Former rebels, law enforcers, and local government officials attend a summit for rebel-returnees in Davao City on July 11, 2024. (Photo: National Amnesty Commission) By MARTIN SADONGDONG More than 500 amnesty applications for members of rebel and insurgent groups have been received by the National...
Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Nur P. Misuari and six other persons were convicted by the Sandiganbayan of graft in two cases involving P77 million worth of irregularly procured education materials in 2000 and 2001. However, Misuari and his six co-accused were...
The daughter (seated, left) of an active member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) files an application for amnesty for rebels on behalf of her father at the Local Amnesty Board in Cotabato City on May 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of National Amnesty Commission) An active member of the Moro...
President Marcos said the newly graduated police officers of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) can expect his relentless support as long they stay true to their duties of serving the people and maintaining peace and order in the region. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) is looking at the faster reintegration of former rebels back to mainstream society after the Senate concurred with the proclamations issued by President...
A backhoe is turned over to Barangay Diocolano, Cotabato City by the United Nations Development Programme on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) COTABATO CITY – A Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camp here is undergoing a massive transformation process to make it a...
(File image) The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) applauded the House of Representatives (HOR) on Friday, Dec. 15, for its concurrence with the amnesty proclamations issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for former members of rebel groups. The HOR has adopted...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday, September 14, said the recruitment for the second batch of police applicants among former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels has started. ABALOS (PRO-BAR FB) DILG Secretary...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – At least 102 former Moro combatants began training Monday for their basic police course at the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region Training Center (BARTC) in Camp Gen. S.K. Pendatun in Parang, Maguindanao del Sur. Police Col. Ophelio Concina Jr., training center chief, said the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has reminded the 102 former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels who are now police officers to always remember their oath to serve and protect the Filipino people. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
The Philippine National Police (PNP) facilitated the oath-taking of 102 former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters as new police officers in a landmark ceremony at Camp Brig. Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte on...
“A real patriot.” This was how Vice President Sara Duterte remembered former president Fidel V. Ramos who passed away at age 94 as confirmed by Malacañang on Sunday, July 31. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters) “I convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved family of former President...
