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Aquino approves release of text messages with Purisima on Mamasapano

Malacanang has finally approved the release of the exchange of text messages or SMS conversations between President Aquino and resigned Philippine National Police chief General Alan Purisima. The President himself gave his consent to a request from the Senate concerning the release of transcriptions of his SMS conversations with Purisima during the early hours of January 25. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Undersecretary Abigail Valte said that the President was for the pursuit of justice and has […]

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Free public WiFi in July

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is going to start installing free WiFi in public areas in July. Over a thousand municipalities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will receive said free WiFi.

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SAF commandos were not massacred – Camlian

Hadji Abdullah Camlian, a member of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel, believes that the Mamasapano incident was not a massacre. “In my view, the term ‘massacre’ is if you kill people, murder people (who are unarmed) and have no way to fight back, you kill them in group, or whatsoever, that is massacre,” Camlian said. He also cited the definition of massacre by the Cambridge Dictionary as “the killing of a large number […]

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De Lima: “It is unfair to judge the President”

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima defended President Benigno Aquino III against mounting criticisms of the public over the Mamasapano incident. De Lima said that it was “unfair” to judge the President’s actions regarding the Mamasapano encounter when the investigation did not even get “his side of the story.” The Philippine National Police-Board of inquiry (PNP-BOI) and the Senate Joint Committee findings concluded that President Aquino allowed former PNP chief Alan Purisima to be involved in […]

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Ceasefire mechanism body investigating alleged MILF camp in Iligan

COTABATO CITY, PIA – Government of the Philippines-Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (GPH-CCCH) Head of Secretariat Major Carlos T. Sol confirmed that they have already received the report of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Mechanized Infantry Division, Philippine Army on the alleged training camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Iligan City, and that they are already validating the report to immediately undertake measures for dismantling. “I confirm that the Armed […]

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