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MANILA, PIA- Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has said that President Benigno S. Aquino III did not violate any law when he consulted then suspended Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Alan Purisima regarding the police operation to apprehend two terrorist suspects in Maguindanao. “No law prohibits the President from exercising his discretion to get the views of a suspended official on a particular matter if this would raise the confidence level of the President’s […]
The House Committee on Public Order and Safety invited 36 resource persons as it conducts its hearing on the Mamasapano incident.
According to the Mayor of Mamasapano, Maguindanao, Datu Benzar Ampatuan, it is hard to confirm that there’s a total of 250 enemy casualties in the encounter with the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force. He further added that when he went to the scene, what he saw was mostly the dead bodies of the members of SAF.
The House of Representatives was able to collect 3.8 million pesos for the families of the “Fallen 44”. Said amount came from the voluntary contributions of the members and staff of the House of Representatives.
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs under Senator Grace Poe will continue its probe on the Mamasapano incident, wherein in the first hearing, it was found out that there was a violation of the chain of command of the police during the operation.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is preparing for the possible retaliation attacks by Marwan’s camp.
Bomb expert Abdul Basit Usman is said to still be hiding inside the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s territory in Maguindanao even as security forces yesterday launched a joint operation to capture him after he eluded the police operation on Jan. 25 that resulted in the death of 44 police commandos. “The MILF can’t deny that Usman is within their territory,” said Absalom Cerveza, spokesman of the Moro National Liberation Front. He said Mindanao residents had […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants, saying the United States would “find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible.” Mueller’s family also said in a statement that they were “heartbroken” to learn of her death and released a copy of a letter she had written in 2014 while in captivity.
A 15 foot megamouth male shark found by fishermen with its tail missing was washed up on a beach in Marigondon, Pioduran in between Albay and Masbate provinces last January 28, 2015. Nonie Enolva, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Regional Emergency Stranding Response Team (BFAR-RESRT) said that “the megamouth shark is a rare deep-water shark with a wide open mouth that eats planktons and jellyfish.” The shark has been named toothless by […]
The heavy traffic in EDSA everyday causes many commuters a lot of headaches and delays. This is why authorities are now aiming to launch the ‘express buses’ project that they hope will help counter the increasing growth of private vehicles in EDSA. It seeks to deploy some 50 express buses that will only stop on two busy thoroughfares – at its pick-up point and its destination. The project is headed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in collaboration of the […]
Legendary NBA coach, Dean Smith, died at age of 83, with messages of condolence and sympathy pouring in the social media from fans, friends and relatives.
From different criminology schools, thousands of criminology students participated in the Unity run held in recognition of the PNP-SAF members who fought in the Mamasapano incident.
