Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 02:25:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday honored 12 soldiers who were wounded in the twin explosions in a military camp in Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, Sulu.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 01:00:08 +0000
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres awarded the United Nations’ highest medal for bravery on Friday to a peacekeeper from Malawi who saved a wounded comrade in the Ebola-stricken region of eastern Congo and was then killed by rebel fire.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:49:19 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Eight police officers who were wounded in skirmishes with communist rebels in Mountain Province were duly commended and honored in Baguio City on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:14:32 +0000
Kim Phuc, known as the ‘Napalm Girl’ in an iconic 1972 Vietnam War photo, is receiving a 10,000 euro ($11,350) award in Germany for her work for peace.
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Senator Leila De Lima is set to become the second Filipino to receive the “Prize for Freedom” award from the Liberal International (LI), the same organization that recognized former President Corazon Aquino.
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The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-Ifra), has been given to Maria Ressa, cofounder, chief executive officer and executive editor of online news site Rappler.
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