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The Gripen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 07:02 PM

A Swedish airman fixes the windshield of a Saab Gripen jet fighter on display at the 3rd Asian Defense Security and Crisis Management Exhibition and Conference held at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Wednesday. Read more »

Goodbye, ENDO? Security of tenure bill, sinertipikahang 'urgent' ng Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:30 PM

Kapag naipasa ito, inaasahan ng pamahalaan na magtatapos na ang ENDO at labor-only contracting. Read more »

Duterte certifies anti-contractualization bill as urgent

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 05:55 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent the Security of Tenure Bill, in a bid to give more job security to Filipino workers by prohibiting the practice of contractualization. Read more »

NFA chief, cohorts got P2 billion from 'tara' system - Hontiveros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:00 AM

Outgoing National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino and some other officials pocketed around P2 billion every year from an alleged "tara" or grease money system over rice imports, Senator Risa Hontiveros claimed Tuesday. Read more »

De Lima slams SolGen for snubbing Senate probe on security firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:23 PM

MANILA - Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday scored Solicitor General Jose Calida for supposedly disrespecting the Senate in his refusal to attend its inquiry into contracts between his family's security firm and several government agencies.    Read more »

Rules for national ID system seen finished in Sept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 11:07 PM

A multi-agency coordinating group is finalizing the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Philsys, the new National ID system. Read more »

Trillanes claims 'highly suspicious' men monitoring his family

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 04:09 PM

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday claimed some "highly suspicious" men have been monitoring his family's movements days after President Rodrigo Duterte voided his amnesty and ordered his arrest for leading 2 military uprisings over a decade ago. Read more »

Typhoon-mauled Cagayan awaits NFA rice stocks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 09:43 AM

Stocks of government subsidized rice in Cagayan have been depleted, its governor said Tuesday as the province starts its recovery from the onslaught of typhoon Mangkhut.  Read more »

Duterte has new military dogs for his security, says COA report

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 04:50 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has new dogs, not the domesticated ones but military dogs trained to secure him, according to the latest audit report by the Commission on Audit. Read more »

Farmers risk death to save crops from killer typhoon

Purple Romero and Joshua Melvin, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 08:13 PM

As Typhoon Manghkut hurtled toward the Philippines, those in its firing line had a stark choice: stay or flee. Many chose to remain in order to protect their most precious possessions -- their food and livestock. Read more »

Southeast Asian cyber-security center opens in Thailand

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 09:32 PM

About 700 cyber-security personnel from Southeast Asia are expected to graduate from the Japan-designed programs, which include cyber defense, digital forensics and malware analysis. Read more »

Cagayan, Isabela scramble to harvest rice, corn as Mangkhut plods closer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 08:05 AM

Farmers in Cagayan and Isabela, 2 of the country's top rice and corn producing provinces, are rushing to reap their harvests as Typhoon Mangkhut roared closer to northern Luzon, local officials said Wednesday.    Read more »

NFA rice stocks in Batanes run low as Mangkhut churns closer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:01 PM

The supply of government subsidized rice is running low in Batanes, its governor said Tuesday as the country's northernmost province braced for the onslaught of potential super typhoon Mangkhut.   Read more »

China engages in Australia's largest maritime drill for first time

Alison Bevege, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 06:38 AM

China is participating for the first time in Australia's largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of Darwin. Read more »

China angered after British Navy warship sails near S.China Sea islands

Tim Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 12:18 PM

China expressed anger on Thursday after a British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea late last month, saying Britain was engaged in "provocation" and that it had lodged a strong complaint. Read more »

British Navy warship sails near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands-sources

Tim Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 08:50 AM

A British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea as it headed towards Vietnam, asserting "freedom of navigation" rights and challenging Beijing's "excessive claims" in the region, two sources said.  Read more »

2 NAIA baggage inspectors allegedly steal $2,600 from Taiwanese passenger

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 09:04 PM

Authorities have launched an investigation into the alleged theft committed by 2 baggage inspectors at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Read more »

OPINION: My second encounter with Senator Trillanes

Raïssa Robles
Updated as of Sep 05 04:27 AM

This morning, I appeared at Senate hearing of Sen. Trillanes just as he was about to be arrested.  Read more »

SolGen mum on role in Trillanes amnesty woes

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 12:51 AM

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday kept silent on his role in a declaration voiding the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.  Read more »

Facing amnesty woes, Trillanes proceeds with probe on SolGen's security firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 12:45 PM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV pushed through with an inquiry into the alleged conflict of interest in government contracts of Solicitor General Jose Calida's security firm on Monday, hours after an announcement that the lawmaker's amnesty was revoked.    Read more »