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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The fifth round of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will proceed this first week of August in the Netherlands. Government Peace Panel chairman and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that they already communicated with the officials of NDFP who gladly welcomed the news. “We welcome the recent statement of the National Democratic Front (NDF) reaffirming its support to the Philippine […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The rehabilitation of Marawi City will start soon after the conflict with the Maute Group ends. In an interview with Net 25’s, Sa Ganang Mamamayan, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong said that as long as the Maute Group is not totally suppressed, rehabilitation in the area cannot start. The official also said that the ARMM local government has not yet started estimating the damage […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — If the public will not help and cooperate with the government in stopping extremists, the terror attack in Marawi City may occur in any place in the Philippines, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. The President said the public should help the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) by informing them about unusual and suspicious individuals who may be connected to the Islamist terrorists. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Members of the House of Representatives were able to collect almost Php 13 million worth of donation for families affected by the conflict in Marawi City. House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas said that almost all of the 200 members of the House of Representatives donated from their personal funds. Local government officials also joined in the donation drive. The amount will be placed in a trust […]
Eagle News — The 18 policemen who were tagged in the killing of former Albuera, Leyte mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., have all been released on bail. The policemen led by Supt. Marvin Marcos of the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Grouo (PNP-CIDG) Region 8 had been released from the Leyte Sub Provincial Jail last Saturday, June 17 after having been detained for more than two months. They were arrested on March 20, 2017. Judge Carlos Arguelles of […]
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(Eagle News) — A sister of the two Maute brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah was arrested on a ship near the Iloilo port together with two other suspected terrorists, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Capt. Leopoldo Panopio, Coast Guard commander in Northern Mindanao said that the Maute sister was arrested while on board 2GO’s MV St. Therese of the Child Jesus. According to Panopio, the Maute sister, whose name was withheld by the authorities, was […]
President Rodrigo Duterte returned to public duties Saturday after several days of absence that prompted some to speculate about the state of his health. Duterte, 72, attended a ceremony commemorating the founding of a province and later met with troops in Butuan city, both in Mindanao. Responding to questions from reporters, a jovial Duterte said: “My state of health is — what you see is what you get,” he said, adding that his last medical […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Government troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by members of the Abu Sayyaf group in the country’s south, the military said Saturday. Hoang Vo, 28, was rescued by troops on Friday after an air strike and artillery fire on an Abu Sayyaf camp in the island of Basilan dispersed the kidnappers, regional military spokesperson Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay said. She said the sailor was being treated for an […]
Blames “soft policy toward rebels,” the “taking for granted of the arms game” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday denied a failure of intelligence on the part of government paved the way for the situation in Marawi now. “It was not a question of failure on the part of government. We have adopted a very soft policy toward rebels,” Duterte said in his first public appearance since he took a rest for several […]
Security heightened in cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro (Eagle News) — The Philippine military advised the public to report to the government any “suspicious individuals” or activities that they will observe in their areas, especially in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro after concerns were raised that some Maute members may have slipped out of Marawi City and mingled among evacuees. Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla admitted on […]
The Supreme Court has ordered the martial law petitioners and the government to submit their final memoranda on June 19. The three-day oral arguments have ended on Thursday, June 15, but both parties still need to submit their final memoranda before the high court justices decide on the petition. After the internal and closed-door oral arguments on the third day, Solicitor General Jose Calida said what happened was a fruitful discussion of issues and facts that would […]
