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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinasura ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang reklamong paglabag sa batas laban sa Tunisian national na umano’y miyembro ng ISIS terrorist group. Sa pitong pahinang resolusyon ng DOJ prosecution panel na pirmado ni Senior Asst. State Prosecutor Peter Ong, kawalan ng sapat na batayan o probable cause ang dahilan ng DOJ kung bakit ibinasura ang reklamo ng Philippine National Police (PNP) laban sa dayuhang si Fehmi Lassoued alyas Haytham Abdulhamid […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The sub-leader of the Maute group arrested in Manila over the weekend had no plans of wreaking havoc in the country’s capital in the first place, Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa said on Monday. According to Dela Rosa, Abdul Nasser Lomondot had actually gone to the country’s capital to elude government security forces who were after him in Mindanao. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District […]
(Eagle News)– Two New People’s Army members suspected of recruiting for their group were arrested on Saturday in Agusan del Norte. The suspects were identified as Luzviminda Apolinaria, 45, and her husband Aladin Apolinaria, 49. The couple, who have warrants for their arrest issued by an Agusan del Sur court, were nabbed in Barangay Mahayahay, Kitcharao town in Agusan del Norte at 10:35 a.m. Criminal charges will be filed against the suspects by three individuals […]
(Eagle News) — The policeman who was arrested along with the widow of Zulfikli Bin Hir alias Marwan and Khadaffy Janjalani has been dismissed from service. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa made the announcement on Monday, after SPO4 Andy Atta was nabbed together with Juromee Dongon and her other relatives for their alleged terrorism links in Lanao del Norte. “Imbestigahan pa natin nang husto para malaman natin extent ng participation ng […]
Widow’s two sisters, father linked to terrorist groups also arrested, PNP says The widow of Khadaffy Janjalani and Zulfikli Bin Hir alias Marwan has been arrested for allegedly supporting extremist groups and possessing firearms and explosives, police said on Sunday. Juromee Dongon was married to Janjalani, a senior leader of the notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group until his death in 2006. She then married the Malaysian bombmaker alias Marwan, who was killed in 2015. In […]
(Eagle News) — Government troops recovered in Sulu a cache of high-powered firearms allegedly owned by the Abu Sayyaf. The eight high-powered firearms—four M16 rifles and four M14 rifles—were found in Sitio Kadkad, Talipao at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, following a tip from a concerned citizen. The alleged Abu Sayyaf member guarding the firearms managed to flee before troops could get to the area.
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa to form five more battalions that can help in the fight against terrorism. Dela Rosa said he received the instruction on Wednesday night. “So we will be adding …more battalions of Special Action Force,” Dela Rosa said, noting that one SAF battalion was composed of 500 people. According to the PNP chief, the additional men were apart […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Ten suspected Islamic militants who were trying to establish a Malaysian cell of the Abu Sayyaf have been arrested in Borneo island, police said Wednesday. The alleged extremists, mostly Filipinos, are also accused of trying to help fighters linked to the Islamic State (IS) group travel to the Philippines to join up with militants there, they said. The southern Philippines has long been a pocket of Islamic militancy. A long […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte “adheres to the rule of law and remains loyal to the Constitution.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after the United States Intelligence Group described some of Duterte’s actions–his war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and nationwide martial law— as “regional threats” in its Feb. 13 Worldwide Threats Assessment report. Duterte, who has said he would step down once a federal type of government was in […]
(Eagle News) — The government has formally sought the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a terrorist group. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong filed on Wednesday a petition for proscription with the Manila Regional Trial Court. President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks with the communist rebels last year, and later issued a proclamation declaring the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9372, or the […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Artificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said Wednesday as they sounded the alarm over misuse of the technology. In a 100-page analysis, they outlined a rapid growth in cybercrime and the use of “bots” to interfere with news gathering and penetrate social media among a host of plausible […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing sending soldiers to China so they could be trained. Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech before Filipino-Chinese businessmen at the Manila Hotel on Monday. “(I)’m sure there is an academy there to train good professional Chinese soldiers. Maybe China can accommodate them also and let them not really to fight the Americans but terrorism,” Duterte said. Relations between the Philippines and China have warmed since Duterte assumed […]
