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Senior officials of ASEAN regional forum discuss ways to combat terrorism and violent extremism

  Senior Officials of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) met on 24 May 2017 in Manila to discuss ways of bolstering cooperation to combat non-traditional security threats including cybercrime, terrorism and violent extremism, trafficking in persons and illicit drugs, the proliferation or use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, and natural disasters. Assistant Secretary Hellen Barber-De La Vega, the Philippine Acting Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Leader for the ARF, chaired the meeting, which also […]

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PHL gov’t formally withdraws from talks with communist leaders in Netherlands

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine government peace negotiators held their ground not to participate in the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the communists’ order to the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to intensify attacks on government forces after the martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dureza and the head of the government negotiating panel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, announced Monday morning in Noordwijk aan Zee, […]

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US embassy issues advisory on Metro Manila police checkpoints

(Eagle News) — The United States Embassy in Manila warned its citizens about the full alert status being implemented over Metro Manila. The status was declared by the Philippine National Police (PNP) following the martial law declaration in Mindanao.   “All unit commanders are directed to strengthen target hardening on all vital installations, economic key points as well as places of convergences and ensure high state of operational readiness to thwart any hostile action that […]

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Marawi death toll at 98; Authorities assure public the end of clashes is “almost there”

(Eagle News) — The death toll in the ongoing clashes in Marawi was pegged at 98 as of Sunday night, with authorities assuring the public that the clashes there were nearing their end.     Reading from a Powerpoint presentation on Monday, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said 18 of those killed were from the government side–15 from the military, and three from the Philippine National Police. Nineteen civilians, he said, have been killed by local terrorist groups. Sixty one terrorists have […]

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Nothing to worry about martial law, says Senate President; urges public to support gov’t troops

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III assured the public that there was nothing to worry about now that President Rodrigo Duterte had placed the entire Mindanao under martial law. “The terrorists are the threat here. They have repeatedly shown an utter disregard for the sanctity of human life and have shown that they will not hesitate to resort to violence and mayhem to further their ends,” the Senate President […]

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Bangsamoro asks gov’t and Maute Group to stop involving civilians in their ongoing fight

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bangsamoro Transition Commissioner for Women Samira Gotuc-Tomawis pleaded to the government and the Maute Group to refrain from involving civilians in the continuing fight between the two forces. The fight between the Maute Group and the government has affected over a million residents of Lanao del Norte, mainly because it contributed to the rise in the prices of basic goods including rice.

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Justice Secretary Aguirre: Trillanes, Drilon, Abad, De Lima, kabilang sa mga nakinabang sa pork barrel scam, ayon kay Napoles

Lima hanggang pitong matataas na opisyal ng nagdaang administrasyon ang kasama sa iimbestigahan ng justice department kaugnay sa muling pagbubukas ng usapin ng Priority Development Assistance Fund. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, kabilang sa mga pinangalanan ng sinasabing pork barrel scam queen na si Janet Lim Napoles–ayon na rin sa kaniyang abugado na si Stephen David—sina Senador Antonio Trillanes IV, Franklin Drilon, dating Budget Secretary Butch Abad, at ang nakakulong na si Senadora Leila de […]

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Bilang ng mga nasawi sa Marawi siege, nasa 97 na

(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa 97 ang bilang ng mga nasasawi matapos ang pagkubkob ng Maute Group sa Marawi City na sinundan ng matinding opensiba ng military laban sa mga ito. Sa pinakahuling tala ng 103rd Infantry Brigade, nasa 61 miyembro na ng Maute at Abu Sayyaf ang napapaslang, samantalang 19 naman ang nasawing sibilyan. Nasa 13 sundalo naman at 4 na pulis ang nalagas sa panig ng gobyerno. Ayon kay Lt. Col Joa-Ar […]

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Hinihinalang mga miyembro ng BIFF pinasabugan ang PNP-HQ sa Maguindanao

(Eagle News) — Binulabog ng sunod-sunod na pagsabog ang provincial headquarters ng Philippine National Police sa bayan ng Shariff Aguak sa Maguindanao. Ayon  kay Maguindanao Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent  Agustin  Tello, pinasabugan ng     limang rounds ng M203 grenade launcher ng hinihinalang mga miyembro ng  Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters  (BIFF) ang naturang punong himpilan ngunit lumagpas ito at tumama sa kabahayan ng sibilyan. Sugatan naman sa nangyaring pagsabog  ang 70 taong  gulang na lalaki nakilalang […]

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Former national security chief bares Hapilon formed a more violent, extreme terror group in Marawi

Gonzales: Gov’t battling between 400 to 700 Islamist terrorists from ASG, Maute, BIFF, other groups (Eagle News) — Former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said that the Marawi situation is “very, very serious” and “dangerous” as the Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon had managed to merge a combination of forces numbering between 400 to 700 from the Maute group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in his campaign to establish a caliphate […]

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Police reveal photos of Manchester bomber on night of attack

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police on Saturday released security camera images of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he massacred 22 people at a pop concert. Investigators also gave details of the 22-year-old’s last hours as they appealed to the public for any information about his movements in the days running up to Monday night’s attack. The photographs taken from CCTV footage show a bespectacled Abedi, who has a small moustache, in […]

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Clinton delivers stinging attack on Trump at graduation speech

    by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton launched a stinging attack on Donald Trump Friday, obliquely comparing him to former president Richard Nixon, who resigned in 1974 to escape impeachment, and savaging the Republican assault on fact-based politics. The defeated Democratic presidential nominee made her remarks in a commencement address at her alma mater Wellesley College, a women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts, 48 years after […]

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