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President Benigno Aquino III announce that suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist Zulkipli bin Hir alyas Marwan confirmed dead during SAF operation in Brgy. Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao and Accepted the Resignation of Suspended PNP Chief P/ Director General Allan Purisima during his message on Friday(Frebruary 6, 2015) held at the President hall in Malacanang.MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Metro Manila is now a safer place to live in than in previous years. That is because of the dedication of policemen to “do their job to the ultimate,” Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II said Monday. “Sa pangkalahatan mas safe ngayon ang National Capital Region kaysa sa mga nakaraang taon at ito ay resulta ng masigasig ninyong trabaho, ‘yung dedikasyon ninyo, ‘yung inyong propesyunalismo, at ‘yung inyong pagseserbisyo,” Roxas said in a speech before Metro Manila policemen on the 24th foundation day of the Philippine National Police. (Overall, it is safer now in National Capitol Region compared to the previous years and this is a result of your diligence, dedication, your professionalism, and your service.) Although there are still improvements that need to be done in some police stations in the region, Roxas said he is proud of the National Capital Region Police Office. “They are doing their job to the ultimate. We honor them every day by likewise doing our work professionally, competently, responsibly, to serve and to prootect. The order is very simple. The mandate is simple: to serve and to protect,” he added. The NCRPO’s success, according to Roxas, Read More …

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chief Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal during the continuation of the hearing for SAF 44.(MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal on Thursday admitted that the MILF leadership does not have complete control of the areas in Mindanao identified as MILF territories. “Hindi po namin sinasabi that the MILF is in total control of Moro areas. We have control in certain areas but total control po ay hindi,” Iqbal said at the continuation of the Senate probe on the January 25 Mamasapano incident. “Kahit na ‘yung government of the Republic of the Philippines ay wala din naman pong total control of its area. May mga lawless groups pa rin na gumagala. So ganun din po yung sa MILF territories, hindi total control,” he added. Iqbal was responding to the query of Sen. Teofisto Guingona about the presence of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and private armed groups in the area of Barangay Tukanalipao in Mamasapano, where the firefight between the PNP-Special Action Force and the MILF occurred on January 25. The site of the incident was identified as an MILF-controlled area. Earlier at the hearing, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman admitted that there was confirmed presence of private armed groups in the encounter site during the January 25 incident. Guingona then questioned Iqbal on the matters of security if the MILF will be given authority to establish and run its own police force. Bangsamoro Read More …

Senator thinks Aquino not forthcoming on Mamapasano bloodbath was not completely forthcoming on his role in Mamasapano clash Philippine National Police Special Action Force Chief Supt. Getulio Napenas, Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, chairperson of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for talks with the MILF, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Sec. Teresita Quintos Deles and Former Agriculture Secretary and member of the Peace panel Senen Bacani take their oath during the hearing on the Mamasapano incident where 44 members of the PNP SAF were killed.(MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago does not think President Benigno Aquino III has been completely forthcoming regarding his role in the January 25 Mamasapano operation that led to the deaths of 44 elite policemen. At a press briefing Thursday after her appearance at the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano incident, Santiago went as far as saying that relieved Special Action Force (SAF) chief Director Getulio Napeñas Jr. was just a “scapegoat.” Asked if she thinks Aquino was forthcoming about his role in the incident, Santiago said, “No, not completely.” The SAF members were killed when the operation, designed to arrest two high-profile terrorists, resulted in an encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has an existing peace agreement with the government. On Aquino’s statement that the operation to arrest Malaysian Julkifli bin Hir and Filipino bomb-maker Basit Usman does not need his go-signal, Santiago said, “I don’t believe that for a minute, I’m sorry.” “He had a direct hand from the very Read More …

Taking their oath before speaking at the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano incident are PDDG. Leonardo Espina, Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine National Police, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Embattled former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Alan Purisima on Monday said it was advice, not order, he gave to the Special Action Force in connection with the January 25 Mamasapano operation that left 44 elite policemen dead. “During my preventive suspension, I did not give any order,” he told the Senate committee on public order, which was investigating the incident. “I just [gave] advice, not as a directive or order.” In a more direct statement, he said: “I have no role in that operation.” Purisima added that he did not know that the operation In Mamasapano, to be executed by SAF member, proceeded on January 25. “I did not know that the PNP-SAF jumped off already,” he said. Purisima, who tendered his resignation in the aftermath of the incident, was accused of masterminding the operation despite his suspension as PNP chief in connection with allegations of corruption. However, former PNP-SAF head P/Dir. Getulio Napeñas Jr. said that he received a text on January 19 from Purisima asking if the operation, designed to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan, would proceed. Napeñas said his response was: “Plan is a go on the timeline January 23 to 26.” When asked by Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona Read More …