Tag: intelligence gathering

Citing “infirmities,” CA junks ACT petition vs PNP “profiling”

(Eagle News) — Citing “infirmities,” the Court of Appeals junked the petition filed by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers to stop what it said was the police’s profiling of its members. In a four-page resolution dated Feb. 4, the eleventh division said in the first place, the petition was not accompanied by “certified true copies” of the Philippine National Police memoranda that allegedly ordered the “profiling” and which the group was assailing. ACT had argued […]

Duterte: PHL to source intel-gathering equipment from Israel only

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 4,  said the Philippines will source intelligence-gathering equipment only from Israel, this despite  a sales pitch from America. The President made the statement during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. The President is on a four-day official visit to Israel. “That is my order specifically, Israel,” Duterte said, noting that the same equipment from Israel helped the Philippines win against the local terrorists who overran Marawi […]