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The jam-packed trip includes his participation in the APEC summit, a visit to the US Indo-Pacific Command, and a meet-and-greet with the Filipino diaspora in California and Hawaii
'Several countries have expressed their support to the Philippines and to the rules-based international order, while no one has openly supported China in its actions at the West Philippine Sea,' says Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar
The Department of Migrant Workers says some of the complainants in cases against alleged illegal recruitment operations in Italy are relatives of at least 215 jobseekers who were duped tens of thousands of pesos for fake job offers