The House of Representatives has displayed a measure of readiness against a possible attack from terrorists. (Speaker's office) This, after House officials led the conduct of an anti-terrorism drill on Monday, Dec. 19 with House security personnel and elements of other law enforcement and related...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ZCDRRMO) led the Interoperability Simulation on Terrorism and Mass Casualty Incident on Tuesday, Dec. 6, on several streets in the business district here. SOLDIERS help the victim of an explosion during the...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block access to over 20 websites has a legal basis under the anti-terror law if these platforms are involved in financing the activities of the Communist Party of the...
The National Union of the Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling on the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, saying that the “constitutional” decision with the exemption of two provisions is “hardly a victory.” (Photo / NUJP...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public on Sunday, Dec. 12, that the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), which was declared as almost entirely constitutional by the Supreme Court, will not be subjected to abuse. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos particularly emphasized that the ATA will not be...
Activists conducting demonstrations and protest rallies will not be treated as terrorists even if they condemn and go against the policies of the government in the same breath that press freedom will outmostly be respected by authorities. This was assured by Department of the Interior and Local...
The dean and professors of the Far Eastern University (FEU) Law welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling that two portions of the Anti-Terrorism Act are unconstitutional. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Supreme Court declared a portion of Section 4 and a portion of Section 25 as unconstitutional. Section 4...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended Friday, Dec. 10, the Supreme Court (SC) decision declaring most of the provisions of Republic Act (RA) No. 1479 otherwise known as the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” as constitutional. DILG logo “While we await the release of...
Malacañang will keep mum over the Supreme Court ruling on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 until it actually receives the decision. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was stated by Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles Thursday, Dec. 9, when sought...
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the country’s law enforcers deserve congratulations and support for the major headway against terrorism over the weekend. Lacson, chairman of the Senate National Defense and Security committee, said the law enforcers dealt major blows to the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) on...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday, Oct. 13, said that he will continue to defend human rights should he win as the Philippines' next president in the 2022 elections. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Partido Reporma chairman and...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año lauded the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) on Thursday, July 22, for declaring the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as a terrorist organization. The designation of the NDF as a terror group put the...
