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Department ofJustice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (File photo) MANILA - The government expects petitions will be filed against the Supreme Court (SC) decision that ruled all but two provisions of the anti-terror law as constitutional. Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the government's next move will be made after all parties had the chance to ask for a reconsideration. "It is expected that parties affected by the Supreme Court's decision will file motions for reconsideration. So nothing is final yet as of this time," Guevarra told reporters via text message on Friday. "Assuming, however, that the ruling on the invalidated provisions would remain, the corresponding provisions in the IRR (Implementing Rules and Regulations) will automatically cease to exist, too, without any action on the part of the ATC (Anti-Terrorism Council)," he added. Guevarra said it is a litigant's statutory right to seek a reconsideration of any judgment that is
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines and Liga Independencia Pilipinas pelt a poster of former Bayan Muna party-list representative and senatorial aspirant Neri Colmenares and Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison with tomatoes during a press conference held at a restaurant in Manila on Friday (Dec. 10, 2021) in observance of Human Rights Day. The groups also expressed solidarity with the thousands of victims of human rights abuses committed by the CPP-New People's Army-National Democratic Front. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - Multi-sectoral groups on Friday reminded the public anew to be critical of and vigilant against party-list organizations that will be joining next year's elections but have links with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). On Human Rights Day, members of Liga ng mga Magulang (LPP), Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), and Yakap ng Ma
NEUTRALIZED. The remains of some of the nine Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army rebels who were killed in a military operation in Miagao, Iloilo on Dec. 1, 2021. The Philippine Army said in a statement on Friday (Dec. 10, 2021) that military operations against communists are the result of communities' desire to be free from violence and terrorism. (Photo courtesy of 301IB, Philippine Army) ILOILO CITY - The top official of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army asserted that the true violators of human rights are the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army terrorists. On the occasion of Human Rights Day on Friday, Maj. Gen Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 3ID, said the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Department of Justice, and United Nations are aware of the atrocities committed by these groups. The Armed Forces of the Philippines Center for Law of Armed Conflict has submitted to the CHR 1,672 violations committed by th
Google map of Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. BUTUAN CITY - Troopers from the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) on Wednesday afternoon overran a New People's Army (NPA) hideout after an encounter in Sitio Taub, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Lt. Col. Julius Cesar Paulo, the 23IB commander, told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that their troops were conducting focused military operations in the area in response to the reports of civilians on the presence of the NPA insurgents when the clash broke out. "After the 10-minute armed encounter, the rebels abandoned their position as they scampered to different directions," Paulo said. He said the rebels were led by a certain Rogelio Gerondio alias Napnap of the Sub-Regional Sentro De Grabidad Sagay of the NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC). Paulo said the NPAs had been using the hideout for the past several days as they conducted their terrorist activities in Barangay Rizal. "Our tr
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur - The armed men that military forces encountered earlier this week in Maguing, Lanao del Sur, were remnants of the group of slain New People's Army (NPA) leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, a high-ranking military official here said. Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo, commander of the Army's 103rd Infantry Brigade, said the group, with around 20 members, is reported to have been hiding in the boundaries of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur. "This group is under the late (Jorge) Madlos of the North Central Mindanao Region," Cuerpo said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday night. He added that they are continuously pursuing the NPA group in the area. Madlos, one of the high-ranking officers of the New People's Army (NPA), was killed in an encounter in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon on October 30. On December 4, the military confirmed the encounter with around 20 armed men and exchanged fire with them for around 40 minutes in the peri