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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 »

SC sets debates on third Mindanao martial law extension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:44 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has set the oral arguments on the petition against the third martial law extension in Mindanao this month. Read more »

Palace rejoices as court denies Trillanes' amnesty appeal

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 11:13 AM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday expressed elation after a Makati court denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's motion for reconsideration over his arrest following the revocation of his amnesty. Read more »

No form, no amnesty: Trillanes' motion over amnesty application denied

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 05:58 PM

A Makati court has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's motion for reconsideration over his arrest following the revocation of his amnesty. Read more »

Duterte failed to justify martial law extension in Mindanao, says solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 12:01 AM

MANILA - An opposition lawmaker insisted that there was no factual basis for the third extension of martial law in Mindanao, citing the administration's failure to justify this move. Read more »

Palace: Joma in constant state of hallucination

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:28 AM

MANILA - Malacañang on Wednesday hit back at Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison after the latter called President Rodrigo Duterte a “mediocre student” and a “modern maniac.” Read more »

Insurgencies make PH vulnerable to terrorists: analyst

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 02:25 PM

Rebellion in the Philippines makes the country vulnerable to terrorism, a security analyst said Friday. Read more »

No need for arrest warrant vs rebels - Duterte

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 09:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday stressed that a warrant of arrest is no longer needed to apprehend communist rebels, as he again stepped his attacks against the left. Read more »

Duterte wants ‘end’ to communist armed conflict

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 02:44 PM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of a national task force that will seek the “end” the armed conflict involving communist rebels, according to a document released by the Palace Monday.   Read more »

Biyahe ni Trillanes pa-Europa, Amerika pinayagan ng korte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 06:04 PM

Pinagbigyan ng Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ang hirit ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na makabiyahe sa Europa at Amerika. Read more »

'Flight risk': DOJ asks court to block Trillanes travel plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 02:54 PM

The Department of Justice on Wednesday asked a Makati court to block Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's planned travels to Europe and the US. Read more »

How the Filipinos in Balangiga avenged the Chinese in Peking

Juan Go
Posted at Nov 25 07:05 PM

On the occasion of the Balangiga bells’ imminent return to the Philippines, Juan Go writes about a little known facet of the Balangiga massacre. Read more »