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AFP intel chief sacked over 'erroneous list' of alleged NPA members killed by military enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 28) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence was relieved from his post following the publication of a list of people tagged as NPA members and killed by the military. "I am relieving MGen Alex Luna from his post as Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, J2, effective today (28 Jan 2021)," Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in a statement. Lorenzana said the publication of the list, which...

AFP intel chief sacked over 'erroneous list' of alleged NPA members killed by military enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 28) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence was relieved from his post following the publication of a list of people tagged as NPA members and killed by the military. "I am relieving MGen Alex Luna from his post as Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, J2, effective today (28 Jan 2021)," Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in a statement. Lorenzana said the publication of the list, which...

'No compelling reason': Retired UP professors protest end of pact with gov't Jan 27, 2021 2:31 PM PHT Professors Emeriti of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman denounced the abrogation of the university's agreement with the Department of National Defense (DND) which prevented state forces from entering the university. In an open letter penned on Sunday, January 24, and shared by UP Diliman on Facebook January 26, at least 35 retired professors urged Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero de Vera III, also the chairman of the UP Board of Regents, and UP President D...

The University of the Philippine (UP) community reiterated its stand against the abrogation of the agreement barring state forces from entering its campuses without notifying school officials, as well as deplored the continuous Red-tagging of its members.

PASAY CITY, Jan. 26 -- The Senate on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, passed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to welcome the Department of National Defense's (DND) decision to answer the various calls for dialogue with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the termination of the 1989 UP-DND agreement. Sponsored by Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, proposed Resolution No. 616 also urges "both parties to revisit the accord and to further urge DND to hold dialogues with other academic institutions to find a common ground that promotes the rule of law, peace and security, and protects ...