Youth partylist Rep. Sarah Elago criticized Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for channeling former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos when he floated the idea of imposing Martial law in Mindanao.
An international ocean conservation and advocacy organization urged the government to expedite the formulation of the management framework to protect and sustainably manage the Benham Rise, an undersea region located east of Luzon.
It’s either the governors and mayors of Mindanao help President Rodrigo Duterte on his war against illegal drugs and terrorism, or he we will declare Martial Law in the island today.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines confirmed that they are engaging in backchannel talks with the government but refused to give further details.
If he would have his way, Philippine National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa wanted that peace talks be finally concluded “to prevent more bloodshed from both sides” following the killings of four police officers in Bansalan town yesterday morning.
The National Union of People’s Lawyers and religious organizations have collaborated to launch a campaign against the government’s Oplan Tokhang.
President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to visit on Thursday afternoon the wake of police officers killed in an ambush in Bansalan town, Davao del Sur.
All three components, ground, air, and navy demonstrated their readiness to react in emergency situations in a counter terrorism combat simulation activity held by the Joint Task Force Haribon inside the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf here, on Wednesday, Mar. 8.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is currently waging an all out war against the ASG. The AFP recently deployed 8,000 soldiers as augmentation force to Sulu and Basilan, both known to be a bailiwick of the ASG operations.
President Rodrigo Duterte said the world can look up to women “for their creativity and imagination, for their courage and boldness, for their sacrifice and charity.”
