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Tag: European Union

  • Duterte Oct 28, 2018 in Davao.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte FALSELY CLAIMS the EU created the ICC

    By VERA FILES  |  Nov 01, 2018 11:41 AM

    President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed at least twice last month that the European Union created the International Criminal Court.

    Duterte, European Union, ICC

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    Categories ASEAN at 50 News

    Experts say South China Sea dispute may pave the way for deeper EU-ASEAN relations

    By Arianne Christian Tapao  |  Nov 26, 2017 8:56 AM

    China’s influence on both regional blocs is so huge.

    asean, EU, European Union, south china sea dispute

  • EUtrade-1.jpg
    Categories News

    PH may lose EU trade perks if human rights abuses persist–lawyer

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Sep 28, 2017 4:33 PM

    Removal of the GSP+ will impact the Philippine economy negatively.

    EU, European Union, GSP, Human rights

  • EU ambassador Franz Jessen2.jpg
    Categories Commentary

    Duterte forgoes EU aid, sticks to his ‘kill, kill’ policy

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  May 19, 2017 5:23 AM

    President Duterte’s solution to the country’s problems is “kill, kill.”
    The 28-member state European Union has made it clear that it will not allow its money to be used to kill people.

    European Union, Rodrigo Duterte

  • President Rodrigo Duterte meets with the Filipino community in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on March 19, 2017. (Photo by Rene Lumawag)
    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are there EU countries with death penalty?

    By VERA FILES  |  Apr 01, 2017 11:37 AM

    The president says there are EU countries with death penalty. Is that so?

    death penalty, European Union, fact-check

  • Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte now wants to woo the EU?

    Nov 25, 2016 9:18 PM

    DOES President Rodrigo Duterte now want to be part of an alliance he once found “hypocritical?” Months after launching an expletive-laden attack on the European Union (EU), Duterte seems to have […]

    Duterte, European Union, Putin

  • Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte now wants to woo the EU?

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 25, 2016 12:54 PM

    Does President Rodrigo Duterte now want to be part of an alliance he once found “hypocritical?”

    Duterte, European Union, Putin

  • Categories Top Stories Yahoo

    PH not doing badly at all in post- Yolanda rehab: Humanitarian groups

    May 10, 2014 2:01 AM

    By APRIL ANNE BENJAMIN THE Aquino government, which is being criticized for the slow pace of rehabilitation of typhoon Yolanda-hit areas in the Visayas, has found defenders in international humanitarian […]

    European Union, typhoon Haiyan, typhoon Yolanda

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