A local radio station based in Tagum City reported that two unidentified men burned their transmitter building in Mawab, Davao de Oro. Pat Lucero, owner of 99.9 RP-FM, told the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) by phone that he received a report from his staff that the arsonists arrived in a motorcycle […]
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AMPATUAN MASSACRE: THE PLOT
Read how the single deadliest recorded attack on the media was planned through the testimonies of the witnesses of the Ampatuan Massacre: Sukarno Badal On 19 July 2019, Sukarno Lauya Badal, Vice-Mayor of Sultan sa Barongis and a commander in the Ampatuan’s private army, sat in the Century Park Hotel lobby waiting for the Ampatuans. […]

Martial Law no more
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on the non-extension of martial law in Mindanao The Office of the President wishes to announce that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will not extend martial law in Mindanao upon its expiration on December 31, 2019. The Commander-in-Chief made the decision following the assessment of his security […]

Sight of helicopters compel CTG members to surrender
Air reconnaissance compelled two members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) being monitored in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato to surrender to 27th Infantry Battalion late afternoon of Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Sitio Tuburan, Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The two identified through their aliases as Alias Kapitan and Alias Nannei surrendered with them […]

Killed NPA identified: A 16-year old minor
The killed NPA during the encounter between the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) and elements of 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) last November 30, 2019, was properly identified by the authorities during the public identification in Butuan City on December 2, 2019. Through his brother, the NPA minor killed was identified as Litboy Talja Binongcasan, 16 years […]