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Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia (Comelec's Facebook page)                   Amid the threat posed by private armies, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to deputize members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the...

Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) should dismantle all existing private armies throughout the country.   Ejercito noted that the suspects in the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo used...

Arming civilians in the government’s anti-crime drive could legitimize “vigilantes and private armies” and it’s a “reincarnation of the Davao Death Squad,” opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Wednesday, June 30. (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a statement, the pro-democracy group criticized...