The Philippine National Police (PNP) has focused its attention to online sites and other transnational online groups that are allegedly targeting minors in promoting violent extremism. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) was already ordered...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said there are indications that the June 22 school shooting in Tacloban City involving minors may have been influenced by the online extremist network known as "764." During the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality hearing on...
The New Zealand government announced a new NZ$5.2million (approximately P174,951,560) grant to the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), which will support an additional five-year program in the Philippines. This announcement was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, Sept. 10, warned Filipinos in Nepal to stay alert and follow safety guidelines amid the violent protests there due to the lack of opportunities for the youth and the growing frustrations over the luxurious lifestyles of the political elite. The...
At least 29 election-related violent incidents have been reported since the start of the filing of certificate of candidacy for the May 12 midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 4. In an interview after a conference with officials...
Requests that would pave the way for unequal footing in the electoral landscape in Sulu were some of the things denied by Sulu Provincial Election Supervisor Vidzfar Julie which later led to a daring daylight ambush against him that claimed the life of his brother. (Photo from the Office of Comelec...
Participants to the 1st Colloquium on the Prevention of Terror-Grooming and Violent Extremism pose for a snap during the culmination of the event aimed at tackling the vulnerability of Filipino youth to violent extremism, Nov. 11, 2024, in Quezon City. The seminar was spearheaded by the National...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A candidate for village chair in Lanao del Sur was shot dead by his rival brother following an altercation inside the voting precinct in Butig, Lanao del Sur, on Monday morning. Lanao del Sur police provincial director, Col. Robert Daculan, identified the victim as...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A barangay chairman and five others were wounded in a shooting incident during the barangay elections in Barangay Lahi-Lahi, Tuburan, Basilan on Monday, October 30. BUREAU of Fire Protection personnel respond to a shooting incident in Tuburan, Basilan during the...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Two voters were killed while five others were wounded by gunmen in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Monday morning, October 30. Police Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Datu Odin Sinsuat police chief, said the gunmen attacked the still unnamed victims as they were about to...
The government of Brunei Darussalam will support the economic progress of Mindanao and enhance Islamic literacy in the island as a means to prevent violent extremism and regional terrorism. (L-R) *Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to the Philippines Megawati Manan and Department of National...
A government task force helped reintegrate 37,413 former rebels (FRs) and former violent extremists (FVEs) back to mainstream society since 2016, it was bared on Monday, April 24. (Department of National Defense [DND] Undersecretary Angelito De Leon (left), chairperson of the Task Force Balikatan...
