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Gov’t Forces Arrest MNLF Bomb Expert in Sulu
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Joint police and military operatives on Sunday arrested a suspected bomb expert of the Moro National Liberation Front allegedly involved in a 2009 landmine attack that killed two US Army Special Forces soldiers and a Filipino Marine. “Moro National Liberation Front bomb expert Mihaji Hamjuda Mahang was arrested by joint…
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Apex Workers Displaced by Protest Rally vs Mining Firm
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Publicly listed Apex Mining Co., Inc. (AMCI) today (31 May 2014) deplored continuing efforts by its detractors to disrupt company operations in Maco, Compostela Valley that adversely impact the firm and thousands of mine workers and their families. In a statement, AMCI said militant groups who are non-residents of the…
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NPA Kidnaps DENR Surveyors in Compostela Valley
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Davao City, Philippines—Five members of a survey team of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources were kidnapped by members of the New People’s Army in Compostela Valley Province at around 2 p.m. on Friday, May 30. The victims belong to a private company contracted by DENR for the National…
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Fire Razes Various Areas in Tacloban City
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A spate of fire incidents hit Tacloban City this week. A woman and her six children died on Wednesday when fire razed the tent that had been their temporary home since Yolanda devastated the city. According to fire investigators, an unattended kerosene lamp caused the fire, which broke out at…
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Obama Warns Against Aggression in South China Sea
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WEST POINT – President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that the United States was ready to respond to China’s “aggression” toward its neighbors at sea but said Washington should lead by example by ratifying a key treaty. In a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy to US military cadets at West Point,…
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ComVal Town Mayor Dead, NPA Behind the Ambush?
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The 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army has confirmed the death of Mayor Reynaldo Navarro of Laak, Compostela Valley who was ambushed by unidentified gunmen wearing bonnets on May 28 in Davao del Norte. Navarro was on his way to Davao City when armed men ambushed his convoy at…
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Philippine Navy Celebrates 116th Anniversary at Base Facing West Philippine Sea
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The Philippine Navy celebrated its 116th founding anniversary today, May 27, at the Carlito Cunanan Naval Station in Ulugan Bay in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. During the anniversary rites held at the headquarters of the Naval Forces West facing the disputed West Philippine Sea, Navy chief Vice Admiral Jesus Millan…
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ASIS Philippines Holds 5th Chapter Meeting on May 28
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ASIS International Philippines Chapter will hold its 5th monthly chapter meeting at 6 p.m. tomorrow, May 28 at Wyeth Nutrition Philippines in Pasong Tamo, Makati City. Local ASIS members and industry players are invited to take part in a corporate security discussion on the topic “The Menace of Corruption and…
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