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Issei Kato, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 10:10 PM

A guard wearing a protective mask is reflected on the surface of an object, amid the COVID-19 pandemic at an observation deck in Tokyo on Friday. Read more »

HSBC says no breach but confirms ‘unusual transactions’ in some accounts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 07:05 PM

HSBC denied that its online systems had been breached, but also confirmed detecting “unusual transactions” in some credit card accounts. Read more »

Acting Pentagon chief: No indication of insider threat before inauguration

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 01:34 PM

After the Jan. 6 Capitol assault by supporters of President Donald Trump that resulted in five deaths and sent lawmakers into hiding, the US government has imposed unprecedented security surrounding the Capitol, including non-scalable fences rimmed with razor wire and a large security zone that the public is barred from.  Read more »

5 Hong Kong democracy protesters seek asylum in the US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 09:56 PM

Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group said on Saturday. Read more »

Agri dept mulls tripling pork imports to raise supply

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 09:52 PM

The Department of Agriculture said on Monday it was studying tripling pork limits to raise its supply, following recent price spikes, as African swine fever (ASF) hits parts of the country. Read more »

New series aims to improve English reading skills of Filipino elementary students

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 06:45 PM

Titled "Ready, Set, Read," the first five episodes of the series will be aired starting January 19. Read more »

Duterte keeps lower tariffs on some poultry products until 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order keeping reduced tariff rates on certain imported poultry products until 2022, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Fitch sees stable energy security in PH amid slower coal power growth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:48 AM

The Philippines will have stable energy security over the decade with the 20 gigawatts of new power projects in the pipeline, despite slower growth of coal power projects, an analyst from Fitch Solutions said on Friday. Read more »

Hong Kong national security police make 11 new arrests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 05:07 PM

Hong Kong's national security police arrested 11 people in dawn raids on Thursday, including a veteran human rights lawyer, on suspicion of helping a group of activists make a failed bid to flee the city by speedboat. Read more »

Congress 'well within its rights' to probe illegal PSG vaccination: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 12:03 PM

Congress is "well within its rights" to investigate the illegal vaccination of President Rodrigo Duterte's close-in security, a senator said Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 12, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 12:22 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Hong Kong opposition shudders as mass arrests herald 'a harsh winter'

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 03:29 PM

The mass arrests of Hong Kong opposition figures under a new security law has demolished assurances only a "tiny majority" would be targeted, analysts say, as China shrugs off international censure to purge the city of dissent. Read more »

China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest - sources

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:41 PM

The arrest of more than 50 democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist challenge to Chinese rule and more measures are likely, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of China's plans. Read more »

Heightened security at US Capitol

Jason Redmond, AFP
Posted at Jan 12 09:26 AM

A demonstrator, who wished to remain anonymous, holds a US National flag as the Washington National Guard, State Patrol and a fence surround the state Capitol as the Legislature opens the 2021 session in Olympia, Washington on Monday. Read more »

Paano makaiiwas sa credit card fraud?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:41 AM

Sa patuloy na paggamit ng mga Pilipino sa online banking ngayong pandemya, nagpaalala ang isang cyber security expert nitong Lunes kung paano maiiwasan ang hacking. Read more »

Gatchalian seeks parallel probe in Senate for credit, debit card hacking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 11:08 PM

In a statement, the senator said his office received a “barrage of complaints” through email and Facebook regarding “access device fraud” in recent months.  Read more »

Securing the Feast of the Black Nazarene

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 08:30 AM

Police officers secure the area along Quezon Boulevard in Quiapo Manila on the Feast of the Black Nazarene Saturday. Read more »

Thai landfill turned into urban farm to feed poor during pandemic

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 07 08:46 PM

An urban farm developed on a former landfill site in northern Thailand boosted the food security and livelihoods of poor families during the coronavirus pandemic, and can be a model for unused spaces in other cities, urban experts said on Thursday. Read more »

LOOK: Assault to US democracy

Photos from Reuters and Agence France Presse
Updated as of Jan 07 04:17 PM

Thousands of supporters trooped to the U.S. Capitol after a call from President Trump to fight and undo his defeat in the presidential race allegedly due to election fraud in contested states. Read more »

PSG to submit monthly reports on men who got COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 10:33 AM

The Presidential Security Group will have to submit monthly reports on its personnel that have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Sec. Francisco Duque III said Thursday as he emphasized that what the guards did was dangerous. Read more »