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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 10) — The number of people killed in connection with this year's Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) rose to 26, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday.
COTABATO CITY — Senior Army and police officials on Thursday lauded the Army’s 6th Infantry Division for having secured the surrender of 772 local terrorists and members of the now moribund New People’s Army in the past 28 months.
MANILA, Philippines — Women’s participation in peace-building should be normalized, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee said.
THE PNP yesterday reported 77 validated election-related incidents (ERIs) and 19 deaths during the recently-concluded October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) elections.
COTABATO CITY — There are 63 Bangsamoro barangays in Cotabato province in Region 12 where hostilities were expected during the October 30 elections, but none in any of those so-called “flashpoint areas” happened at all.
COTABATO CITY — Government officials unveiled on Sunday the historical marker of the Sheik Karimul Makhdum Mosque in the island Simunul town in Tawi-Tawi, the first ever Islamic worship site built in the country.
Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the declaration of November 7 of every year as a special working holiday in commemoration of the first mosque and the introduction of Islam in the country.
The Philippines and Japan signed key agreements on security, defense, maritime cooperation, mining and tourism industries, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced on Friday, following a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.