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AFP: No backing down on West Philippine Sea claim
By John Clifford Lintao THE military may not be joining other countries in conducting naval exercises in the South China Sea but that does not mean the Philippine government is abandoning territorial claims in the disputed waters, the new chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. In a television interview, AFP chief Lieutenant…
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DND chief rejects plan to regulate social media
By John Clifford Lintao DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana seemed to know only too well where he stands insofar as the anti-terror law is concerned as he just turned down Armed Forces chief Lieutenant General Gilbert Gapay’s proposal to regulate the social media. Lorenzana said there is no provision in the law that regulates social media.…