The China Post
Date: September 8, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Philippines’ recently-declared “state of national emergency” should have little impact on Taiwanese visitors to the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte officially announced on Sept. 6 that he had signed a proclamation declaring a “state of national emergency on account of lawless violence” days after a blast in Davao City that left 14 people dead and dozens injured.

Duterte had ordered Philippines’ armed forces and police to undertake measures to suppress all forms of lawless violence in Mindanao province and to prevent lawless violence from escalating and spreading elsewhere, MOFA spokeswoman Eleanor Wang told The China Post.

Citing information gathered by Taiwan’s representative office in Manila, Wang said the latest measures targeted “lawless violence” in Mindanao and that Philippines law enforcement authorities had beefed up patrols and security checks across the country.     [FULL  STORY]