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Vessel Sinks Near Calapan City, 9 Missing
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MV Sea Merchant, a cargo ship with 20 crewmen, sank near Calapan City in Mindoro Oriental Thursday afternoon, Inquirer.net reported. According to the report, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the Antique-bound vessel encountered rough seas and strong winds. It was allowed to sail from Bauan, Batangas, Thursday noon because…
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Seniang Intensifies; Storm Signals Up in Several Areas
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‘Seniang’ (international name: Jang-mi) has re-intensified into a storm, placing several areas in Visayas and Mindanao under storm signals, state weather bureau PAGASA said. According to PAGASA’s 5 a.m. update, Seniang was estimated at 35 km southeast of Mactan, Cebu City as of 4 a.m. Tuesday. Seniang is forecast to…
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AirAsia Plane with 162 Aboard Missing
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An AirAsia plane bound for Singapore carrying 162 people went missing Sunday morning, various reports said. Flight QZ8501, which departed from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java at 5:20 in the morning, lost contact in Indonesian airspace about an hour after it took off. “AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm…
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NDFP Open to Resuming Peace Talks with Gov’t
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Peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Philippine government might resume in 2015, said Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison. In a podcast uploaded on Dec. 21, Sison said the NDFP and a special team from the Aquino administration have…
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US State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Alert
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In light of the recent lone wolf attack in Sydney, Australia, the United States State Department issued a worldwide travel alert to its citizens worldwide. The emergency message, posted on the official website of the US Embassy in Manila, called on its nationals to be vigilant and extra cautious. “The…
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Weapons Selection and Training for Security
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Since ‘weapons training’ is a favorite topic of most people in the security industry, and I have seen so much questionable methods being taught, I decided to get in the fray and put my two cents in! I have been making comments about the type and quality of training our…
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US Says No to PH Custody of Pemberton
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The United States on Wednesday turned down the Philippines’ request for the custody and transfer to a local jail of Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, the US Marine accused of murdering transgender Filipino woman Jennifer Laude. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) demanded that the US government transfer Pemberton’s custody to…
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The Hypocrisy of Firearms
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Of late, there has been much debate in the public sphere on firearms ownership by civilians, i.e., ownership and carrying of licensed firearms by persons other than members of law enforcement and the military. This has been caused both by the usual spate of firearms-related crimes in the Philippines, as…
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