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                    [Title] => Philippines to build strategic sea vessels
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On a buying binge for big-ticket items to modernize the military, the Department of National Defense (DND) struck a deal for the transfer of technology fitted on two brand-new Strategic Sealift Vessels (SSVs) it has purchased from Indonesia.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-01 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1415796 [Title] => United States lifts cap on military aid to Philippines [Summary] =>

The United States government has lifted the financial cap on military aid to the Philippines which was imposed five years ago, a senior Philippine official said today.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-22 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1299498 [Title] => Phl can count on US over sea row with China – DFA chief [Summary] =>

The United States can be counted on to come to the aid of the Philippines in the event of an armed conflict with China over disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 764288 [Title] => DND budget exec charged with plunder back on the job [Summary] =>

A Department of National Defense (DND) official who went on indefinite leave after he was charged with plunder by former military comptroller George Rabusa has returned to his old post.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 756327 [Title] => MCIA officials, ex-GM told to answer charges [Summary] =>

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the former general manager and six incumbent officials of the Mactan Cebu International Airport to file their counter-affidavit to the criminal and administrative charges filed against over the alleged anomalous improvement projects in 2006.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89054 [Title] => Lacson looking forward to peaceful retirement [Summary] => If he will have his way, the chief of the nation’s police force would like to retire quietly and without any controversy.

"My only ambition is to retire peacefully and to have a private life," Panfilo Lacson, Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said yesterday.

Lacson arrived yesterday from a week-long trip to the United States which generated suspicion from the political opposition because Malacañang and the PNP kept quiet about it.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89043 [Title] => Ping seeking US aid for foundation [Summary] => Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Panfilo Lacson denied seeking US support yesterday for an alleged plan to take over the government.

Lacson said he was seeking US government aid for the PNP, and has "no intention of getting involved in politics."

"It was an official trip. We are following up the commitment of the Foreign Operations and the Appropriations Committee of the US Congress to donate $26 million to the PNP Foundation," Lacson said in a statement through PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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