Republic Act (RA) 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 3, 2020, aims to protect life, liberty, and property from terrorism deemed as “inimical and dangerous to the national security of the country and to the welfare of the people.”… Read More
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on July 3, 2020, said the country has now a powerful law to protect the people against threats by terrorist groups, with the signing into law of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. “We now have a powerful statute… Read More
“They’d break into houses and shops and kill all the Christians.” On May 23, 2017, two militant groups, Maute and Abu Sayaf fighting for an independent Islamic state, captured the city of Marawi in the Philippines. A siege ensued, and locals had no food, or… Read More
The passage of the proposed anti-terrorism bill would help address the recruitment of young people into terrorist outfits, a youth group said. “The passage of the bill will definitely benefit the future generations — us, the youth,” Amorsolo Guerrero, chairman of the Youth for Peace… Read More
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it has recorded several successes, shortly after the conclusion of the unilateral ceasefire declared by President Rodrigo Duterte, following the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak. “Starting 00:00 of 19 March 2020, in deference to the order of… Read More
A Mountain Province town mayor expressed disgust over leftist groups’ arrogant misrepresentation of Igorots and Cordillerans to push for the communist ideology that has already been a lingering “virus” in the country. Sadanga Mayor Gabino P. Ganggangan said leftist organizations nor their officers are never… Read More
President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipino Muslims to shun “misguided ideologies” ahead of the start of the holy month of Ramadan, which will take place amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. In his Ramadan message on April 23, 2020, Duterte reminded the Muslim faithful that to… Read More
President Rodrigo Duterte has expanded the coverage of the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) to include former violent extremists as its beneficiaries. Duterte on March 18 signed Administrative Order (AO) 25, which amends AO (10) he signed on April 3, 2018, that only… Read More
High-value crops were recently donated by Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib to the Lumad community in Talaingod during the “Ceremonial Planting of High-Value Crops and Turn Over of Agricultural Interventions” held on March 5, 2020, in Sitio Uraya, Sto. Nino, Talaingod. Jubahib donated 15,000… Read More
Members of the United Filipino Global (UFG) in Europe early this week demanded the arrest of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairperson Jose Maria Sison for his involvement in the Inopacan Massacre – a mass “purging” perpetrated by the CPP armed wing, New… Read More
