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DILG to Reds: ‘Stop recruiting minors, spare youth from your war’

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday called on communist rebels to stop recruiting young students and out-of-school youth for...

3 more missile-armed MPACs to arrive this August

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Philippine Navy (PN) is expected to take possession of three additional multi-purpose attack craft (MPACs) armed with the Rafael Advanced Defense Ltd. Spike-ER (extended...

Lorenzana: ASEAN leads way in peaceful dispute settlement

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a good example of a regional bloc supporting conflict avoidance and peaceful dispute settlement. This was pointed out...

Gov’t will draw the line, Parlade tells NUPL

By Priam Nepomuceno/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) lambasted the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) for...

PCOO exec: Drug war critics using ‘baseless’ data

By Christine Cudis/Philippine News Agency MANILA – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Marie Rafael on Monday labeled as “sweeping and baseless” the 27,000 unverified killings being linked to the anti-illegal...

PRRD certifies mandatory ROTC bill as urgent

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent a bill mandating Grades 11 and 12 in public and private schools to undergo mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training...

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