Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday ordered the partial termination of the P1.2 billion UH-1 helicopter contract with US supplier Rice Aircraft Services Inc., after the firm failed to deliver the ordered units within “180 days upon the opening of the letter of credit.” A notice of termination signed by…

Some 600 residents from two of the remotest barangays in Matalam, North Cotabato have fled their homes after Moro rebels, believed to be members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), clashed with armed farmers who are members of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and the Barangay Peacekeeping…

Some estimated 40,000 families or 120,000 people displaced from 11 affected Maguindanao towns will soon return home after the government offensive launched last February against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has simmered down, the military said. Captain Joan Petinglay, spokesperson of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division said that they…

A girder launcher working in a portion of the 1.6-kilometer long NAIA (Ninoy Aquno International Airport) Expressway in Pasay City broke loose and fell on five vehicles Monday afternoon. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) Metrobase said that the accident happened at about 3:32 p.m. near the southbound lane of…

Some parts of Metro Manila and Bulacan will experience power interruptions of up to eight hours on Monday and Tuesday, Meralco said in separate advisories on Sunday. A portion of Baclaran in Paranaque City will experience an eight-hour power interruption between 10 p.m. on Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday as…

Suspected Abu Sayyaf men freed in Jolo, Sulu Thursday a businesswoman they held captive for over a month, the military reported. Col. Allan Arrojado, commander of the Joint Task Group Sulu said in an Inquirer.net report that Hadja Dengkim Yap was released by the bandits to her family at the…

A passenger vessel loaded with an estimated 1,000 sacks of smuggled rice that came from Sulu was intercepted by a joint team of police and military security forces in Zamboanga City on Wednesday. According to Police Superintendent Ariel Huesca, commander of the Public Safety Battalion, members of the police and…

At least 14 senators have signed the draft Senate committee report holding President Benigno Aquino III responsible for the January 25 Mamasapano incident, Senator Grace Poe said Wednesday. Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order, drafted the report. The senator, in an earlier statement, said Aquino was accountable…