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US DoD awarded Cessna Aircraft Co. to provide two(2) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX with ISR for the Philippine gov't

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AC 208B (ISTAR) Combat Caravan of Lebanon Airforce US DOD will provide two(2) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft for ISR( Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ) Program. With the current Pres. Duterte strong rant and bad mouthing against US, hoping this project will still pushes through despite our alliance with the US gov't is in peril. This project will truly help our gov't in counterrorism, insurgency and also in maritime domain awareness and it is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2017. Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $23,998,813 firm-fixed-price contract for the Building Partnership Capacity C-208B Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance  Program. Contractor will provide six Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft, three spare Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140 engines, and aircraft spares and ground handling equipment to the U.S. Africa Command and Pacific Command areas of responsibility in support of counterterr...

Behold! Janelle Frayna, Philippines’ 1st female chess grandmaster.

Another triumphant day for the Philippines in the field of sports. For the first time in history, a female chess grandmaster in the name of  Janelle Frayna! MANILA –Janelle Frayna became the Philippines’ first female chess grandmaster after achieving her third and final norm during Round 9 of the World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday night. The 20-year-old distaff woodpusher drew with Mongolian foe Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene after 33 moves using the French Winawer Defense Poisoned Pawn Variation, giving her six points after nine matches, which was enough to hand her the norm. Nomin-Erdene, already a women’s GM, entered the tournament with a 2422 ELO rating, virtually making her a men’s IM. Apart from Nomin-Erdene, Frayna took on three other opponents with very high ELO ratings–even making the cut for the men’s GM–while also battling two WIM’s. After nine rounds, Frayna amassed six points on four wins and four draws, which was enough to give h...