The Department of National Defense (DND) has  scrapped the controversial P1.2- billion UH-1 helicopter project and ordered the blacklisting of the supplier, the joint venture between Rice Aircraft Services Inc. and Eagle Copter Ltd of Canada.

On Friday, Malacañang confirmed that Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin had ordered the termination of the deal, which has been the subject of a series run by The Manila Times based on statements made by “Joey,” who will be the government’s principal witness once congressional investigations of the anomalous transaction start.

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