine Experience Campaign finance is an important, if not the most important aspect, of any electoral exercise. One’s capacity to run for office is largely hinged on their access to resources. BY KAROL ILAGAN AND FLOREEN SIMON May 9, 2021 | 07:00:00 AM
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Media Reporting of Elections in Asia published and released by the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on May 3, 2021.
President Rodrigo Duterte is not one to keep his lips sealed about money. As a presidential candidate then, the former mayor would tease audiences about the state of his finances and donors whose money he supposedly accepted and refused.