Indian Navy’s largest war game begins in Andaman Zeenews Port Blair: Exercise Milan, the largest four-day naval war game hosted by India started on Friday with the participation of 12 navies of the Asia-Pacific region within the context of the Indian Navy’s “Look East” policy and naval interactions to this effect. | Milan is a biennial gathering of ...
As 'shabu' price rises, Ecstasy use up Malaya | By VERA Files | (First of two parts) | The trade in crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" in the Philippines has grown into a P1 billion-a-day industry, but the drug has now become more expensive, making it "the poor man's cocaine no more," antinarcotics officials and international drug...
Australia for joint task force with India to counter maritime terror DNA India | Port Blair: Australia's diplomatic relations with India may have come under strain over recent racial attack on Indians there, but the military relations is soaring to new heights, with their navy looking at a joint task force in Asia-Pacific r...
Navy for partnership in Indian Ocean region The Hindu | K. V. Prasad | Admiral Verma against playing headmaster with other countries | Navy can assume greater role in the region: Pentagon | Grouping of navies not a security bloc, says | Navy Chief | PORT BLAIR: Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday ...
Navies of 13 countries in joint exercise off Andaman islands m&c | New Delhi - The navies of 13 Asia-Pacific countries gathered off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands Friday for a regional exercise in coordinated disaster response, news reports said. | Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, My...
Navy Chief says Milan not a security bloc Newstrack India | Port Blair, Feb 5 (ANI): Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday said that Exercise Milan, the largest naval conglomeration hosted by India, is not a security bloc aimed at any particular country, specially China and its increasing influence in t...
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No stink in Century Park deal The Daily Tribune | BLURBAL THRUSTS | 03/07/2010 | At first glance, the graft charges filed recently before the Office of the Ombudsman against Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, Vice Mayor Isko Moreno as we...
Erap-Binay tandem sees higher ratings ahead The Daily Tribune | 03/07/2010 | The opposition tandem of former President Joseph Estrada and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay expects to eat away a bigger slice of leaders in the periodic surveys as elec...
Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers BBC News | Singapore has bolstered security on land and sea, after receiving reports of a possible plot to attack oil tankers in the Malacca Strait. | Home Minister Wong Han Seng said the t...
Somali pirates free Thai fishing vessel The Siasat Daily | London, March 08: Somali pirates released a Thai fishing vessel Sunday after a ransom was paid, the European Union's anti-piracy mission said. | Some 23 Russian seamen, two Ghanaians and two Filipinos were on board the Thai Union 3, which was seize...
Logistics firms to ride on recovering economy The Star | sharidan@thestar.com.my | PETALING JAYA: Local logistics companies are all set to take advantage of the strengthening economy to grow their businesses after posting relatively good financial results amid the global financial crisis last year. | Cen...
Industry seeks tax allowance on investments The Star | PETALING JAYA: The Government should be more proactive and spur investments in the logistics industry amid the recovering economy, said Mohamed Amin Kassim, one of the founding members of Malaysian Logistics Council. | He told StarBiz that the Gove...
Peace should leave no room for guns Relax, it'll be part of automation info drive --> Malaya BY PAUL ICAMINA | BUTUAN CITY – Disarmament will be high up on the agenda of peace talks with rebel groups in Mindanao, Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on Mindanao affairs, said Sunday. | He said the government did not provide for disarmament in the agreement forged with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1996. | "We are hoping ...
Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates The Star | MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said they had released the Thai-flagged Thai Union 3 ship on Sunday after receiving a $3 million ransom. | The tuna fishing vessel belonging to Asia's biggest canned tuna exporter, Thai Union Frozen Products, was seized on October 29, 2009 with 23 Russians, two Filipinos and two Ghanaians on board. | "We have...
