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(Eagle News) — The country paid tribute at high noon today, June 12, on the commemoration of the 119th Philippine Independence Day, the soldiers and policemen killed in the fighting in Marawi City, a they remembered the heroes who gave their lives fighting Islamist terrorists. With the sound of taps in the background, the names and photos of the 58 heroes of Marawi were flashed on the screen as television channels joined the high […]
Eagle News Cavite – Pinangunahan nina Senador Panfilo Lacson at Toursim Secretary Wanda Teo ang pagdiriwang ng 119th Independence Day Celebration sa Kawit, Cavite. Kasama sa mga naging aktibidad sa pagdiriwang ang pagtataas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa balkonahe ng mansyon ni Hen. Emilio Aguinaldo kung saan doon din unang iwinagayway ang bandila ng Pilipinas. Matapos ito ay ang wreath laying activity naman sa puntod ni Hen. Aguinaldo. Batangas – Ginunita […]
Duterte: “It can save lives” (Eagle News) — The United States special forces have joined the battle in the southern Philippine city of Marawi providing technical expertise to government troopers, after 13 Philippine marines were killed in intense urban fighting, and President Rodrigo Duterte said he is thankful for this help by the US forces. Duterte, on Sunday, June 11, said he only became aware of the US forces’ technical support when they arrived to the […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo led the 119th Philippine Independence day rites at the Jose Rizal monument in Rizal Park, along with Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, in the absence of President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang did not immediately say why President Duterte was not able to attend the Philippine Independence Day rites, but Cayetano said the President was not feeling well after his successive trips to various military camps in Mindanao. Duterte also […]
(Eagle News) — Despite intense fighting among government troops and local terrorists, the Philippine flag was hoisted in the city hall of Marawi on Monday, the day the nation celebrates its 119th year of independence. As the flag was raised, an emotional Mayor Majul Usman Gandamra thanked all those who were instrumental in helping Marawi City “rise again.” “Nais ko pong pasalamatan ang lahat ng aking mga kababayan na tumulong sa amin dito sa Marawi […]
Duterte also visits wake of Marines killed in Fort Bonifacio (Eagle News) — Straight from his visit in Cagayan de Oro City to the wounded in action government troopers in the Marawi fighting, President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 11 flew to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City where he led the arrival honors for the eight of the 13 soldiers killed in hours-long gunbattle between government forces and Maute militants in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that ISIS leader Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi himself had ordered the terrorist attacks in Marawi City and the rest of the country, which is why he said there was a need to declare martial law to destroy the ISIS-inspired terrorist activities in Marawi. In a speech when he visited the wounded in action soldiers and police officers at Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, June […]
(Eagle News) — The brave soldiers and civilians killed in the fighting in Marawi will be honored at 12 noon, today, also the day the country commemorates its 119th independence. President Rodrigo Duterte has asked television stations and radio stations to air the salute, the nation’s way of giving tribute to those who gave their lives to protect the country, and those whose innocent lives were abruptly taken by the enemies, authorities said. As of […]
Three policemen also injured (Eagle News) — Four Maute members who were allegedly supposed to testify against the matriarch of the Maute group were killed in an ambush in Lanao del Norte on Saturday night. The fatalities were identified as Zulkifli Maute, Alan Solaiman, Salah Abbas, and Aliasgar Hadji Solaiman, who were arrested with the mother of the Maute terrorist leaders, Farhana Maute, on Thursday night. The female Maute–mother of Omarkhayam and Abdullah—was moved out […]
US providing “technical support” to gov’t troops in Marawi The military is confirming reports two Maute brothers have been killed in separate operations, as United States and Philippine authorities disclosed US special forces were also providing some support to government troops in Marawi. Marawi-based military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera said there are “strong indications” that Omarkhayam and Madie Maute had been killed in separate operations. But he added the military was still “validating” the […]
(Eagle News) — The employment rate in the country went up from last year’s figure, based on a recent Philippine Statistics Authority survey. The 94.3 percent employment rate based on this April’s results is 0.4 percentage points up from April 2016’s employment rate of 93.9 percent. From 6.1 percent in April 2016, unemployment rate also went down to 5.7 percent. According to the PSA, the labor force participation rate based on this year’s results was […]
Islamist militants locked in an urban battle with troops in Marawi City had long planned to carve out an enclave of their own in Mindanao to fulfill a requirement for them to be recognized by the Islamic State (IS) international terror group. This was according to the military after the emergence of a video showing the Islamist militants’ leaders in a secret strategy meeting, and among them was Abu Sayyaf leader and touted as […]
