Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:44:27 +0000
A Mindanao-based rights group has denounced as “terrorism” the killing of two farmers tagged as communist rebels in Surigao del Sur.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:55:53 +0000
Malacañang has expressed optimism that the recent bombings in Mindanao would not affect voter turnout in the second Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:15:11 +0000
Despite the recent bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga City, Malacañang still believes that there is no need to expand martial law beyond Mindanao
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:16:25 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada on Wednesday assailed Malacañang for failing to protect people of Mindanao from successive bombings despite its huge intelligence fund
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:11:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has chosen Mindanao as its “epicenter” on its plan to establish control in East Asia, Solicitor General Jose Calida told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:52:50 +0000
How does an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member accidentally shooting a fellow member because of poor aim support the contention that rebellion persists in Mindanao, a Supreme Court Associate Justice asked the military on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:19:31 +0000
There were 193 New People’s Army (NPA)-initiated “violent incidents” in 2018 in Mindanao alone, a military official told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:24:08 +0000
The leadership of the MILF would be needed to resolve and catch perpetrators of the double explosions at a Jolo church.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:36:25 +0000
Two days after the twin bombing in Jolo, the Supreme Court will scrutinize the necessity of a third martial law extension in Mindanao.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:00:42 +0000
Police in Maguindanao announced Monday they had arrested over the weekend a man allegedly hired to kill two engineers in Datu Montawal town.
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