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Israel’s ambassador to Thailand has played down concerns that recent protests and disputes involving Israeli visitors reflect antisemitism, while acknowledging cultural differences and cases of poor behaviour by some Israelis. Speaking to AFP yesterday, September 15, at the embassy in Bangkok, Alona Fisher-Kamm said Thailand and Israel needed to prevent tensions from the Middle East …

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Police are investigating the death of a Thai woman who was found naked in a rented room in Mueang district, Udon Thani province, with an electric wire wrapped around her neck. Mueang Udon Thani Police Station officers were called to the accommodation in Ban Luean subdistrict after the 24 year old woman, Phattarawarin, was found …

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council returned the Technical Infrastructure Committee’s (TIC) report on Monterrazas de Cebu to the panel for further review after councilors questioned its recommendation to allow the development’s existing and ongoing projects to continue. The council took the action during its regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 15, after Vice

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — As Cebu braces for months of hotter and drier conditions, the provincial government is preparing water pumps, tanks, and hoses to keep farms supplied and crops growing. The water equipment forms part of a P53.021-million assistance package for farmers and fisherfolk as the province prepares for El Niño, which is expected

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 Station, which will reduce travel time from Valenzuela City to Pasay City from about one hour and 30 minutes to just 40 minutes. The Naia Terminal 3 Station, which

MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday pleaded not guilty for plunder over alleged P7.4 billion kickback during his arraignment at the Sandiganbayan Third Division.  Romualdez, made the plea in the anti-graft court via teleconferencing while at a facility at the New Quezon City Jail. The Leyte representative had been hospitalized for

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY— A survivor of the September 9 fire that engulfed passenger ferry MV June Aster passed away on Tuesday afternoon. The survivor was a crew member of the ill-fated vessel and was being treated for serious burn injuries at the Culion Sanatorium and General Hospital when he passed away. Authorities did not release

LUCENA CITY — A 74-year-old woman died on Tuesday after a fire of still undetermined origin destroyed her house along the Dumacaa River in this city, police said. The Lucena City police said the fire broke out at around 3:30 p.m. in a residential area beneath a bridge along the river in Barangay Market View.

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday junked the motion of former Speaker Martin Romualdez to be transferred to a tertiary government hospital. Associate Justice Karl Miranda, the Third Division chair, made this announcement during Romualdez’s arraignment proceeding, which the lawmaker attended via teleconferencing while at a facility at the New Quezon City

Villagers and local volunteers in Kanchanaburi carried an elderly woman 9 kilometres through continuous rain so she could reach a bank after her ATM card stopped working and she needed to verify her identity in person. The journey took place on September 14, in a remote community in Sangkhla Buri district near the Thai-Myanmar border. The …

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