Sahiron decision to surrender shows gov’t strategy vs ASG effective

Pres. Duterte back in PHL, vows repatriation assistance for OFWs

MANILA—President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday, April 17, vowed that government will provide assistance for the repatriation and livelihood of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), as he...

CBCP hails President Duterte’s plan to create department for OFWs

MANILA—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) lauded the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to create a department for...

Focused military ops vs ASG continues despite latest beheading incident

MANILA—Focused military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) will continue despite the Abu Sayyaf Group’s (ASG) brutal beheading of one of their Filipino captives in...

PNP- DEG launches ops to recapture Korean-American drug supplier

MANILA—The Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP DEG) has launched manhunt operations to recapture a Korean-American drug supplier who escaped while on hospital detention last...

Pakistan army foils major terrorist attack on Easter Sunday

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military says security forces foiled a “major terrorist attack” on minority Christians when they killed a militant and detained his associate in the...

AFP cites cooperation of Boholanos that nip in the bud terror attack on Bohol

MANILA—The military on Saturday lauded the Boholanos for the timely information about the presence of 10 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf terrorists that slipped into the shorelines...

Iraq: IS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi military officer says Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul. The officer with the...

Man convicted of killing teenage girl missing from B.C.’s Mission Institution

MISSION, B.C. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a convicted killer who went missing from the minimum security unit of the Mission Institution in...

DSWD readies aids for possible “Crising” victims

MANILA—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured Saturday sufficient family food packs to cover the assistance needed for the possible eventualities of Tropical Depression...