Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:31:10 +0000
Despite extremist groups’ failed attempt to establish a stronghold in Marawi last year, the remnants of local terrorist groups are still eyeing to establish a “wilayat” or a caliphate in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:41:48 +0000
Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon has disagreed with the new proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao, stressing that military rule should only be intended to quell rebellion.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:38:02 +0000
Opposition lawmaker Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate opposed Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:16:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — As a former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday that he was likely to agree for another extension of martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019. The statement of Lacson came shortly before the joint session of both chambers of Congress on martial law […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:15:00 +0000
Local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao and its umbrella organization Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap) strongly support the extension of martial law in Mindanao, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:08:48 +0000
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc claimed on Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte was merely peddling an “illusion” when he said that martial law extension in Mindanao will solve the insurgency problem.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:17:07 +0000
The executive department will hold a security briefing with lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Mindanao martial law extension.
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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:17:41 +0000
Senators have raised concern that the government may get used to declare martial law if Congress grants its request to extend its declaration in Mindanao for another year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:22:03 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has formally asked the Senate and the House of Representatives to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:04:22 +0000
Government security advisers has vowed to “wipe out” the Abu Sayyaf and reduce the capability of the NPA within one year.
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