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PBBM disputes reports saying PH an ISIS training hotspot
Manila Bulletin
|December 18, 2025
President Marcos disputed claims labeling the Philippines as an "ISIS training hotspot," following reports that the suspects of the Bondi Beach mass shooting previously visited the country.
"[T]he President strongly rejects the sweeping statement and the misleading characterization of the Philippines as the ISIS training hotspot," Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro stated on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
This, after some foreign media outlets branded the Philippines as an ISIS training hotspot.
The National Security Council (NSC) also tagged the claims as misleading, stressing that there is no validated information that the suspects received any form of training in the country.
"Regarding reports describing the Philippines as an ISIS hotspot, the characterization is misleading. Currently, there is no validated report or confirmation that the individuals involved in the Bondi Beach incident received any form of training in the Philippines," the NSC said in a statement read by Castro during a Palace press briefing.
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