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DFA chief Locsin tells RevGov backers: 'Just form cheering squad, clap outside Palace'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 04:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters who are urging him to head a "revolutionary government" should instead "form a cheering squad" and clap outside Malacañang, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte balak umanong mag-ikot sa military camps

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:04 PM

Sa kabila ng pandemyang bunsod ng coronavirus disease, plano umano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ikutin ang bansa para bisitahin ang mga kampo ng militar sa mga susunod na araw. Read more »

PNP on 'full alert' as CPP-NPA ends ceasefire

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 02:14 PM

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Saturday it was on "full alert" status after communist rebels ended their temporary truce with the government even as the country continues to battle the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).   Read more »

131 lawmakers back revival of peace talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 05:03 PM

A total of 131 members of the House of Representatives have filed a multi-partisan resolution calling for the immediate resumption of peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels.    Read more »

53 communist rebels surrender in Nueva Ecija

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 08:37 PM

MANILA - Some 53 communist rebels surrendered to authorities in Carranglan town, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, the military said.  Read more »

London City Airport braces for possible shutdown by climate protesters

Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 08:56 AM

London City Airport was braced for disruption on Thursday after climate-change protesters Extinction Rebellion vowed to occupy its terminal and shut down operations for three days as part of its action in the British capital.  Read more »

Duterte to discuss corruption, drugs, West PH Sea in 4th SONA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 02:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss corruption, illegal drugs, criminality, rebellion, and issues about the West Philippine Sea among others in his fourth State of the Nation Address, Malacañang said Sunday.   Read more »

Palace calls Joma 'pitiful', says any coup attempt vs Duterte will fail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 08:03 AM

Malacañang on Tuesday said any coup d’etat attempts against President Rodrigo Duterte will "certainly fail." Read more »

Joma tells Duterte: Resume peace talks to evade hell

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 10:13 AM

Exiled communist leader Joma Sison on Sunday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to save himself from damnation by restarting stalled peace talks with rebels.    Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a real photo of a banner urging PH youth to join communist rebellion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 06:07 PM

XThe claim is false; the image has been doctored from an original photo in which the banner displayed an anti-fascist message. Read more »

Duterte sets decommissioning, reintegration under Bangsamoro 'normalization'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 04:31 PM

The "normalization" process will commence after a plebiscite in February approved the creation of an expanded Bangsamoro Region. Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Murad Ebrahim is current chief minister. Read more »

Ex-mayor tagged in Marawi siege arrested after PDP-Laban sortie

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 12:18 PM

MARAWI CITY - Former Marawi City mayor Solitario Ali was arrested here Friday afternoon shortly after attending a PDP-Laban sortie for his alleged involvement in the 5-month terrorist-led siege of this city in 2017.   Read more »

No end in sight as Philippines communist revolt marks 50th year

Ron Lopez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 12:47 PM

Yet after decades of failed peace efforts there is no end to the killing in sight as the campaign marks its 50th year. Read more »

CA rejects Trillanes plea to stop reopened rebellion trial

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 01:34 PM

The Court of Appeals has denied Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to temporarily stop the hearing of the reopened rebellion charges against him.    Read more »

Trillanes asks CA to stop Makati court from proceeding with rebellion case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:35 PM

Days before the trial on his rebellion case is set to resume on Wednesday, March 20, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to stop Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 from proceeding with the case. Read more »

DOJ orders release of Marawi vice mayor tagged in Marawi siege

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 01:22 PM

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the release of Marawi City Vice Mayor Arafat Salic, who was arrested Wednesday on allegations of rebellion.   Read more »

Marawi vice mayor arrested for rebellion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 07:10 PM

Marawi City Vice Mayor Arafat Salic was arrested Wednesday morning on rebellion charges, the military said.   Read more »

New MNLF splinter group looms over MILF ‘tyranny’ in Bangsamoro: Lanao sultan

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 03:47 PM

A Moro leader on Monday said he would establish a new faction in protest of what he called a “virtual dictatorship” by the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, questioning its ability to govern a new autonomous region in the country’s conflict-ridden south. Read more »

Gov’t readies amnesty for MILF fighters under peace deal

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 03:32 PM

Amnesty was among the “immediate steps” the government committed to do “to facilitate the healing of the wounds of conflict and the return to normal life” of combatants when it signed a 2014 peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Read more »

54 former rebels get P65k financial assistance in Davao

Vina Araneta-Pilapil, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 05:35 PM

Fify-four former rebels who surrendered here received on Monday P65,000 from the national government through the enhanced comprehensive local integration program (E-CLIP). Read more »