ILIGAN CITY — Thirty former rebels, now referred to by the government as “friends rescued” from “former rebels,” have begun an 11-day deradicalization and capacity-building program under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) in Misamis Oriental. The program, which started last week, aims to help former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels return to their

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Police have arrested one of the suspects behind the killing of a Department of Education (DepEd) supervisor last April in Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay. The suspect was apprehended by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder in an operation conducted by personnel of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Police and environmental authorities arrested two alleged illegal miners and seized several pieces of mining equipment during a joint crackdown on unauthorized small-scale mining in two upland villages in Surigao City on Oct. 6. The suspects were identified as Emiliano Minglana Solana, 52, of Purok 1, Barangay San Juan,

MANILA, Philippines — For Cagayan de Oro First District Rep. Lordan Suan, being a fellow Mindanaoan was not a reason to stay out of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. It was precisely why he joined the House prosecution team. “We are not just talking about the people’s money, we are also talking

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed three new associate justices to the Court of Appeals (CA), filling all current vacancies in the 69-member court. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Presidential Communications Office said Marcos appointed Trade Undersecretary Allan Gepty; Parañaque Regional Trial Court Branch 294 Presiding Judge Leilani Marie Dacanay-Grimares;