The seizure of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) inside a property owned by the brother of Negros Oriental Rep. Arnie Teves apparently bolsters the Department of Justice’s plan to have him declared as a terrorist.
Five suspected members of Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf have been shot dead in a firefight with police on the Malaysian part of Borneo island, authorities said Tuesday.
An Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member has been arrested for being wanted for charges in the 2001 kidnapping of workers of the Golden Harvest plantation in Basilan, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Officer-In-Charge Director Eric Distor said on Wednesday (May 12).
Malacañang on Saturday (December 23) said it will step up efforts to explain the importance of martial law to the public after a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that majority of Filipinos disagree about its extension.
Malaysian police have detained 20 alleged Islamic militants, including a leading member of an Indonesian extremist group and others believed to be planning to fight in the strife-torn southern Philippines, authorities said Friday.
President Rodrigo Duterte has advised the media to wait for action in Mindanao as he warned about fresh terror threats in the region.
The government is no longer making a distinction between ISIS-inspired groups and the New People’s Army as President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte brought in a special guest on Friday to rally troops battling Islamic State followers in the south — US action hero Steven Seagal.
Senator JV Ejercito is supportive of the plan of the military to seek a “second” extension of martial law in Mindanao to full address the remaining security threat in the region.
The government had spent an estimated P4 billion in the five-month battle to liberate Marawi City from the clutches of the Maute Group terrorists.
