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Lawyers’ groups defend nuns, others charged with terrorism financing

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 10:48 PM

Lawyers’ groups came out in support of 16 people accused of providing funding to rebel groups designated by the government as terrorists. Read more »

Lacson says if he's elected president, peace talks with communist rebels to resume

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 05:25 PM

Presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo Lacson said peace talks with communist rebels will resume if he wins the presidency, he said Monday. Read more »

Pag-atake umano ng NPA sa mga lumilikas noong bagyong Odette, binatikos

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 03:45 PM

Binatikos ng NTF-ELCAC ang ginawang pag-atake umano ng NPA noong kasagsagan ng preemptive evacuation dahil sa bagyong Odette. Read more »

Duterte tells Reds: Do not intercept coronavirus vaccine deliveries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 10:29 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appealed to members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New Peoples' Army, to ensure that it will not intercept any coronavirus vaccine deliveries in the country. Read more »

Department of National Defense, kumalas na sa kasunduan sa University of the Philippines

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Updated as of Jan 20 01:35 AM

Sa ilalim ng kasunduan, hindi maaaring magsagawa ng operasyon ang mga awtoridad sa loob ng campus ng University of the Philippines kung walang pahintulot mula sa pamantasan.  Read more »

Lacson welcomes Robredo to 'club' of red-tagged personalities

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 10:27 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday "welcomed" Vice President Leni Robredo to the "club" of public figured being red-tagged on social media. Read more »

Duterte 'laughed' at proposal to criminalize red tagging: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 04:28 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte "laughed" at the idea of criminalizing red tagging, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday, after proposals to impose penalties against red tagging were raised in a Senate hearing.   Read more »

Lacson calls Makabayan solons 'losers' over Zarate 'witch hunt' comment on red-tagging probe

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 03:58 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday called Makabayan bloc lawmakers "a bunch of losers" after one of the Leftist party-list representatives said the Senate investigation on red tagging was a "venue for witch hunting."   Read more »

'Terrorism in its worst form': Constitutionalist urges Senate to criminalize red tagging

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 10:57 AM

A constitutional expert on Tuesday urged senators to criminalize red tagging, saying the baseless linking of individuals to the armed insurgency is "terrorism in its worst form." Read more »

Show proof in court, Lacson tells military assets red tagging lawmakers

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 09:11 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday told military officials to present in court concrete evidence to establish that several party-list members were affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA). Read more »

Artists' groups, 2 directors backing communist movement, ex-rebel claims

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 01:02 AM

"Hindi ko na sasabihin yung mga pangalan nila pero ang mga pelikula nila ay [inaudible], 'Maynila sa Kuko ng Agila' at 'Walang Himala,'" he said. However, there were no such films in the Philippines.   Read more »

Some NPA officials raped female insurgents, former rebel claims

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Posted at Nov 03 09:40 PM

Some officers of the New Peoples Army sexually abused female members of the communist insurgency group, a former communist Read more »

Military's 'star witness' claims communist rebels recruiting kids in provinces

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 11:36 PM

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People's Army (NPA) have been recruiting children as young as 6 years old to join the communist insurgency, a person who claimed to be a former rebel said Tuesday. Read more »

6 lawmakers linked to communist movement skip Senate probe on red-tagging

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 04:42 PM

Six party-list lawmakers who are being linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) skipped a Senate hearing on Tuesday on the military's alleged attempt to tag celebrities and activists to the armed communist movement in the country. Read more »

Duterte nagsabing posible ang martial law kung 'atake' ng NPA magpapatuloy

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Posted at Apr 24 06:27 PM

MAYNILA - Maaaring magdeklara ng martial law sakaling magpatuloy ang umano’y pag-atake ng mga kasapi ng New People's Army sa pulisya at sundalo sa gitna ng krisis sa coronavirus disease 2019, babala ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong Biyernes.  Read more »