Cyclone-struck New Zealand declares national emergency
Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left 225,000 people without power in New Zealand Tuesday, as a national ...
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Girls must not be mothers
"The situation makes breaking the cycle of poverty much more difficult." Much has been said about how the ...
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Higher pay set for the holidays
Employees in the private sector who will report for work on the declared holidays this month are entitled to higher ...
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Floating status
"Such an arrangement is disgusting and inhuman." Labor Secretary Silvestre "Bebot" Bello III, a long-time human rights and workers ...
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Emergency bill approved
(Updated at 1:30 a.m.) Congress approved late Monday night a Palace-backed measure declaring a national emergency that will enable President ...
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Rody eyes national emergency
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to declare a national emergency and grant him powers that will, among others, allow ...
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