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(PNA file photo) MANILA -Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said there are no reports of politicians or local government unit (LGU) officials paying permits to campaign fees or any form of aid to terrorist groups such as the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in this elections. "Marereport po natin Mr. President na sa mga permit to campaign na inilabas ng NPA ay wala tayong namonitor na m...

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates that payment of permit to campaign and permit to win fees to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and its allied organizations are election offenses and may be grounds for disqualification. Based on the minutes of a recent meeting, presided by then acting chairperson Socorro Inting, the Commission en Banc approved the recommendation of the Law Department in response ...

The central bank-led Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is currently scrutinizing selected covered persons to test the effectiveness of its risk-based supervision of targeted financial sanctions (TFS). This is one of the country’s committed action plans via the AMLC to get out of the “grey list”

The Anti-Money Laundering Council is reviewing the effectiveness of the Philippines’ conduct of risk-based supervision of targeted financial sanctions as part of efforts to delist the country from the gray list of Paris-based Financial Action Task Force.

MANILA -Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano has issued a memorandum circular to all local government units (LGUs), concerned government agencies not to give "permit-to-campaign" or "permit-to-win" fees or any form of aid to terrorist groups such as the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Under memorandum circular 2019-49, Ano said Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel a...

Assets worth about 1.38 billion baht were impounded for examination during police searches of three houses of suspected members of a drug network in Chiang Rai province on Wednesday.

(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Supreme Court (SC) has identified 15 regional trial courts (RTC) throughout the country to handle terrorism and counter-terrorism financing cases involving crimes under the Anti-Terrorism Act (RA. 11479) and the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (RA 10168). In a circular dated March 28, Court administrator Raul Villanueva said these courts are "designated to exclusively and speedily hear, try and decide" the cases committed in the respective...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Tuesday, March 8, reminded all of its BSP supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) to report and coordinate with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) any suspicious transactions following its release of 16 groups that were issued sanctions freeze orders

DIALOGUE. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson (2nd from right) and Silay City Mayor Mark Golez (left), with Department of the Interior and Local Government-Western Visayas Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero (right) and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency-Western Visayas Regional Director Ana Liza Umpar, during the dialogue on national anti-money laundering/combatting financing terrorism organized by the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict at the Capito...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has ordered banks to report suspicious transactions undertaken by 16 groups linked to terrorist organizations such as the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army and National Democratic Front.