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MANILA, Philippines – The naval forces of the Philippines and Australia kick off today the Lumbas 2012, an annual military exercise that aims to enhance the troops' maritime security capabilities. The 12th year of the Lumbas maritime training exercise …
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Philippine Marine Corps corpsmen demonstrate how to use an improvised stretcher Oct. 12 as part of the bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2013. PHIBLEX is a bilateral training exercise hosted annually in the Republic of the Philippines to …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino is squaring off against his country's powerful Catholic church in a bid to give people free access to the means to limit the size of their families. The predominately Catholic country has one of Asia's fastest-growing populations together with significant levels of chronic poverty. While neighbours have accelerated towards prosperity, the Philippines has lagged. Economists say high population growth is a primary factor for that, but the church disagrees. …
John McCombs, left, U.S. Pacific Command lead strategic response planner, gives a presentation during the Philippine Multi-sectoral Pandemic Disaster Exercise in Makati, Philippines, Sept. 10. As with other bilateral exchanges, this event reinforces …
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Gay sex in a conservative Catholic society where the influential church forbids the use of condoms is fuelling an alarming rise of HIV infections in the Philippines, experts warn.
Read 'Militants hit Philippines-US joint naval exercise' on Yahoo! News Philippines. DAVAO CITY – Militant groups in this city oppose the ongoing nine-day joint naval exercises between the United States (US) and the Philippines in Mindanao seas.The 18th …
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Discrimination against homosexuals and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the incurable disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said Friday.
CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012. (U.S …
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The Coast Guards of the Philippines and South Korea will conduct joint exercise next month in Manila, a senior government official said today.
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By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) Updated June 03, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang yesterday called on the Chinese media to exercise restraint in issuing commentaries on the territorial row between the Philippines and China to …
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Nolie L. Anquillano, commander of the 50th Infantry Brigade, participates in the closing ceremony of the field training exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 25 for Exercise Balikatan 2012. The FTX consisted of nine days of intense and …
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The exercises, part of annual US-Philippine war games on the southwestern island of Palawan, coincide with another standoff between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the Scarborough Shoal, known as Huangyan Island (???) in Taiwan, in a different …
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