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Advertisers, agencies and social media combine to tackle online threat

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 03:16 PM

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will also include media buying agencies from the major ad groups - WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom and Dentsu - as well as the platform owners, the group said on Tuesday at the ad industry's annual gathering in Cannes, France. Read more »

Experts call for calm amid PH-China tensions over sea ramming incident

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 07:01 PM

MANILA — Business, political and security experts on Saturday called for calm amid renewed tensions in the West Philippine Sea following a Chinese ship's ramming of a Filipino fishing boat near Recto (Reed) Bank off Palawan last Sunday. Read more »

Duterte rejects use of bulletproof glass during GenSan speech

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 10:10 PM

(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday rejected the use of bulletproof glass in his visit to General Santos City. Read more »

China's moves off Pag-asa Island a test of 'sincerity,' says analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 02:46 PM

China could prove its sincerity in resolving territorial disputes with the Philippines by refraining from sending back its fishing vessels to Pag-asa Island in the disputed West Philippine Sea, a maritime law expert said Wednesday. Read more »

Chinese ships may have left Pag-asa with end of fishing season: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 12:43 AM

Chinese vessels likely left Pag-asa Island in the disputed West Philippine Sea due to the looming end of the fishing season, not because of backchannel talks among officials, a maritime law expert said Sunday. Read more »

Huawei turns to Africa to offset US blacklist

Pierre Donadieu and African bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 11:29 AM

As the US leads a drive for the West to shun Huawei over security fears, the Chinese tech giant has sought to strengthen its position in Africa, where it is already well-established.   Read more »

China to set up system to safeguard technology security

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 08:51 AM

China plans to establish a system to ensure "national security" in technology, state media reported Saturday amid an expanding trade war with the United States which has snared Chinese tech titan Huawei.  Read more »

US prepares to sell $2B in weapons to Taiwan, testing China: sources

Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 07:25 AM

An informal notification of the proposed sale has been sent to the US Congress, four Reuters sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the possible deal. Read more »

Agri chief seeks airline warning vs meat from swine-flu hit areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 03:33 PM

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Wednesday said he has requested Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade to direct airlines to warn passengers of a ban on bringing meat products into the country as a precaution against the deadly African swine fever.   Read more »

China launches rocket from ship at sea for first time

Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 01:44 PM

China successfully launched a rocket from a ship at sea for the first time on Wednesday, state media reported, the latest step forward in its ambitious space program.  Read more »

Tricycle driver na umihi sa puno, binaril

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 07:46 PM

MARIVELES, Bataan - Patay ang isang tricycle driver matapos barilin ng isang security guard sa labas ng isang bangko sa Mariveles, Bataan. Read more »

LIST: Bank schedules for June 5, Eid‘l Fitr holiday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 10:36 AM

Banks announced operating schedule on Wednesday June 5, a regular holiday in observance of the Eid‘l Fitr. Read more »

Tulfo tirade vs ex-Army chief 'very unprofessional': military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 07:56 AM

Broadcaster Erwin Tulfo's "very unprofessional" tirade against Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista could be part of grounds to recall his military escorts, if he had any, a spokesman for the Armed Forces said Tuesday. Read more »

US to sell surveillance drones to Philippines, South China Sea allies

Mike Stone, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 07:33 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - The Trump administration has moved ahead with a surveillance drone sale to 4 US allies in the South China Sea region as acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Washington will no longer "tiptoe" around Chinese behavior in Asia. Read more »

Fallout continues after Tulfo's verbal tirade vs DSWD chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 12:47 AM

The military and the police admit the verbal tirade of broadcaster Erwin Tulfo against Social Welfare secretary and former Army chief Rolando Bautista is among the reasons they withdrew security personnel assigned to the Tulfo brothers. Read more »

Tulfo tirade vs DSWD chief among reasons for escorts' recall: Albayalde

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 01:49 PM

"Good moral character" is part of the criteria for the grant of police escorts as in permits to carry firearms, said Director General Oscar Albayalde. The pullout of Tulfo's detail was also part of a "periodic review," he said. Read more »

No-endo bill na pinasa ng Kongreso, pinuna dahil 'mahina'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 08:31 PM

Ikinadismaya ng ilang labor groups ang naipasang panukalang security of tenure ng Kongreso dahil 'mahina' raw ito.  Read more »

Philippine Navy eyes acquisition of 25 to 30 warships in 10 years: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 08:21 PM

Navy chief Vice Adm. Robert Empedrad says the government plans to purchase offshore patrol vessels and submarines, according to a Philippine News Agency report posted Saturday. Read more »

Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 10:48 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is defending his unprecedented decision to give his Justice Department chief unfettered access to the country's deepest foreign intelligence secrets amid an outcry from the spy community and a veiled warning from the US intelligence czar. Read more »

'Trabaho posibleng mabawasan sa pagpasa ng anti-endo bill': employers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 07:11 PM

Para sa ECOP, paglikha ng mas maraming trabaho ang sagot sa problema ng mga manggagawa. Read more »