ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Four terrorists and one soldier were killed when Pakistani security forces repulsed attacks on two camps of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps (FC) in two districts of the country's southwestern Balochistan province Wednesday night, an army statement said. The attacks...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed on Monday, Nov. 22 , its appreciation to the local officials supportive of the government’s call to have the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) budget...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, October 30, lauded the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division for its successful operations that subdued and killed the leader of the terrorist group, Daulah Islamiyah-Hassan Group. Members of the Philippine Army perform a rescue operation to save trapped...
The alleged overall “emir” or commander of the terrorist group Daulah Islamiyah (DI) – Philippines was killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in Talayan, Maguindanao early morning Friday, Oct. 29. Salahuddin Hassan (Photo from Philippine Army, 6ID) Salahuddin Hassan with aliases...
Communist armed group the New People's Army (NPA) is no longer relevant to Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Region IV-A in Lucena City, Quezon Province on Oct. 21, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Thus, declared President Duterte on Thursday...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stressed Tuesday night, Oct. 19, that it will not hesitate to file charges against political aspirants in the 2022 national and local elections found providing any form of assistance to rebel groups specifically the Communist Party of the...
The Philippines should take the Japanese government’s warning of possible terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, the chairman of the House Committee on Strategic Intelligence said on Wednesday. Surigao Del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel said it would be best for Philippine authorities to heed the warning...
The public has no reason to be alarmed as intensified border and seaborne patrols are being continuously implemented in the country’s maritime waters amid the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ alert on potential terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, PCG Commandant Vice Admiral Leopoldo Laroya...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on Friday, August 20, after government troops stormed its bomb-making facility in Dolores, Eastern Samar earlier this week. Secretary Eduardo Ano (DILG photo)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Tuesday, August 3, ambush of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Samar on the convoy of health workers and the police on their way to Leyte to pick-up coronavirus...
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) has expressed alarm over the designation of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as a terrorist group by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC). PEPP In a statement on July 21, the group said the designation tragically closes the door to...
The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the National Democratic Front (NDF) as a terrorist organization for supposedly continuing to lure and recruit people to join the New People's Army (NPA). (Source: NDF website) Based on ATC Resolution No. 2021 signed on June 23, 2021 and released on...
