Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:49:12 +0000
Despite failing to stop a third extension of martial law in Mindanao, senators still explained on Wednesday why they voted against the request of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:13:42 +0000
DAVAO CITY — A militant Moro group slammed Congress and the Senate after lawmakers approved on Wednesday the extension of martial law in Mindanao, saying such extension would not address the social unrest in Mindanao.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:56:32 +0000
The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday welcomed the approval of the extension of martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:43:33 +0000
Twelve senators on Wednesday voted to extend martial law in Mindanao until December 31, 2019.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:17:37 +0000
The extension of martial law in Mindanao for another year is a “positive development,” Malacañang said Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:54:48 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday stressed that martial law declaration in Mindanao was “dictated by circumstances” and was not meant to be the government’s new policy to address rebellion in the region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:37:26 +0000
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured the public of fair elections in Mindanao in 2019 if martial law would again be extended in the South.
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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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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:31:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said there is no reason to doubt the truthfulness of military and police reports on the security situation in Mindanao.
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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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