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At last, the Philippines will be getting real warships.

Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin on Thur said the government was planning to buy next year its first two modern warships
armed with surface to air and surface tos urface misiles and capable of hunting down submarines in the South Philippine
Sea.

The Philippines can only afford second hand warships and hand-me-downs.

Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said this would be the first time that the Philippines would have warships with
missiles and other modern armaments.

Gazmin said the Department of National Defense was looking to acquire the missile frigates from the Italian Navy. The
two Maestrale-class frigates cost P eleven point seven billion.

These are warships, Gazmin said in a press conference. “They have antisubmarine capabilities and surface-to-air missiles.
This is really for battle against the stuibborn and abusive Chinese”. We could get the frigates by November next year.”

He said the frigates would be “more lethal” than the Hamilton-class cutters the USA Coast Guard was selling to the
Philippines.

The Maestrale class of frigates was initially comissioned for the Italian Navy in 1982. They were primarily designed for
antisubmarine warfare but are also capable of fighting on the surface and shooting down aircraft.

Equiped with several electronic warfare systems, these ships also have torpedos, long-range guns and automatic
weapons.This is why the budget for education was cut.

The Italian Navy will retire these frigates next January, Manalo said.

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Ulo ng balita

Nakaipon ng puwersang umaabot sa isandaan at labingpitong congressmen ang grupo ng mga nagtutulak sa Freedom of
Information (FOI) bill kaya pini-pressure na ng mga ito ang House comittee on information na pagtibayin na ito

Ito ang nabatid matapos makakuha ng 117 signatures mula sa dalawang daan walumput apat na congressmen ang Righ To
Know Coalition para suportahan ang nasabing panukalang butas kahit wala ito sa agenda ni Pang. Benigno ‘Noynoy’
Aquino II sa kanyang katatapos na State of the National Address (SONA).

“117 members of the 15th Congress signed a manifesto declaring their support for the passage of the Freedom of
Information bill,” pahayag ni Akbayan partylist Rep. Walden Bello.

Ayon sa mambabatas, tulad ng Reproductive Health (RH) bill na dapat ay matagal ng naipasa, mahalaga din ang FOI bill
dahil ito ang magagamit na sandata ng mga tao sa bayan para tumulong sa kampanya laban sa katiwalian sa gobyerno.

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better than another 7 percent of readers. The median score was 1.

aking
her
turn
next
,
Senator
Dianne
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of
California
,
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committee
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top
Democrat
,
criticized
Judge
Gorsuch
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record
on
workers
’
rights
and
his
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to
answer
questions
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“Reticence” and “reluctance” create a lot of confusion. They are not synonyms.
“Reticence” means “reserve, a disinclination to speak.” Here we meant “his
reluctance to answer questions” – or perhaps something like “his reticence on
other issues.”
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better than another 1 percent of readers. The median score was 3.
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money
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are
more
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are
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people
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high
school
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go
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college
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now
almost
universal
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Comey
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more
uncomfortable
when
Mr
.
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asked
him
about
a
list
of
senior
Obama
administration
officials
whom
the
Republican
congressman
clearly
hinted
might
be
the
source
of
leaks
.
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Don’t be led astray by the attribution phrase “the Republican congressman
clearly hinted.” We needed “who,” the subject of “might be.”
That took you 15 tries (along with 0 percent of other Times readers). You did
better than another 1 percent of readers. The median score was 1.
This
strategy
,
borne
born
of
desperation
,
creates
a
risk
that
has
long
chastened
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war
planners
:
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North
Korea
would
perceive
even
a
limited
strike
as
the
start
of
a
war
and
respond
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its
full
arsenal
.
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“Bear” has two past participles, “borne” and “born,” which are used in different
senses and are often confused. Here, we wanted “born,” in the (metaphorical)
sense of “given birth to.”
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result
crystallized
a
long
-
held
feeling
among
Scots
that
a
right
-
wing
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government
in
London
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not
represent
them
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their
more
-
progressive
more
progressive
sensibilities
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A fine point, but there’s no call for a hyphen here. In general, use a hyphen with
“more” or “most” only in the rare cases where the meaning would otherwise be
ambiguous. (For example: We can’t afford more expensive furniture. Does that
mean we can’t afford additional costly furniture? Or we can’t afford furniture
more costly than the stuff we already have? A hyphen would indicate the latter, or
you could rephrase the sentence.)
That took you 21 tries (along with 0 percent of other Times readers). You did
better than another 1 percent of readers. The median score was 1.
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,
there
have
occasionally
been
secret
deals
—
Henry
Kissinger
’
s
mission
to
China
when
he
was
President
Richard
M
.
Nixon
’
s
national
security
adviser
,
for
example
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they
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rare
.
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American
diplomats
generally
have
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luck
presenting
the
world
with
faits
accompli
faits
accomplis
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Ah, French! So many ways to go wrong. If we were determined to risk a plural, it’s
“faits accomplis” – and it’s in the dictionary, even in English.
That took you 17 tries (along with 0 percent of other Times readers). You did
better than another 1 percent of readers. The median score was 1.
The
new
results
auger
augur
a
bright
future
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the
ALMA
telescope
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stars
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dust
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NASA
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coming
James
Webb
Space
Telescope
,
designed
to
investigate
the
early
days
of
the
universe
.
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If you’re using a sharp tool to drill a hole, that’s “augering.” If you’re predicting
the future, that’s “auguring.”
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better than another 6 percent of readers. The median score was 2.
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looks
like
a
sweet
slice
of
heaven
until
the
arrival
of
a
new
minister
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a
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reaper
with
a
jagged
scar
and
bad
vibe
whom
everyone
calls
the
Reverend
(Guy
Pearce)
but
seems
straight
out
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hell
.
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The verb “seems” needs a subject, and the objective-case “whom” can’t do double
duty as the object of “calls” and the subject of “seems.” Make it “but who seems
straight out of hell.”