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Martial law administrator Lorenzana issues second arrest order

(Eagle News) — Authorities announced on Thursday the issuance of another warrant of arrest against individuals believed to be behind terrorist activities in Mindanao. The arrest order released by martial law administrator and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is the second to be issued after martial law was declared in the southern part of the Philippines. Gilbert Gapay, martial law spokesperson for Eastern Mindanao, said the second arrest order was six pages long. Gapay did not elaborate about the […]

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Maute patriarch, 4 others transferred to Metro Manila jail for “security reasons”

(Eagle News) — The patriarch of the Maute clan, Cayamora Maute, his second wife and two other companions were transferred to a secure Metro Manila jail facility past midnight Wednesday, a day after they were arrested at a Davao City checkpoint. The 67-year old father of the Maute brothers Abdullah and Omarkhayam who were responsible for forming the Maute terror group is now inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail complex inside […]

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Authorities arrest former Marawi mayor suspected of financing activities of Maute terrorists

(Eagle News) — Authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of former Marawi Mayor Fahad Umpar Salic who is suspected of financing the activities of the terrorist group Maute. Gilbert Gapay, martial law spokesperson for Eastern Mindanao, said Salic–who figures in the first arrest order issued by defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, martial law administrator—was apprehended at a joint Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police checkpoint on Wednesday night. His three other companions were also arrested, Gapay said. […]

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Kaso ng dengue sa NCR, tumaas kumpara noong 2016 – DOH 

(Eagle News) — Naitala sa mahigit apat na libo ang kaso ng dengue sa National Capital Region (NCR). Batay sa pinakabagong datos ng Department of Health, simula noong Enero 1 hanggang Mayo 6 ng taong kasalukuyan ay umabot sa 4,195 ang dengue cases. Tumaas ito ng labin-limang porsyento (15 %)  kumpara noong 2016 na may naitalang tatlong libong kaso ng dengue. Batay sa geographical areas, 12.4 percent ang kabuuang kaso ng dengue sa Metro Manila, […]

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Hakbang na ginawa ni former DOTC Sec. Roxas sa MRT 3, nais malaman ng Senado

(Eagle News) — Nais malaman ni Senadora Grace Poe ang mga ginawang hakbang ni dating Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas para maayos ang problema sa Metro Rail Transit. Ipinagtataka ni Poe na pinuno ng Senate committee on public transport kung bakit hindi man lang nagawan ng paraan na masuri ang contract extension sa Sumitumo Corporation na siyang dating maintenance provider ng MRT. Sa halip aniya na palawigin ang kontrata sa Sumitumo Corporation, sa kumpanyang […]

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Comelec at Smartmatic, pinakakasuhan kaugnay ng pagpapalit ng script sa transparency server noong 2016 polls

(Eagle News) — Kinakitaan ng justice department ng paglabag sa election protocol ang tauhan ng Smartmatic at Commission on Elections (Comelec) dahil sa pagpapalit ng script sa transparency server noong gabi ng May 9 ng nakaraang halalan. Matapos kakitaan ng probable cause ng Department of Justice panel ang petition for review na isinumite ni Former Abakada Partylist Rep Jonathan Dela Cruz, ini-utos nito na sampahan ng kasong paglabag sa Section 4 ng Cyber Crime Prevention Act ang […]

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President Duterte reiterates creation of P50-billion education fund for soldiers’ children

“I will be there to protect you,” the President tells the troops   (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated the creation of a P50-billion education fund for the children of soldiers, as he emphasized he was behind his men who were fighting the good fight. In a speech before the 1st Mechanized Brigade in Camp Leonon in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Duterte said he already found P20 billion, and would only add P30 billion […]

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Featured video: Displaced Marawi children draw their tragic experience in war-torn city

https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]

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President Duterte makes offer for “able-bodied” NPA fighters to become gov’t soldiers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made the offer for New People’s Army “able-bodied” and qualified “soldiers” to fight for the government instead, noting that the communist insurgency has already gone on for around 50 years. “I am again addressing myself to the NPA…Kayong mga sundalo sa NPA, kung gusto niyo sumali sa government ko, I will take you in as soldiers of the country…Anytime. Bumaba lang kayo at magtrain..,” he said during his visit to a military camp in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, […]

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DOJ to appeal SC order assigning to Cagayan de Oro courts cases involving Maute

Aguirre says Maute cases should be tried outside Mindanao for the judges’ safety QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will appeal the Supreme Court order assigning to special courts in Cagayan De Oro City the cases involving members of the Maute Group as well as others involved in the violence in Marawi City. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that while the High Court agreed with the creation of special courts that […]

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DOLE to send augmentation forces to Middle East

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment is set to send augmentation forces to different Philippine overseas labor offices in the Middle East. This as a diplomatic crisis hounded  the region, with Saudi Arabia and several of its allies cutting ties with Qatar, which was accused of supporting terrorist groups. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that contingency measures were already in place, including the repatriation of more than 50, 000 overseas Filipino […]

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No terrorist angle in Resorts World incident, says NCRPO Chief

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office on Wednesday stood by its original statement that the act of Jessie Carlos that led to the deaths of 37 Resorts World Manila guests and employees was not a terrorist act. This even as House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez insisted during a House of Representatives inquiry that the attack could be classified as an act of terrorism. “Kung nag-cause ng terror so anong tawag natin […]

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