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US diplomats vulnerable to security lapses

March 10, 2015 - 12:00am

The recent attack on United States Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert by a knife-wielding activist shows the need to tighten security for American diplomats, even in countries that are considered “saf...

Business

Dalmore 62: ‘Kingsmen’s choice’

February 24, 2015 - 12:00am

An American friend of mine who watched Kingsman: The Secret Service told me he was so intrigued by the reverence to Dalmore whisky that he found himself doing some research about the drink.

Business

Blaming Americans will set back peace process

February 17, 2015 - 12:00am

The so-called WikiLeaks cables purportedly revealing US involvement in the botched PNP Special Action Force operation in Mamasapano that resulted in the death of 44 SAF troopers is clearly being manufactured by leftists...

Business

Smart expands NFC offerings

By Manny N. de los Reyes | October 1, 2012 - 12:00am

After becoming the first telco to use the state-of-the-art Near Field Communications technology in the country, Smart Communications Inc. is now joining forces with a global technology firm to propagate the country’s...

Technology

Lawmakers seek investigation of defective e-passports

By Paolo Romero | July 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Administration lawmakers are calling for a congressional inquiry into reports that many electronic passports issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were defective and could have implications on national...

Headlines

BSP reorders passports from disqualified maker

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | July 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Reports of disintegrating passports are not isolated cases after all.

Opinion

DFA launches ePassport

By Pia Lee-Brago | August 12, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched the Philippine “ePassport” with enhanced...

News Commentary

DFA, BSP contractor tagged in Kenyan scandal

By Rainier Allan Ronda | August 7, 2008 - 12:00am

The European company that printed the P100 “Arrovo” bills in November 2005 that was tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce hi-tech electronic...

Headlines

BSP: Arrovo bill printer not disqualified

By Des Ferriols | July 30, 2008 - 12:00am

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday said Oberthur Technologies had not been disqualified from future government contracts after settling and agreeing to pay for misprinting the P100 “Arrovo”...

Headlines

Winning bidder for e-passport same firm that printed Arrovo bills?

By Rainier Allan Ronda | July 29, 2008 - 12:00am

The firm tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce supposedly tamper-proof electronic passports is said to be the same company that printed the P100 “Arrovo”...

Headlines