Del Pilar’ role in Scarborough cited (2) - Malaya - Online Edition
23 May 2012, 1:55 am
DEFENSE Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday paid tribute to the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a Hamilton cutter acquired from the US last year and which figured in a standoff with Chinese vessels at the Panatag Shoal or Scarborough Shoal off Zambales last month.

Hatching a plan to contain China - China.Org
22 May 2012, 3:15 am
On May 18, Philippine Defense Minister Voltaire Gazmin said that the Philippines would acquire ten new patrol ships from Japan to boost the country's territorial defenses in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Vice Admiral Edmund Tan of the ...

US: Weapons not included in warship - ABS-CBN
21 May 2012, 6:25 pm
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said during an interview over radio dzRH that US Coast Guard ship Dallas would be similar to BRP Gregorio del Pilar, which had been stripped of its weapons system before it was turned over to the Philippines last year.

Cirqus Voltaire and Funhouse tables added to Pinball Arcade on iOS and Android - Pocket Gamer
21 May 2012, 4:20 am
Farsight Studios has released a new add-on pack for classic table sim Pinball Arcade, now available for iOS and Android. If you've already mastered the William's Tales of the Arabian Nights table, then you might want to try your hand at the carnival ...

A Richer Life by Seeing the Glass Half Full - New York Times Blogs
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
No doubt, the optimists were healthier because they were more inclined to take good care of themselves. Unlike Voltaire’s Candide, I’ve yet to be stripped of my optimism, though there are clearly forces in this country and the world that ...

Japan, SoKor, Australia to help PH improve defense capability – DFA - Global Nation
20 May 2012, 4:00 am
Last week, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin confirmed reports that the Philippines would acquire at least 10 patrol boats from Japan. However, he declined to discuss with reporters details of the acquisition still in progress. Coast Guard head Vice ...

'Candide' review: Keller's acoustics, dim lighting undercut strong performances - Oregonian
12 May 2012, 5:17 pm
Leonard Bernstein's 1956 operetta "Candide," like Voltaire's novel on which it is based, is a sparklingly witty satire on grim themes including barbarity, religious intolerance and mankind's fathomless capacity for self-delusion. Given the ...

Philippines says US to protect it in South China Sea - YAHOO!
9 May 2012, 9:35 am
Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said he had received the assurances during talks in Washington last week in which the Philippines' increasingly tense dispute with China over rival claims to a shoal in the sea were discussed. Gazmin said US Secretary of ...

The Widow's Bane join Cirque Voltaire performance in Denver - Examiner
8 May 2012, 6:55 pm
Cirque Voltaire is coming to Denver with a sensory extravaganza of epic proportions, combining circus acts, live theater, an art show, surreal installations and video projections, music, dancing, and local craftspeople. Boulder's best and only undead band ...

Telltale Signs: Scarborough will not be Mischief Reef redux - AsianWeek.com
3 May 2012, 6:53 pm
and the Philippines – represented by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin where the US explained that it will not take sides in the Scarborough Shoal dispute but will encourage both countries to ...