Erstwhile Deputy National Security Adviser Rommel Banlaoi vehemently denied he is a spy for China, an accusation made by alleged employees of the National Security Council (NSC) that prompted him to quit his post. “Nakakalungkot mga accusations na naging espiya ako,” Banlaoi said during regular online session of Pandesal Forum in Quezon…
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(Anadolu photo) MANILA - The Japanese government is set to confer an imperial award on former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin for boosting the ties between Tokyo and Manila when he served from 2010 to 2016. The Japanese Embassy in Manila will confer the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star on Gazmin in a ceremony to be hosted by Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa on May 6. The embassy said Gazmin's initiative to sign the Memorandum on Defense Cooperation and Exchanges between the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Department of National Defense (DND) in 2015 as well as the agreement concerning the transfer of defense equipment and technology in 2016 had promoted close relations between the two countries on national defense. In addition, these "contributed to strengthening Japan and Philippines defense capabilities and improvement of security environment in the region." "Japan highly valued his effort to support the peace and stability of the Asia Pacific and