• 77 rebels in Central Luzon surrender in a day

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Nov.10 (PIA) — A total of 77 personalities involved in supporting the National People’s Army (NPA) officially surrendered to the folds of the government on Wednesday.

• Countering terrorist financing and victim-based crime in South East Asia

Today, the fifth Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Summit begins in Manila, the Philippines.

In 2019, the CTF Summit continues to expand its scope beyond countering terrorist financing, and will consider ways to address significant regional threats such as the abuse of new financial technologies, corruption in the region as well as victim-based crimes such as human and wildlife trafficking and child sex exploitation.

• Duterte, Misuari meet to discuss ‘peace committee’

President Rodrigo Duterte and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari discussed the creation of a peace committee at the Malacañang Palace on Monday evening, according to Senator Bong Go.

• PH military: DNA tests confirm young suicide bomber’s links to ISIS momDNA test has revealed that a foreign national behind the recent foiled suicide bombing attack in Sulu was the son of an Islamic State member who carried out attacks in Egypt, the military said

• 19 more NPA rebels yield in South Cotabato

At least 19 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating in the hinterlands of South Cotabato province have surrendered to police authorities following a series of negotiations.

• ASEAN, partners holds joint anti-terrorism drill

A joint anti-terrorism actual-troop drill of member countries of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) kicked off in Guilin, southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on November 13.

• PH 9th most affected by terrorism

The Philippines emerged as the ninth—and the only Southeast Asian—country most affected by extremist violence in 2018, up by one notch in the 2019 Global Terrorism Index.

• Military searches for Dawlah Islamiyah camp in Lanao Sur

After four bombs were dropped by the military on Saturday in the mountain ranges of Madalum and Madamba town in Lanao del Sur, government soldiers are now scouring the area to confirm the report of residents that there are members of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI)-Lanao group training in the area.

• ISIS fighters not likely to flock to Southeast Asia: Expert

Malaysians and Indonesians who joined the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria are unlikely to make Southeast Asia their new destination following the global terror network’s bombardment in the Levant, a US counter-terrorism official said.