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Cameras, drones: Rio de Janeiro to put electronic eyes on crime

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 08:20 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro state is moving ahead with plans to deploy security cameras and drones to help fight crime, according to its next governor, a far-right politician loyal to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. Read more »

Lecture on illegal drugs, 'militarization' set for Cabinet execs

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 03:44 PM

MANILA - Security officials are set to brief Cabinet members on illegal drugs and "militarization" on Tuesday, Malacañang said.  Read more »

Duterte eyes creating national task force tackling communist insurgency

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 11:24 PM

Duterte has ordered the creation of a national task force that will address the armed conflict involving communist rebels, the Palace said Thursday. Read more »

Belgium to sue Google for not blurring images of defence sites

Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 06:16 PM

The Belgian defense ministry will sue Google for not complying with its requests to blur satellite images of sensitive military sites, a ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. Read more »

The hunt for Red October, PH version

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 01:20 PM

A case of wag the dog?  Read more »

Duterte visits Golez wake

Valerie Escalera, Malacanang Photo
Posted at Jun 14 04:58 PM

President Duterte visits the wake of the late former National Security Adviser Roilo Golez at the Heritage Park in Taguig City on Thursday. Read more »

Former National Security Adviser Roilo Golez passes away at 71

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 12:03 AM

Roilo Golez, one of the foremost campaigners for the country's territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea, has passed away at the age of 71. Read more »

Dating security adviser Roilo Golez, pumanaw na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 11:55 PM

Pumanaw nitong Lunes sa edad na 71 ang dating national security adviser na si Roilo Golez. Read more »

PH gov't to publish national security strategy, Esperon says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 10:02 PM

MANILA - National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon revealed on Wednesday that government will publish the national security strategy which would address concerns including the sea dispute with China.    Read more »

Probe China's militarization of disputed waters: solon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 03:30 PM

A lawmaker on Monday urged the House of Representatives to call for a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) in light of China's militarization efforts in the South China Sea. Read more »

Duterte urged to convene National Security Council over Kuwait diplomatic row

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 12:35 AM

A veteran Philippine diplomat has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to convene the National Security Council and tackle the worsening diplomatic row between the Philippines and Kuwait.  Read more »

Secrecy over PNP ‘nanlaban’ records hampering search for justice of families

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Nov 08 01:37 PM

The Duterte government’s insistence on keeping secret records of thousands of police operations that ended up with dead suspects is major proof of extra-judicial killings (EJKs), according to different groups of lawyers. Read more »

1 hurt in shooting outside U.S. top spy headquarters

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 14 11:21 PM

(UPDATED) A shooting erupted Wednesday outside the suburban Washington headquarters of the National Security Agency, a secretive intelligence organization responsible for global US electronic eavesdropping, leaving at least one person injured, officials said. Read more »

U.S. Senate to vote on warrantless internet surveillance program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 03:22 AM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday planned to vote to advance a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, as privacy advocates made a final push to derail the measure. Read more »

U.S. lawmakers approve warrantless internet spying program

Dustin Volz, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 03:07 AM

Section 702 allows the NSA to eavesdrop on vast amounts of digital communications from foreigners living outside the United States through U.S. companies such as Facebook Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, and Alphabet Inc's Google. Read more »

Philippines boosts cybersecurity ahead of China Telecom entry

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 09:22 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is beefing up cybersecurity measures prior to the expected entry of Chinese firms in its telecoms industry, the president's spokesman said on Thursday, amid concerns that national security could be at risk.   Read more »

Beijing condemns Taiwan probe into tiny pro-China opposition party

Ben Blanchard and Jess Macy Yu, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 03:09 PM

BEIJING/TAIPEI - China has condemned a Taiwan government probe into a tiny but passionately pro-China opposition party, the latest flashpoint between Beijing and a self-ruled island it considers its own. Read more »

Trump senior aide Dina Powell to resign early next year -White House

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 07:55 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser for strategy, Dina Powell, plans to resign early next year but will continue to have a role in Middle East diplomacy, the White House said on Friday.   Read more »

Flynn, Kushner targeted several states in failed U.N. lobbying - diplomats

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 02 09:26 AM

UNITED NATIONS - Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn admitted on Friday that he asked Russia to delay a U.N. vote seen as damaging to Israel, but diplomats said it was not the only country he and presidential adviser Jared Kushner lobbied. Read more »

Duterte fears ‘lone wolf’ terror attack in PH

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 26 10:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he fears that terrorists may strike in the Philippines in a "lone wolf" attack similar to deadly incidents in parts of Europe.   Read more »