Aspiring Palanca awardees only have until the end of the month to polish their masterpieces as its organizer and sponsor, the Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc., has announced its last call for entries. Contenders are urged to submit before the deadline at midnight of April 30, 2016.
Saying the police officers were civilians, not combatants, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 demanded for the immediate release of the five police officers who were taken as prisoners-of-war by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Paquibato District on Saturday, April 16.
Two separate encounters between government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) here on Monday, April 18, resulted into three casualties, the military said.
The National Democratic Front said the 6th Scout Ranger Company and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are “guilty of war crimes” for shooting an 11-year old boy in Toril district here last April 1.
Presidential aspirant Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago will visit the University of the Philippines in Mindanao on April 20.