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  2. Emergency Cell Broadcast System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Cell Broadcast System ( ECBS) is an alert broadcast system in the Philippines, designed to disseminate emergency alerts and warnings to mobile devices via cell broadcast services (CBS) [1] Telecommunications companies and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) are both mandated and required by law to send ...

  3. Republic of Singapore Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the aerial service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for controlling and defending the airspace of the country, and providing air support to the Army and Navy. It was established in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC) before renaming to its current name in 1975.

  4. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, [17] which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .

  5. Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health ...

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    MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and ...

  6. List of deployment bans on Overseas Filipino Workers

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    Due to the 2018 Kuwait–Philippine diplomatic crisis the Philippines banned the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait in February 2018. Deployment of "skilled" and "semi-skilled" were allowed on May 12 and the ban was completely lifted on May 16. Partial May 12, 2018 – May 16, 2018: Libya Total February 22, 2011 – December 20, 2011

  7. Singapore suspends F-16 training after plane crash on ... - AOL

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    Singapore's defence ministry said it was temporarily suspending training for its F-16 aircraft fleet after an F-16 crashed during a routine training on Wednesday. The ministry said the suspension ...

  8. Philippines puts airports on high alert after anonymous ... - AOL

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    The Philippines has placed all its commercial airports on heightened alert after an anonymous warning that bombs could go off on planes headed out of Manila, including to several tourist hotspots ...

  9. Cell Broadcast - Wikipedia

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    Cell Broadcast ( CB) is a method of sending messages to multiple mobile telephone users in a defined area at the same time. It is defined by the ETSI 's GSM committee and 3GPP and is part of the 2G, 3G, 4G LTE (telecommunication) and 5G standards. [1] It is also known as Short Message Service -Cell Broadcast (SMS-CB) or CB SMS.