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Police still keep watch over area of encounter with alleged NPA in Batangas

October 6, 2017

Eleven days after government forces battled alleged members of the New People’s Army in a hilly area in Batangas City, police have put checkpoints going into Mt Banoy, the site of the encounter where the military said one suspected NPA

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Bukidnon barangay chairman arrested by police-military team

October 6, 2017

A barangay chairman in Bukidnon was arrested by a police and military team in a law enforcement operation on Friday morning. Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, Army’s 4th Infantry Division spokesman, identified the arrested suspect as Eliazar Ebona, the chairman of Brgy Gango,

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At least $4 million spent by ICRC to help people in Marawi fighting

October 6, 2017

At least $4,396,000 were spent to protect and assist civilians from the fighting of the government against the Maute-ISIS group in Marawi City, said International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC said in a statement Friday they spent $2,837,000

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Justice department dismisses P37.9b tax case vs Mighty Corp.

October 6, 2017

The Department of Justice dismissed three tax evasion complaints worth P37.9 billion against Mighty Corp. after the Bureau of Internal Revenue moved to withdraw  its complaints against the firm. In a joint resolution released on Friday, the three-man DOJ panel

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AFP says Reds, armed groups planning to destabilize Duterte gov’t

October 6, 2017

The communist New People’s Army and the armed groups in Mindanao were among those planning to destabilize the Duterte administration, a military spokesman said on Friday. In a briefing in Malacanang, Major General Restituto Padilla Jr. said the political opposition might

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Army says colonel said involved in sexual harassment has been dismissed in 2016

October 6, 2017

The military said an Army colonel who was allegedly involved in a sexual harassment complaint was dismissed from service for other offenses more than a year ago. Lt. Col. Ray Tiongson, Philippine Army spokesman, said Col. Jessie Mario Dosado was

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40 more hostages need to be rescued in Marawi, military says

October 6, 2017

About 40 hostages have remained in the hands of the Islamic State-inspired Maute terrorists in war-torn Marawi City, a military spokesman said on Friday. In the “Mindanao Hour” briefing, Major General Restituto Padilla Jr. said this was the information gethered from

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Military doesn’t see any destabilization vs Duterte

October 6, 2017

Despite an alleged conspiracy of some supporters of the previous administration and the left to remove President Rodrigo Duterte from office, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said the military has not monitored any destabilization plot. “We will be conferring

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