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President Duterte's leadership in government efforts to protect people's lives – one from a virus that caused a pandemic, and the other, from a terrorist attack that caused the five-month war in Marawi City – will be among the major highlights of his six-year presidency. President Duterte's s

What do we know about the man supposedly leading Islamic State’s East Asia branch?

ENDEAVOR Two major crises that the Duterte administration faced were the Marawi siege of 2017 and the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in March 2020 that hit its peak in December 2021. President Duterte had just arrived in Moscow on May 22, 2017 for an official visit and talks with his “favorite hero,

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has paid tribute to the 168 soldiers and policemen who died while fighting against the Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist groups during the siege of Marawi City in 2017. The fifth year anniversary of the infamous siege will be commemorated on Monday, May

JOLO, Sulu: When Philippine security forces won a major fight with militants affiliated with Daesh in 2017, a new surge in attacks led to concerns that the group, which originated in the Middle East, was expanding its operations in the Southeast Asian country. Five years later, the military says its operations have decreased the threat, but it is not entirely gone. The main

Eleven members of the now seemingly moribund Abu Sayyaf group in Basilan surrendered to the Army Tuesday.

The rise of a new leader suggests that Islamist militants continue to pose a clear and present security threat in the southern Philippines.

The transition to self-rule in the Bangsamoro, the majority-Muslim region in the southern Philippines, is proceeding apace. Militants outside the associated peace process are losing strength but could recover. Regional and national authorities should do all in their power to keep that from happening.

Military displays weapons, munitions seized during operations in Lanao del Sur to catch Abu Zacharia and his men.

Abu Zacharia, whose faction is on the run from a military offensive, has been designated emir, military says.