Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said the death of passengers from a vessel fire in Basilan could have been avoided been avoided if only concerned authorities did their jobs.
Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman has urged the government to prioritize the decommissioning of armed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
“Nagpapalitan na sila ng kaso kaya lumalabas personal ang away nila,” said PBGen. Remus Medina, Director of Quezon City Police District.
Eighty-five provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs), independent component cities (ICCs) and 166 other component cities and municipalities in the country will continue to be under the most lenient Alert Level 1 while the classifications of alert levels are being reviewed, Malacañang said.
Hataman was the ARMM governor during the 2016 elections. The camp of Marcos wanted to invalidate the votes for Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and Basilan.
The Supreme Court (SC) sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has junked the petition of former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to have the ballots in three provinces under Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) subjcted to technical examination.
Despite his looming retirement from the military on Oct. 26, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año remains committed in clearing Marawi City of the Maute Group remnants and protecting the nation from other lawless elements.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar plans to take a page from Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in light of the snafus involving the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
Three men kidnapped by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines escaped while their captors prayed, dodging bullets as they ran, police said Saturday after a ruse using fake ransom money failed.
Islamist militants in the Philippines have beheaded seven local loggers they kidnapped last week in their stronghold in the strife-torn south, police said Monday.
