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Duterte orders no let up vs IS-linked local terror group

February 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the military and the police to intensify operations against ISIS terror in southern Philippines. The Chief Executive made the statement during the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association Homecoming in Baguio City on Saturday. “I have

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Philippine military, police officers to train in Russia, says Duterte

February 19, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said he will send 20 police and military personnel to Russia to undergo training. In a speech during a dinner with the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1967 on Saturday, Duterte said he received in Davao City

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Military clashes with Reds at least 30 times since Feb. 4: general

February 19, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has recorded at least 30 encounters with the communist New People’s Army since the government’s declaration of ceasefire was lifted early this month. In an press conference in Baguio City on Saturday, AFP chief

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Duterte orders AMLC to disclose his accounts

February 17, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and other agencies to release his net worth after Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he has has  more than two billion pesos in a bank. In dinner with members of

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Spokesman stresses there must be “compelling reason” to revive talks with NDF

February 17, 2017

Two days before President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with three leftist Cabinet members, his spokesperson said ending the peace talks with the National Democratic Front stays unless there is “compelling reason.” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Friday although Duterte “ wants

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Justice department files criminal complaints vs de Lima before Muntinlupa court

February 17, 2017

Three criminal cases have been filed against Senator Leila de Lima by the government agency she used to head before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court over her alleged involvement in illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison. In

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(UPDATE) Security, crime, law enforcement topics of Duterte, Russian security official meeting  

February 17, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte sought closer ties with Russia in his meeting with a security official of the Russian Federation, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Friday. Abella said Thursday’s meeting with Nikolay Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council in

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Duterte to quit if Trillanes can prove he has P2-billion bank deposit

February 17, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said he will resign from his post if Senator Antonio Trillanes can prove that he has amassed P2 billion. Duterte issued a recorded message Thursday night debunking Trillanes’ allegation and he even dared the senator to go

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