DAVAO CITY – Authorities are investigating the movements of Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, the father-and-son Bondi Beach gunmen who visited this city prior to the recent shootings in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed on Tuesday that they were in the Philippines,...
DAVAO CITY – The police and military vehemently denied on Wednesday reports that the two Bondi Beach terrorists trained in Davao or Mindanao during their visit to the Philippines last month. Speaking at the Davao Peace and Security Press Corps briefing at The Royal Mandaya Hotel Davao here,...
President Marcos disputed claims labeling the Philippines as an "ISIS training hotspot," following reports that the suspects of the Bondi Beach mass shooting previously visited the country. "[T]he President strongly rejects the sweeping statement and the misleading characterization of the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro has gotten in touch with her Australian counterpart following a terror attack that killed 15 in Bondi Beach in Sydney. In a post on X, Lazaro said she spoke by phone with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday, Dec. 16, as...
Malacañang said the visit of the suspects of the Bondi Beach shooting to the Philippines last month does not pose any security threat and is not considered a serious concern. According to the National Security Council (NSC), there was no confirmed information indicating that their visit posed a...