Despite the blows in the confidence regarding the sincerity of the MILF due to the Mamasapano incident, the Armed Forces of the Philippines remain in support of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
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ICMYI: Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago holds press conference clarifying her points in the Senate hearing regarding the Mamasapano incident
Immediately after her interpellation in the Senate hearing regarding the Mamasapano incident, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago met members of the media in order to clarify her points raised during the hearing.
Did PNOY really not know?
Police and military officials were blasted by senators yesterday for claiming that they did not inform their commander-in-chief of the Mamasapano operation on Jan. 25, even whilst most of them were in the company of President Benigno Aquino III upon learning of the killings. At the resumption of the Senate hearings on the Mamasapano incident, Senator Nancy Binay asked each security official where he learned about the clash in which 44 police commandos were killed by Moro rebels. […]
‘Cocolisap’ outbreak now at manageable levels – Pangilinan
MANILA, PIA – Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Secretary Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday reported that the coconut scale insect infestation, locally known as cocolisap, has been brought down to manageable levels. “Results of the scientific rapid ground assessment conducted in November and December of 2014 showed that the coconut scale insect infestation, after six months and the treatments used, is now down to manageable levels,” Secretary Pangilinan said during a press briefing […]
Gov’t implements preventive measures after report of MERS-CoV infection
MANILA, PIA- President Benigno S Aquino III has directed Acting Health Secretary Janette Garin to carry out the necessary preventive measures after a nurse from Saudi Arabia tested positive for MERS-CoV and was admitted to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for treatment, the Palace has said. “Contact tracing is being done to locate fellow passengers of the patient who travelled from Saudi Arabia to Manila last week,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said […]
Iqbal testifies in Senate
For the first time, Mohagher Iqbal, Chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attended the senate probe of the carnage in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that claimed the lives of 44 Special Action Force (SAF). Mohagher Iqbal didn’t attend the previous hearings happened last February 9 but able to submit a letter on February 10 that was read by representative MILF Coordinating Committee of the Cessation of Hostilities chairman Rashid Ladiasan, part of the letter […]
Sen. Miriam grills Purisima, Napenas, Iqbal on Mamasapano incident, notes MILF’s “bad faith”
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago grilled resigned Philippine National Police director general Alan Purisima, Special Action Forces chief Getulio Napenas, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Mohagher Iqbal as the senate resumed its inquiry of the Mamasapano incident. Santiago told Purisima that he should not have involved himself in the Mamasapano incident and questioned why he had been meeting with President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operation, when he was already suspended at the time. Santiago, who […]
Espina and Napeñas breakdown
It was an emotional scene as Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Director General Leonardo Espina announced the results of the medico legal of several Special Action Force (SAF) in the bloody incident which occurred in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last month. “We are all for peace process, because most and foremost we are all peace keepers. We seek a very clear answer from the other party of the peace process, ano ba itong overkill na ginawa ninyo […]
MILF’s Iqbal attends senate inquiry on Mamasapano, says MILF wants to pursue peace
The chair of the peace panel of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attended the continuation on Thursday, February 12, of the senate inquiry on the Mamasapano operation where 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF)and 18 MILF members were killed. Mohagher Iqbal, MILF peace panel chair, read a statement where he said that the Mamasapano incident was an “unfortunate” incident, but insisted that the MILF was still committed to pursue peace. […]
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Increase of collected taxes in QC in 1st qtr of 2015
Collected business taxes in the first quarter of 2015 by the Quezon City government are hauling in up to 7.75 % or PHP 234 million. Based on the report submitted to Mayor Herbert Bautista by the treasury, the QC government has collected PHP 3.26 billion or PHP 234 million tax increases, over than PHP 3.02 billion taxes collected in the same quarter of 2014. City Administrator Aldrin Cuña said that “For the past five years, […]
Earthquake shakes MM, Batangas, Eastern Samar
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has recorded a 5.0 magnitude at 22 kilometers southwest of Nasugbu town early 12:09 am. An aftershock was felt in parts of Metro Manila as well. The tectonic quake had a depth of 109 kilometers, felt in various parts of the metro, particularly in Muntinlupa and Quezon City. Intensity 3 was felt in Nasugbu and intensity 2 in Pasay City. There were no reports of heavy damage […]
