Lorenzana on NPA ‘kill list’: Why wasn’t I included

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:34:25 +0000

AS authorities expressed alarm over the alleged “kill list” by the Communist Party of the Philippines, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana asked why he was not included. In a chance interview on Thursday at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Lorenzana said the list may have been retrieved by intelligence operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP), but […]

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3 Cabinet members targets of CPP-NPA, says military official

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:04:31 +0000

THREE Cabinet members are the new targets of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official said on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade identified these officials as Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairman Allen Capuyan, and National Security Adviser Hermogenes […]

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Palace defends posting of ex-colonel linked to drug smuggling

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:38:03 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte “knows what he is doing” when he appointed a retired military colonel to an office in charge of localized talks with communist insurgents despite the official’s alleged involvement in the smuggling of a P6.4-billion “shabu” shipment from China in 2017.

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Palace on Capuyan appointment: ‘The President knows what he’s doing’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:00:21 +0000

Palace on Capuyan appointment: ‘The President knows what he's doing’

Malacañang has defended the appointment of a retired colonel linked to the P6.4-billion “shabu” smuggling controversy as executive director of the national secretariat for a task force charged to deal with communist insurgency.

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