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Four-day United Nations tourism conference starts

June 21, 2017

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said holding the 6th International Conference on Tourism Statistics: Measuring Sustainable Tourism in the Philippines can be used to attract tourists amidst the ongoing fighting  in Marawi City. Marcio Favilla of UNWTO said

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BIFF still inside school in Cotabato, holding 23 hostages: military

June 21, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have occupied a school after attacking an outpost of a Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) in Pigkawayan, Cotabato on Wednesday. The military also received a

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Ex-PDEA chief Santiago says anti-drug war has to be “re-engineered”

June 21, 2017

Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Dionisio Santiago said on Wednesday the government’s campaign against illegal drugs has to be “re-engineered.” “It could not always be killings,” said Santiago, who headed PDEA from 2006 to 2011, in a forum in

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Troops arrest 29 suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits

June 21, 2017

Zamboanga City – Twenty-nine suspected Abu Sayyaf Group members were arrested in a raid in the province of Sulu, a military official announced Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, said the suspects were arrested

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Supreme Court, Court of Appeals ask House to reconsider show cause vs CA justices

Supreme Court, Court of Appeals ask House to reconsider show cause vs CA justices

June 21, 2017

The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have asked the House of Representatives to reconsider a show cause order it issued against three Court of Appeals (CA) justices who ordered release of six Ilocos Norte provincial officials at the lower

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Four soldiers wounded in Northern Samar ambush

June 21, 2017

Four soldiers were wounded in an ambush incident in Northern Samar on Tuesday night, a police spokesperson said Wednesday. Chief Insp. Ma Bella Rentuaya of the Eastern Visayas regional police said based on initial report troops of 20th Infantry Battalion

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Duterte, Widodo tackling security matters in Wednesday phone call

June 21, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte would ask Indonesian President Joko Widodo regarding the reported presence of a huge number of Indonesian terrorists in the Philippines. Duterte, during a media interview in Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday, said he was set to

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Cotabato attack, not diversionary tactic from Maute: military

June 21, 2017

The attack in Cotabato by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters on Wednesday morning was not a diversionary tactic by the terrorist Islamic State-linked Maute group nor a spillover of the conflict in Marawi City, a military spokesman said. In the

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