DFA to mark 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN Monday

July 28, 2017

The  Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN on July 31 at the Bulwagang Apolinario Mabini, DFA Building in Roxas Blvd. . In a statement Friday, it said the activity will be conducted during the

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59 alleged reinforcements of Maute-Abu Sayyaf captured

July 28, 2017

MARAWI CITY — Government security forces captured a total of 59 suspected reinforcements for Maute-Abu Sayyaf fighters here, a military spokesperson said Friday. Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay, spokesperson of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command and Joint Task Force Marawi, said

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Japan extends humanitarian grant aid of $2 million to internally displaced people in Mindanao

July 28, 2017

Japan decided to extend humanitarian grant aid of $2,000,000 (approximately 222,000,000 Japanese yen) to support relief operations for those affected by the Marawi crisis in Mindanao through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund

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Duterte wants Reds to be charged for violating Revised Penal Code; asks Congress to pass National Security Code

July 28, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has said the government would charge the communist rebels for violating the Revised Penal Code even as he would ask Congress to pass the “National Security Code.” In an interview Thursday night in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental

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No politics on plan to abolish PCGG

July 27, 2017

Malacanang said on Thursday that there is no politics on the plan to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the plan to abolish PCGG has been a move sometime back.

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Youths in Marawi idolize ISIS, says head of gov’t sports agency

July 27, 2017

Some children evacuees from Marawi City consider the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as their heroes, a government official said on Thursday. In a press briefing in Malacanang, Philippine Sports Commission chairman William Ramirez said a

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Military arrests two alleged Abu Sayyaf members in Tawi-tawi

July 27, 2017

The military has arrested two alleged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members in a combat operation in Tawi-tawi on Thursday. Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said they were nabbed by troops of the

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AFP to make legal action against comedian for wearing military uniform

July 27, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will take legal action against a comedian who “disrespected” the military uniform after wearing it during a protest at the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte last Monday.

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