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Anti-Terrorism Council tags CPP-NPA, Islamic State East Asia, Maute and associated groups as 'terrorists'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 01:43 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Anti-Terrorism Council has begun the controversial process of designating who may be considered by authorities as "terrorists" and "terrorist groups" under the new Anti-Terror law, which may have implications on freezing of assets. Read more »

Not ‘pork’: P16.4-B anti-insurgency budget meant to develop rural areas, says Esperon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 10:36 PM

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Saturday said the P16.4-billion budget proposal for the government's anti-insurgency task force would be used to spur economic development in far-flung areas where rebels used to settle.  Read more »

Esperon: Pagdami ng mga Chinese sa Pilipinas, 'security threat'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 12:32 AM

Gusto namang ipatigil ni DFA Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. ang pagbibigay ng "visa upon arrival" sa mga dayuhan na pupunta ng Pilipinas. Read more »

Esperon says no need to fear China Telecom

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 09:21 PM

A high-ranking security official in the Duterte administration on Thursday allayed fears over the selection of a consortium involving a Chinese firm as the country’s “provisional” new major telecommunications player. Read more »