Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to recruit and train up to 10,000 elite special forces to fight the growing threat of Islamic State-affiliated terror groups.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved "in principle" the recommendation made by security forces to place southern Mindanao island under martial law for another year, the country’s defense chief said on December 5.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is likely to put the Philippine National Police (PNP) in charge of the drug war again soon, his spokesman said on November 23.
At least three soldiers, one police officer and five Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash between Philippine government forces and the Islamic militants in the central province of Bohol, said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Philippines security agencies need to verify the information that if the weapons used during the recent terrorist attack in Jakarta came from the Philippines.
The National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines on October 24
requested the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to seize some 243,000 bags of rice
shipped into the country via the Port of Davao without the
necessary NFA import permit.
t least six people were killed and 56
others wounded after four bomb blasts rocked the southern island of
Mindanao , the second largest in the Philippines , on July 6 and 7.
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