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Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Hits Visayas, 67 Dead
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Central Visayas at around 8:12 a.m. today, October 15. The quake’s epicenter is around 2 km south of of Carmen, Bohol. The earthquake is tectonic in origin. No tsunami warning was raised because the quake’s epicenter is located inland. The earthquake was felt at various…
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Dump Truck Incident Paralyzes Traffic in Cainta
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An incident involving a dump truck has paralyzed traffic in front of the entrance of Kasibulan Village along Imelda Avenue (Felix Ave) in Cainta, Rizal. At around 4:00 p.m. today, a dump truck carrying sand and traveling along Felix Ave. accidentally had its dumping bed raised. The raised dumping bed…
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Former UK Consul-General and Chatham House Scholar to Keynote at ASIS Asia-Pacific 2013
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Brussels, 15 October 2013 – ASIS International (ASIS), the world’s premier association for security professionals, has announced that Dr. Tim Summers, Senior Consulting Fellow, Asia Programme at Chatham House (Hong Kong), will give a keynote presentation on policy direction and political risk in China under the new leadership at ASIS Asia-Pacific 2013. The ASIS 7th Asia-Pacific…
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PNP Identifies 6,904 Villages as Election ‘Areas of Concern’
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Nearly 7,000 barangays in the country were considered as “election areas of concern” in the upcoming barangay elections on October 28, police said. There were 6,904 villages or 16 percent of the country’s total number of barangays identified as “election areas of concern, while there were 156 other villages tagged…
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The Sorry State of Private Security Training
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Although a number of security agencies provide adequate training for their guards, I would dare say that majority of security service providers pursue guard training only ‘for compliance’. A primordial reason for this lack of interest in security training by employers is economic in nature. Security is also business. Training…
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Military Engineers Help Rebuild Zamboanga
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Engineers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines will play “a big role” in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of strife-torn Zamboanga City. “This new deployment of our AFP engineers is aimed to restore the physical devastation and damages in the ground zero of the concluded armed confrontations between the government…
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DND Also Benefited From DAP
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The Department of National Defense was one of the beneficiaries of the controversial Disbursement Allocation Program (DAP) funds. “The DAP fund was released to the DND for the different programs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, particularly for the procurement of equipment and spare parts, on-base housing, and…
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Households and Items Crooks Want to Steal From You
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The statistics on burglaries in the U.S. demonstrate the mind of the average burglar in surprising detail, and can be useful for the average person to consider. Approximately 2 million homes are burglarized yearly across the country, according to Protect Your Home. This means that while you aren’t guaranteed to…
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