New resorts, restaurants and markets have opened across the islands of Tawi-Tawi, Jolo and Basilan, which sit west of the ...

Authorities and security experts noted the link between illicit cigarette smuggling and the funding of terrorism and ...

Illegal cigarette smuggling has become a significant contributor to funding terrorism and organized crime, both in the ...

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA) — The National Amnesty Commission (NAC) is eyeing to establish in Bohol a Local Amnesty Board (LAB) to facilitate the processing and review of applications from former ...

As the Philippines forges ahead in its journey to achieve a just and lasting peace, public and strategic diplomacy have ...

With that conflict now abating, the island provinces of Bangsamoro - or nation of Moros ... Philippines who are persuaded to come through word-of-mouth, local officials say. People on the ...

405 and 406 in November last year, granting amnesty to MILF and MNLF (Moro National Liberation ... including the Communist Party of the Philippines-led New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), to apply ...

At least 61 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Visayas have applied for the government’s amnesty program to end their armed struggles and be reintegrated back into society.