Despite the Palace’s repeated denial that the drug cases against Senator Leila de Lima are not politically motivated, an international monitoring organization on Monday, accused the Duterte administration for pursuing criminal charges against the former justice secretary who is known to be a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs.
Inhuman and un-Islamic was how the Regional Darul Ifta in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RDI-ARMM) described the act of the Abu Sayyaf Group as it condemned the beheading of Anni Siraji, a Tausug soldier who is a native of Sulu.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday that he is now working on a law that would restore the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines on Saturday lauded Environmental Secretary Gina Lopez for her plan to work with the New People's Army as a "positive gesture towards implementing genuine social and economic development programs in mining areas."
Government troops and the New People's Army engaged in an hour-long fight after some 40 communist rebels attacked soldiers in Barangay Aliwagwag in Cateel, Davao Oriental on Sunday, April 23.