Police filed charges Thursday against three Indian nationals who allegedly took for servicing a minivan in Laguna that was later found to be rigged with a powerful improvised explosive device, police said.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petition that called on the high court to compel the government through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to formally push for the Philippines’ claim on Sabah.
The Philippine National Police said Wednesday that it will verify claims of an assassination plot against Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, but added that security details can be provided if found needed, a PNP official said.
A scuffle broke out during a rally at the Malaysian Embassy Thursday as protesters tried to smear the embassy’s seal with red paint to symbolize the blood of Filipinos spilled in the Sabah conflict.
The Philippine National Police is gearing up to help the government in easing the tension in southernmost tip of Western Mindanao due to the Sabah crisis.
Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II has found an unlikely ally in his talks with a younger brother of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III in an effort to resolve the Sabah territorial dispute.
The Philippines has not yet received any official request from Malaysia to hand over Sultan Jamalul Kiram III or any of the Filipinos involved in the recent Sabah conflict to Malaysian authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that the illegal detention of Filipino United Nations peacekeepers in Golan Heights was a gross violation of international laws.
Malaysian opposition leader Datu Anwar Ibrahim denied his involvement in the Sabah incursion of armed Filipinos from Sulu during an interview Thursday with Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
The Malaysian defense minister said Wednesday that 13 alleged members of the Sulu “royal army” were killed in the air and ground assault conducted by Malaysian security forces on Tuesday.
The standoff in Sabah between the “royal army” of the Sultanate of Sulu and Malaysian authorities is over, Malaysian Ambassador Mohammad Zamri bin Mohammad Kassim told Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario in a meeting Friday.
Organizers of the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora—set to convene February 25-27, 2013 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City—hope that the conference will “track the progress and highlight the best practices of Diaspora engagement.” This is the broad mission laid out by the Summit’s principal sponsor, the Commission of Filipinos [...]
