Police search for abducted woman in Zamboanga City
From the Mindanao Examiner (Feb 20): Police search for abducted woman in Zamboanga CityA photograph of Sabrina Ikabala Voon from her Facebook account. Police continue to search for a 28-year old woman...
View ArticlePhilippine military chief awards medals to Mindanao troops in BIFF clash
From the Mindanao Examiner (Feb 20): Philippine military chief awards medals to Mindanao troops in BIFF clashPhilippine military chief Emmanuel Bautista awarded medals to more than a dozen soldiers who...
View ArticleGroups say no to ROTC after hazing complaints
From the Mindanao Examiner (Feb 20): Groups say no to ROTC after hazing complaintsStudents of Polytechnic University of the Philippines and youth group Anakbayan have called for the complete abolition...
View ArticleTension grips North Cotabato villages as MNLF, MILF clash
From InterAksyon (Feb 21): Tension grips North Cotabato villages as MNLF, MILF clashTension has gripped villages in Carmen town, North Cotabato following a clash between two rival Moro rebel groups...
View ArticleBansil sisters rescued from Abu Sayyaf after 8 months in captivity
From InterAksyon (Feb 20): Bansil sisters rescued from Abu Sayyaf after 8 months in captivityCaptain Ryan Lacuesta, Civil Military Operations chief of the 2nd Marine Brigade, supervises the medical...
View ArticleCommentary: How the Left was lost
Commentary posted to "Thought Leaders" on the Rappler Website (Feb 21): How the Left was lost (by Yoly Villanueva-Ong)If you’re not a radical at twenty, you have no heart; if you’re still a radical at...
View ArticlePH, US haggling over length of stay of troops
From Rappler (Feb 20): PH, US haggling over length of stay of troopsThe Philippines will not rush negotiations with the US for a military-to-military agreement in time for its possible signing when US...
View ArticleNeed for convergence of efforts to ensure success of IPSP 'Bayanihan' cited
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 21): Need for convergence of efforts to ensure success of IPSP 'Bayanihan' cited To ensure that the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) "Bayanihan" will...
View ArticleMultisectoral governance council to improve AFP image
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 21): Multisectoral governance council to improve AFP imageArmed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista said the Multi-Sector...
View ArticleNew batch of IMT peace monitors to arrive in March
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 20): New batch of IMT peace monitors to arrive in MarchFollowing the renewal of the mandate of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) last January, a new...
View ArticleArmed men torched heavy equipment, van in Surigao City
From the Philippine New Agency (Feb 21): Armed men torched heavy equipment, van in Surigao CityAbout 20 men clad in military uniforms and rain boots entered a compound in SurigaoCity Wednesday evening...
View Article3 die as MNLF, MILF forces clash in North Cotabato
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 21): 3 die as MNLF, MILF forces clash in North CotabatoArmed clashes erupted Thursday in remote villages here that left two Moro rebels and a village watchman...
View ArticleDrones to monitor Baguio flower festival activities
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 20): Drones to monitor Baguio flower festival activities Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc (BFFFI) chairman Anthony de Leon yesterday presented a spy plane...
View ArticleSouthern Tagalog Army troops, multi-sectoral groups launch 'Project Shoebox'
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 20): Southern Tagalog Army troops, multi-sectoral groups launch 'Project Shoebox'The Philippine Army 2nd Cavalry (Keen) Squadron, Mechanized Infantry Division in...
View ArticleNPA surrenders, hands over gun
From the Visayan Daily Star (Feb 21): NPA surrenders, hands over gunA self-confessed member of the New People’s Army operating in southern Negros Oriental, surrendered to the 79th Infantry Battalion of...
View Article'Morong 43' member tagged in bus burning
From ABS-CBN (Feb 21): 'Morong 43' member tagged in bus burningCriminal charges have been filed against a woman tagged as one of the "Morong 43" and 19 others at the Batangas provincial prosecutor's...
View ArticleMILF alleges ceasefire violation after local commander dies in police raid
From GMA News (Feb 20): MILF alleges ceasefire violation after local commander dies in police raidThe Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has filed a formal compaint with the joint ceasefire committee...
View ArticleChina claims are nonsense – military chief
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Feb 21): China claims are nonsense – military chiefThe military chief on Thursday vowed to defend the country’s fishermen against any Chinese “terror or...
View Article‘Peace campaign gaining’
From the Visayan Daily Star (Feb 21): ‘Peace campaign gaining’Maj. Gen. Aurelio Baladad, 3rd Infantry Division commander, said recently that the Bayanihan campaign of the Armed Forces of the...
View ArticlePalace: Gov’t remains open to peace talks with communist rebels
From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 21): Palace: Gov’t remains open to peace talks with communist rebelsFollowing the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison’s expression of...
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