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Department of Justice The designation of persons as “terrorists” is not new in the country, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday, May 14. “It’s actually provided for under the Anti-Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (Republic Act No. 10168) which has been in plac

Twenty-nine individuals were designated as terrorists by the council, saying they violated certain provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Published April 5, 2021, 7:00 AM All financing and lending companies are now required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to register with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). These firms are also directed to report suspicious transactions and comply with other rules and standards aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism financing in the country.  The Commission has issued a Memorandum Circular to amend the SEC Guidelines on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Fi...

Published March 12, 2021, 6:01 PM The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) said Thursday, March 11, that the climate of persecution and fear continued to persist. “As we start to commemorate the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in this season of Lent, we also remember the climate of persecution Jesus experienced at the hands of the religious and political ruling elite of his time,” the group said in a statement released Thursday, March 11. “The same climate of...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has rejected proposals to resume the peace negotiations between the national government and the communist rebels.

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This directive was contained in Note No. 2021-0592 dated February 5, 2021 addressed to all accredited diplomatic missions in the Philippines.  “The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines presents its compliments to all Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Republic of the Philippines and has the honor to inform the latter that all foreign government funding intended for Philippine non-government organizations (NGOs), regardless of mode o...

Philippine News Agency photo CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 31 (PIA) -- Capping off its list of accomplishements for this year, Philippine National Police Chief General Debold Sinas cited the surrender of nearly 3,000 communist terrorist personalities from January to November and major operational setbacks have weakened the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA). Sinas said over the entire 11-month period, a total of 3,312 CPP-NPA members were accounted for, of which 366 were arrest...

File photo of CPP-NPA militia: AFP/Mitchell Maduro QUEZON CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) as a "terrorist" organization, association, and/or a group of persons. The resolution, approved on Dec. 9, and released to members of media this week, was signed by ATC chair, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and the bodys vice chair, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. The ATC is c...

Prawit sets bar high for TIP report Wants country put on US Tier 1 list published : 17 Dec 2020 at 04:00 Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, who heads the governments fight against human trafficking, has set his sights on Thailand being upgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 1 in the US Trafficking in Persons Report in the coming year. The report, or TIP Report, is an annual assessment issued by the US State Departments Office to monitor and combat trafficking. It ran...