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Pentagon gets request to build roughly 270 miles of Trump border wall

Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 08:54 AM

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles (435 km) of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability, a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday. Read more »

Disease that killed millions of China's pigs poses global threat

Tom Polansek, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 07:40 AM

China has lost millions of pigs in outbreaks of African swine fever, pushing its pork prices to record highs, forcing purchases of costly imports and roiling global meat markets. Read more »

Manila fish supply enough even as Taal ravages neighboring source: Isko

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 12:35 PM

Manila will have enough supply of tilapia and bangus even after Taal Volcano ravaged fishpens in neighboring Laguna and Batangas provinces, Mayor Isko Moreno said Wednesday.    Read more »

Microsoft issues critical Windows security fix after tipoff from US NSA

Raphael Satter, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 07:30 AM

Microsoft said the flaw could allow a hacker to forge digital certificates used by some versions of Windows to authenticate and secure data. Exploiting the flaw could have potentially serious consequences for Windows systems and users.   Read more »

OPINION: Why this Vietnamese academic doubts an ASEAN-China COC deal

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 14 12:02 PM

Why this Vietnamese academic thinks ASEAN is unlikely to conclude with China a ‘meaningful’ Code of Conduct in South China Sea.  Read more »

NFA: Rice supply sufficient in volcano-affected areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 09:51 PM

NFA Administrator Judy Carol Dansal said the agency's operation centers will be open 24 hours a day to serve local governments and relief agencies.  Read more »

LIST: Closed bank branches due to Taal eruption, Jan. 13

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:19 AM

BDO Unibank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Security Bank, and Metrobank advised clients on the closure of some branches. Read more »

China calls Kaliwa Dam project a 'great achievement' in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:01 AM

The project would "fundamentally alleviate" Metro Manila of its water shortage problem, China's embassy explained. Read more »

US army plans to expand Asian security efforts to counter China -Bloomberg

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 04:19 PM

The task force, likely to be based on islands east of the Philippines and Taiwan. Read more »

US to join probe of Ukrainian jet disaster that killed 176

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 02:13 PM

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has accepted an invitation from Iran to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian airplane in Tehran, the agency confirmed late on Thursday.   Read more »

Mahigpit na seguridad, ipinatupad sa Traslacion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 03:14 AM

Hindi lang sa igsi ng oras ang pagkakaiba ng Traslacion ngayong taon, kundi sa higpit ng ipinatupad na seguridad. Read more »

Ina nag-aalala sa kaligtasan ng anak na nagtatrabaho sa Iraq

Bonna Pamplona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:16 AM

DAVAO CITY—Nababahala ang isang ina para sa seguridad ng kaniyang anak na nagtatrabaho sa Iraq sa kabila ng tensiyon sa pagitan ng Amerika at Iran. Read more »

Labor dept drafts new 'security of tenure' bill to stop 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 12:00 PM

On Duterte's orders, the DOLE submitted the draft Security of Tenure bill to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, which will be forwarded to Congress when sessions resume this month, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III told ANC’s Headstart.  Read more »

200 pulis na Muslim, magbabantay sa Traslacion 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 01:08 AM

Nasa 200 pulis na Muslim ang kabilang sa libo-libong pulis na magbabantay sa Traslacion, ang taunang prusisyon sa imahen ng Itim na Nazareno na nilalahukan ng milyon-milyong deboto. Read more »

Mayor Isko: Keep vendors, cars off Traslacion route

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 09:32 AM

Law enforcers will remove cars and vendors' carts away from the route of a procession of the Black Nazarene this week, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said Tuesday.  Read more »

Police to guide Traslacion's start in historic first

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 11:39 AM

For the first time, policemen will take charge of jumpstarting a mammoth procession of the Black Nazarene in the capital, one of the world's biggest show of Catholic zeal, organizers said Monday.  Read more »

Indonesia’s New Year’s message to China over the Natunas dispute: A game changer?

Romel Regalado Bagares*, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 05 09:31 PM

For the first time, a 3rd party ASEAN member-state invoked the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling in the South China Sea case filed by the Philippines 3 years earlier against Chinese expansionism. Read more »

US deploying up to 3,500 troops to Middle East after Soleimani killing: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 03:39 AM

The US is deploying up to 3,500 more troops to the Middle East in a show of force, a Pentagon official said Friday, after an American drone killed a top Iranian general. Read more »

2020 Traslacion: Faster procession expected with new route - organizer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 09:37 AM

This year's procession of the Black Nazarene in the capital, one of the world's biggest shows of Catholic zeal, is expected to end faster as it takes a new route, one of its organizers said Friday. Read more »

Martial law in southern Philippines lifted

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 01:54 AM

Chiara Zambrano says that opinions differ on whether martial law benefited the region. Read more »