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Bomb inside van explodes in Lanao del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 06:10 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - An improvised explosive device inside a van intercepted near a polling center in Marantao, Lanao del Sur exploded Monday, injuring suspects on board, the military said. Read more »

China building 3rd aircraft carrier: think tank

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 05:56 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Recent satellite photographs indicate China's construction of its third aircraft carrier is well underway, a Washington think tank reported Tuesday. Read more »

Supreme Court grants lawyers' bid for protection vs state forces

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 07:18 PM

The Supreme Court has granted the request of a group of human rights lawyers for protection against alleged threats and intimidation from state security forces. Read more »

Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic

Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters
Posted at May 03 01:38 PM

The assessment is included in the US military's annual report to Congress on China's armed forces and follows Beijing's publication of its first official Arctic policy white paper in June. Read more »

Sexual assaults spike in US military, hit new record -Pentagon

Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at May 03 07:55 AM

The US Defense Department said on Thursday the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military climbed nearly 38 percent in 2018 compared with a survey 2 years earlier, data that critics say laid bare broken Pentagon promises of a crackdown. Read more »

Sundalo na nagpanggap umano na ralyista, kinuyog sa Negros Occidental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 02:31 AM

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL - Kinuyog ang isang sundalo matapos umanong magpanggap na ralyista sa isinagawang rally sa Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental para sa pagdiriwang ng Labor Day nitong Miyerkoles. Read more »

China's vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific

David Lague and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 07:47 PM

TAIPEI - A generation ago, from mid-1995 into early 1996, China lobbed missiles in the waters around Taiwan as the self-governing island prepared to hold its first fully democratic presidential election. Washington forcefully intervened to support its ally, sending two aircraft carrier battle groups to patrol nearby. The carriers, then as now the spearhead of American power, intimidated Beijing. The vote went ahead. The missiles stopped. Read more »

Two US Navy warships sail through strategic Taiwan Strait

Idrees Ali, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 12:22 PM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military said it sent two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday as the Pentagon increases the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China. Read more »

New missile gap leaves US scrambling to counter China

David Lague and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 08:07 PM

ZHUHAI, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping has elevated his country's missile forces to a level where they pose an unprecedented challenge to the aircraft carriers and bases that form the backbone of American military primacy in Asia, a Reuters special report reveals today. Read more »

SC denies Morong 43 cops, soldiers' plea to dismiss case due to 'inordinate delay'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 06:41 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has junked the plea of retired and current military and police officials to dismiss criminal charges they are facing in connection with the alleged denial of right to counsel of community health workers arrested in Morong, Rizal in 2010.   Read more »

How China is replacing America as Asia's military titan

David Lague and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 08:23 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping has accelerated the People's Liberation Army's shift to naval power from a traditionally land-based force.  Read more »

Largest PH warship joins Chinese Navy anniversary celebration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 03:12 PM

The Philippines' largest warship arrived in China on Monday to attend a naval parade, part of a goodwill visit as China extends the hand of friendship despite regional tensions and suspicions.  Read more »

Makabayan solons ask Comelec to penalize military officials for ‘electioneering’

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 02:24 PM

Left-leaning legislators on Wednesday filed a complaint against security officials for campaigning for the defeat of their party-list groups in the May elections and labeling them as terrorists and communist fronts. Read more »

2 sundalo patay sa pananambang sa Northern Samar

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 08:12 PM

Patay ang dalawang sundalo matapos tambangan sa bayan ng Las Navas, Northern Samar nitong Lunes ng gabi. Read more »

2 sundalo patay sa pananambang sa Northern Samar

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 08:12 PM

Patay ang dalawang sundalo matapos tambangan sa bayan ng Las Navas, Northern Samar nitong Lunes ng gabi. Read more »

China military 'far behind' US: DFA chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 08:18 AM

The Chinese military is "far behind" that of the US, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Sunday, nearly a week after he dubbed the Western power as the only defense ally that the Philippines will have.  Read more »

Trump's controversial transgender troop ban takes effect

Sylvie Lanteaume, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 04:09 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military came into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the nation's top court.   Read more »

9 Abu Sayyaf bandits dead in Sulu clashes: military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 06:45 PM

Nine members of the Abu Sayyaf group were killed while 5 soldiers were wounded Thursday in separate encounters in Patikul town, Sulu, the military said Friday. Read more »

Gigantic Wasp

Bulitt Marquez, AP Photo
Posted at Apr 11 03:58 PM

Philippine Navy personnel watch as the US Navy's multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp cruises in the background during the Balikatan 2019 on Thursday off San Antonio, Zambales Read more »

Health groups decry gov't red-tagging; score DOH for failing to defend them

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 03:52 PM

"Wala kaming naririnig sa DOH... It's so frustrating. Sana depensahan man lang kami," Joseph Carabeo of the Aksyon Health Workers said. Read more »