Philippine Releases Imprisoned Protestant Bishop After 10 MonthsMarch 21, 2018 — ICC Note: 10 months after being imprisoned, protestant bishop Carlo Morales was released last week after posting a bond around US$3840. Evidence presented by the prosecution panel that he had...
Children Speak of ‘Unspeakable Horrors’ During Marawi SiegeMarch 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Victims of the five-month long Marawi siege last May share stories of their survival and unspeakable horrors they witnessed during the occupation of IS-linked terrorist group. Christians were...
Philippines Arrests Terrorist Who Guarded Abducted U.S. MissionariesMarch 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Philippines police have arrested a suspect from terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who allegedly helped guard a group of abducted tourists in 2001. American missionary couple Martin and Garcia...
Possible Terror Attacks During Holy Week in the PhilippinesMarch 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Philippine military spokesperson warns that a new capable leader of Islamic State group has emerged and might carry out attacks. The possibility of attack is high as his...
Defeated Islamic Militants Plan to Strike Southern Philippines AgainMarch 6, 2018 — ICC Note: According to the Philippine army, more than 300 remnants of defeated Islamic group have regrouped and are planning to strike again in Mindanao, the second largest island in...
Rebel Group Warns of Another Siege Like MarawiFebruary 21, 2018 — ICC Note: A Filipino Muslim rebel group warns that extremists could seize another city in the Philippines as they did with Marawi last year. The five-month siege of Marawi led by...
Terrorist Threat In Southeast Asia Growing As IS Fighters ReturnFebruary 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Last month, six Southeast Asian nations in ASEAN signed an intelligence pact to combat militancy as foreign fighters from the Islamic State lose ground and return to their...
Bishop returns to his damaged Cathedral for the first time since Marawi siegeJanuary 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Bishop Edwin de la Peña returned to his cathedral in Marawi city for the first time since May 23, 2017, when IS-linked militants attacked and burned his church...
Inadequate aid for Marawi victims upsets UN agencyJanuary 11, 2018 — ICC Note: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is upset by the fact that tens of thousands of people affected by the Marawi siege in Philippines last...
There might be a repeat of Marawi siege in Philippines, says Defense SecretaryJanuary 9, 2018 — ICC Note: In response to the Martial law in Mindanao declared and extended in 2017 because of clashes in Marawi City between the military and armed groups linked with the...
Security heightened before the procession of the Black Nazarene in PhilippinesJanuary 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Philippines heightens security ahead of the procession of the Black Nazarene, expected to be joined by millions of devotees next Tuesday. Although there has been no terrorist threat...
Rebuilding Yet to Start in Marawi two months after the fighting endedJanuary 3, 2018 — ICC Note: More than two months have passed after the Philippine government calls an end to the Marawi siege, yet hundreds of thousands are still waiting for rebuilding to begin....
Murderers of Father Fausto Tentorio identified in the PhilippinesDecember 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Six years ago, Father Fausto Tentorio from Italy, a missionary from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was killed on the island of Mindanao. Father Tentorio served...
A thousand mourners bid farewell to slain Filipino priestDecember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Filipino priest Marcelito Paez was murdered by unidentified men on December 4 in Luzon. This happened hours after he facilitated the release of a political prisoner. President Duterte...
Fight is not yet over for families of Marawi’s missingDecember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Although it’s been almost two months since Philippine government declared an end to the Marawi crisis, there are still missing persons estimated to be anywhere from 500 to...
Gunmen kill 72-year-old retired Philippine priest known for social activismDecember 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Marcelito Paez, a 72-year-old retired Catholic priest was killed by unidentified gunmen, just a few hours after he facilitated the release of a political prisoner in Cabanatuan....
