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COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Twenty more former enemies of state in Lanao del Sur underwent a farming skills training to hasten their reintroduction to mainstream society after a long involvement in violent religious extremism and acts of terror.
Musa Muhammad stands at the site where 400 Islamist militants launched an invasion of the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga little over two years ago, sparking 20 days of heavy fighting with security forces. The ruins of his old house can be found there, amid several hundred other razed homes. Since then his family has lived in a sports stadium, refusing to move to a newly built house in another part of town.
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two key operatives of Canada-based 'listed terrorist' Arsh Dala in an early morning operation soon after they landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from Manila, Philippines.Manpreet Singh alias Peeta and Mandeep Singh were both 'wanted' close operatives of Dala and had non-bailable arrest warrants against them for carrying out terror acts, including threats and intimidation, and terror funding for banned terrorist organisations in India.Originally from Punjab, the terrorists had been living in Manila and were nabbed by the NIA team waiting at the airport, the moment they landed, said the agency.NIA investigations had revealed that the accused had entered into a criminal conspiracy to raise funds for Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), a banned terrorist organisation. "They were also engaged in smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives for the KTF from across the border."
WASHINGTON, United States — Vice President Kamala Harris stepped out recently on the campus of a Pennsylvania university and was greeted by a troupe of cheerleaders.
MANILA, Philippines — Walang plano ang Palasyong maglabas ng anumang pahayag tungkol sa ika-51 anibersaryo ng Batas Militar ngayong ika-21 ng Setyembre, bagay na idineklara ng diktador at dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr. — ama ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
DAVAO CITY – Some people think that it would be impossible for a former lair of the New People’s Army (NPA) to become an emerging tourism destination. However, the local government unit (LGU) of Matanao, Davao del Sur, is out to prove skeptics wrong.Early this week, Matanao officials hosted the first-ever Cave Congress in the Davao Region to showcase the richness and beauty of the town's over 60 caves.Three of the caves - Su’bon, Asbang Faksol, and Dats – are all certified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as safe and "tourist-ready."The caverns in Barangay Asbang have been spruced up to preserve their natural beauty that no one would have known that these were once lairs of NPA rebels.In fact, only a few years ago, local officials would have shooed unsuspecting visitors who are lured by the town's exotic caves, which were thought to be occupied by insurgents.Years of peace initiatives and intensified campaign against the NPA, however, have borne fruit for places like Matanao which has been plagued by the rebels' terroristic activities, Mayor Vincent Fernandez said.Before the term of then President Rodrigo Duterte, who aggressive advocated for a whole-nation approach to the insurgency problem, Fernandez described Barangay Asbang as a “war-torn area.”“Before we open our tourism here, I made sure that there is no presence of the NPA, that they no longer existed,” he said. “I was apprehensive before (to invite visitors), but now cave tourism has changed the face of our municipality."