Media Watch Groups Notes Increasing Intimidation, Shrinking Space for Free Press in PH
A Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) mission to the Philippines, led by Board Chair Kathleen Carroll (center), found increasing levels ...
PH Slips Further in RSF World Press Freedom Index; Cites Persecution of Critical Media
Screengrab from RSF 2019 World Press Freedom Index THE PHILIPPINES dropped one spot in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index ...
Death and resurrection of a visa petition - The Manila Times Online
Death and resurrection of a visa petition The Manila Times THERE is no death without life. Then there is the ...
Media landscape marked by climate of fear - The Manila Times Online
Media landscape marked by 'climate of fear' The Manila Times Journalists around the world are increasingly seeing threats of violence, ...
All 3 refugee detention centres resport suspected typhoid fever cases
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - An outbreak of typhoid fever has struck refugees detained by Australia on Papua New ...
Good to be CWC underdogs, says Sarfraz
Lahore - Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said on Monday that being underdogs in next month's Cricket World Cup eases the ...
US Ends Sanctions Waivers for Iranian Oil Importers
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday ended its sanctions waivers for five countries importing Iranian oil, hoping to put ...
Takeaways from Afghanistan's World Cup squad
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Afghanistan Cricket Board named its 15-man squad for the ICC Men's World Cup. The ...
Mboweni admits Ramos among those considered to head Eskom unbundling
Although Finance Minister Tito Mboweni denied in a tweet he posted on Monday that Maria Ramos has been appointed to ...
Oil jumps to highest level in almost 6 months
Oil rose to the highest level in almost six months as the US government was said to eliminate sanction waivers ...
Asian and European nations set to have oil supplies from Iran stop
SINGAPORE - U.S. State Department officials say an announcement is to be made on Monday that waivers allowing companies to ...
African information technology industry gets boost with outsourcing
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Prosper Funding of San Francisco and Phoenix hit with $3 million fine
WASHINGTON DC - A San Francisco-based company agreed to pay a fine of $3 million for miscalculating and materially overstating ...
Uber woos Japanese and Saudi backers
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Japanese companies Toyota Motor Corp., and DENSO Corporation, together with the Saudi Arabian-backed SoftBank Vision Fund ...
Boeing's flight control system to be reviewed by international panel
WASHINGTON DC - A number of aviation regulators from around the world have agreed to take part in an international ...
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UN "strongly condemns horrific attacks" in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - With the death toll climbing to at least 290, and with five hundred people wounded, many ...
Multiple attacks in Sri Lanka leave scores dead and hundreds injured
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Blue Helmet dies as roadside bomb hits UN peacekeeping convoy in Mali
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Doctor on frontline of Ebola crisis shot dead in Good Friday attack
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Hyatt Regency New Orleans
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