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LOOK: Kathryn kisses Daniel under Iceland's northern lights

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Posted at Sep 30 11:27 AM

Real-life sweethearts Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are obviously enjoying their trip to Iceland having witnessed the spectacular northern lights on their first day in the Nordic country. Read more »

PH seeks other bilateral partners after shunning aid from anti-drug war nations

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Updated as of Sep 29 05:18 PM

The Philippines is looking for other bilateral partners after it halted negotiations for loan agreements with 18 governments that supported a UN investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Read more »

LOOK: KathNiel spotted in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

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Posted at Sep 28 05:10 PM

On Twitter, the official fan club of the two Kapamilya artists posted a photo and a video of the lovebirds on vacation. Read more »

Two foreign loans suspended under Duterte's order

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:24 PM

MANILA - A loan supporting the Philippines’ bus rapid transit program and another meant to fund studies on climate change were affected by the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to to “suspend“ loans and grants from countries that sponsored and backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday. Read more »

‘You don’t mess with PH': Palace touts rejection of aid from Iceland resolution backers

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 02:31 PM

The Philippines’ rejection of foreign aid from countries supportive of Iceland’s call to investigate its war on drugs should be seen as a message that other nations cannot interfere with Manila’s internal affairs, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Defense chief mulls seeking exception to foreign aid ban

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Posted at Sep 24 07:25 AM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday that he might ask President Rodrigo Duterte to exclude the military from his order for government agencies to reject loans and grants from 18 countries that backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs.  Read more »

'A question of sovereignty': Cayetano backs Duterte order to shun loans from backers of UN drug war probe

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Posted at Sep 23 05:39 PM

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary turned House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano supported Monday President Duterte’s decision to bar the Philippines from pursuing loans with countries that backed a United Nations Human Rights Commission resolution condemning the Philippines' bloody war on drugs.   Read more »

Philippines has 'other' partners outside UN rights probe backers: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 01:56 PM

Rejecting loans and grants from those backing Iceland's call for an inquiry will have no effect on the economy, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said. Read more »

Palace confirms shunning foreign aid, cites Duterte 'lapse of memory' for initial denial

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Updated as of Sep 23 10:08 AM

State departments were ordered to reject loans from 18 countries that backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Monday, after an initial denial of the instruction that he said was due to the Chief Executive's "lapse of memory."  Read more »

Palace urged to rethink stand on aid from UN resolution backers

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Posted at Sep 23 09:39 AM

A lawmaker on Monday urged Malacañang to rescind its order to halt negotiations on loans and grants from countries that backed an Iceland-led UN investigation into government's war on drugs.   Read more »

Locsin defends alleged Palace memo rejecting loans from anti-drug war nations

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Updated as of Sep 22 01:29 PM

The country's top diplomat on Sunday defended a reported Palace order for the halt of negotiations on loans and grants from countries that backed an Iceland-led UN investigation into government's war on drugs. Read more »

Locsin forgives Iceland's 'dead' resolution

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Posted at Sep 11 12:25 PM

MANILA - The country's top diplomat on Wednesday said he has forgiven Iceland's "dead" resolution that sought a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines. Read more »

From beaches to Bieber: 6 locations closing after tourism overload

Louis Stall, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Aug 28 07:06 AM

Indonesia has unveiled plans to close the island of Komodo to the public from January next year in a bid to conserve the world's largest living lizard species - the Komodo dragon. Read more »

Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change

Jeremie Richard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 07:43 AM

REYKJAVIK - Iceland on Sunday honored the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.    Read more »

NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars

Jeremie Richard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 06:16 AM

ICELAND—To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. Read more »

'Bullying': PH 'totally' rejects UN body resolution seeking rights report

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Updated as of Jul 18 09:18 PM

MANILA - The United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resolution calling for a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines is a form of bullying, the official who led the Philippine delegation during the vote in Geneva, Switzerland said. Read more »

UN body resolution did not have simple majority, says Roque

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Posted at Jul 18 03:02 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government should not waste time on the United Nations Human Rights Council-backed resolution calling for a review of the country's drug war, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday. Read more »

Gordon rejects PH withdrawal from UN rights body

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Updated as of Jul 17 10:53 AM

MANILA - Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday said the Philippines shouldn't withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council nor cut ties with Iceland which backed the resolution for the Council to probe alleged widespread human rights abuses in the country. Read more »

Cutting ties with Iceland may affect Pinoy workers, Duterte admits

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Posted at Jul 17 06:05 AM

MANILA—He may be cold towards Iceland, but President Rodrigo Duterte said severing ties with the Nordic country could affect some 2,000 Filipinos working there. Read more »

Ilang senador kontra sa posibleng pagkalas ng PH sa UNHRC

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Posted at Jul 16 09:23 PM

Ilang senador ang tutol sa umano ay plano ni Pangulong Duterte na kumalas sa United Nations Human Rights Council.  Read more »