The government has challenged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the atrocities committed by the communist rebels instead of the "legitimate" anti-drug operations in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) hit the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed unit, the New People's Army (NPA), on Friday, June 11, for allegedly "ignoring" calls to turn in their fighters who were deemed responsible for the death of football player Keith Absalon and his...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago has slammed what she described as Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago's attempts at "damage control” following the death of Keith Absalon in the hands of the New People’s Army (NPA). MMDA Assistant...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will not support any move to revive the peace talks with the communist rebels amid calls from some groups for the government and the rebel group to go back to the negotiating table after the series of attacks carried out in the past days that include a roadside...
President Duterte has assured the family of slain football player Keith Absalon and his cousin that those responsible for the death of the victims will be brought to justice. Keith Absalon (Photo from Malaya FC) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after the Communist Party of the...
The landmine attack by a unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Far Eastern University footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin in Masbate City, killing both, was inhumane and a human rights violation, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, June 9. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The New People's Army should surrender those responsible for the roadside bombing in Masbate City that killed a college football player if it is indeed sincere in its apology, a top police official said on Wednesday, June 9. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police...
It's the cold hard truth. The local communist group has been engaged in tax collection from "everybody" that only made its leaders richer, President Duterte bared Tuesday, June 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President slammed the rebel group for the extortion of local...
The communist rebels must be prosecuted and penalized for committing an international crime after it launched a landmine explosion that killed two people in Masbate, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the New...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Tuesday, June 8, all policemen to be alert on possible attacks of the New People's Army (NPA) following three separate ambushes of the communist rebels in Bicol and Quezon province. “I have already ordered...
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana condemned on Tuesday, June 8, the detonation of an anti-personnel mine allegedly by the New People's Army (NPA) in Bicol Region that killed a rising football player from the Far Eastern University (FEU) and his uncle. Keith...
