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Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (Screengrab from NTF-ELCAC Facebook) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) wants to stop local chief executives and candidates from giving extortion money to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), especially with the election season nearing. During the weekly virtual press conference of the National Task Force to End Local Com...

Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (Screengrab from NTF-ELCAC Facebook) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) wants to stop local chief executives and candidates from giving extortion money to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), especially with the election season nearing. During the weekly virtual press conference of the National Task Force to End Local Com...

(File photo) MANILA - Tens of millions of pesos are being raked in by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) during election season through their "permit to campaign" and "permit to win" extortion schemes. Intelligence reports obtained by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) revealed that the CPP-NPA-NDF is extorting millions of pesos from politicians who wish to campaign and win in areas that they infe...

(File photo) MANILA - Tens of millions of pesos are being raked in by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) during election season through their "permit to campaign" and "permit to win" extortion schemes. Intelligence reports obtained by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) revealed that the CPP-NPA-NDF is extorting millions of pesos from politicians who wish to campaign and win in areas that they infe...

New Zealand has tightened its counter-terrorism laws after after an ISIS-inspired knife-wielding terrorist wounded seven people at a mall in Auckland ...

WELLINGTON—New Zealand's parliament took a step closer on Tuesday to making it easier to arrest and prosecute terrorists ...

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It joins countries such as Pakistan, Haiti, Malta, and South Sudan in the disreputable list. This is a sad development, considering that the country had so much time to comply with the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body started in 1989 by the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialiSed countries. The body sets the standards and monitors the implementation of measures needed to fight dirty money across the globe and other threats to the international financ...

The Straits Times Tighten dirty money rules: Inquirer The paper says Philippine legislators and national leader need to approve stricter laws to save the country from being on the Financial Action Task Force grey list. A man counts a wad of Philippine Peso bills at a money remittance center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Sept 19, 2018.PHOTO: REUTERS PublishedJul 5, 2021, 12:15 pm SGT https://str.sg/3oy5 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share l...

Zenaida Soriano, Amihan national chairperson, denounced the freeze order saying that it was arbitrary and they were not given a chance to answer the allegations against them.