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Palace welcomes ruling, says it is a triumph for all peace-loving and law-abiding Filipinos (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court ruled with finality that most provisions of Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 are constitutional, as it denied with finality the various motions for reconsideration that challenged its earlier decision “The Court resolved to deny the motions for reconsideration due to lack of substantial issues and arguments raised by the petitioners,” […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 Special Action Forces members have been ordered deployed to Eastern Visayas upon their graduation on Friday, Feb. 6. The Philippine National Police said PNP Chief Debold Sinas gave the instruction for the deployment of the 226 SAF troopers as part of the intensified internal security and anti-criminality operations in the area, complementing the national government program to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). The SAF members, who are graduates of […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines may soon have a new anti-terrorism law after the House of Representatives approved its anti-terrorism bill on third and final reading on Wednesday night. With 173 affirmative votes, 31 negative votes and 29 abstentions, the House gave the go-signal to House Bill 6875, which seeks to give more teeth to the law and repeal what some government officials have said was an outdated Human Security Act of 2007. Since the bill in […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Two decades after it scrapped its compulsory military service France will introduce a mandatory “national service” for all young people, the government said Tuesday, confirming a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron took the country by surprise a year ago when he announced that, if elected, he would make all young people spend a month getting “a direct experience of military life with its know-how and demands.” He billed it as a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Works began Monday to boost security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism measure, city hall said, with bulletproof glass walls set to go up around the world’s most visited monument. The changes come after a string of jihadist attacks in the French capital over the past two years in which more than 200 people have died. A bulletproof glass wall will be installed around the monument’s gardens under the 30-million-euro […]
