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Filipino military personnel expect that President Rodrigo Duterte would tighten up security as conflicts between the government and insurgents are mounting. Two military officials made the remarks in an exclusive interviews with China Central Television (CCTV) before Duterte will deliver his second state of the nation address (SONA) since he took office last June. Major Ezra Balagtey, spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command, one of the country’s seven military commands, said that he hopes […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Apat na construction worker ang hawak pa rin ng grupong Abu Sayyaf ayon sa mga awtoridad. Sina Joel Adanza, Edmundo Ramos, Jayson Vailoces, Felimon Guerero ay binihag ng mga armadong lalaki sa Sports Complex ng Kawmang Elementary School, Patikul, Sulu noong madaling araw ng Sabado, July 15. Ayon sa ulat ng Philippine National Police sa Patikul, pinasok ng mga armadong lalaki ang barracks ng mga construction worker. Subalit nang mabigo ang mga ito na makita […]
A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu was killed during a gunbattle between the militants and troops, a military official said Thursday. Van Viet Tran was found dead on Saturday following the clash with members of the kidnapping group in the strife-torn island group, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said. A soldier was also killed and 15 other troops wounded while the Abu Sayyaf suffered undetermined casualties, said Sobejana who heads a […]
JOLO, Sulu (Eagle News) – Nagdulot ng takot sa mga residente ng Sulu ang umano’y banta ng grupong Abu Sayyaf na aatake sila sa Jolo na siyang pinakasentrong kalakalan sa buong lalawigan. Hindi na nagbigay ng pangalan ang mga pamilyang lumikas mula sa pantalan ng Sulu papuntang Zamboanga City sa takot na sila ang mapagbalingan ng mga bandido. Ayon kay Sulu Task Force commander, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Jr., naka deploy na ang kanilang mga […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Mahigpit na binababalaan at binabawalan ngayon ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Zamboanga ang sinumang sibilyan na magsuot o gumamit ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar. Sinabi ni Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco na nagdudulot ngayon ng takot sa mga residente ng Zamboanga City ang mga taong nakasuot ng mga uniporme ng pulis at militar na hindi naman awtorisado, dahil na rin sa mga balitang posibleng nagtatago sa lungsod ang […]
(Eagle News) — Two of the six Vietnamese who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf group from Basilan last year have been found dead, a military official said on Wednesday. Capt. Joan Petinglay, spokesperson of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said in a radio interview that the decapitated heads of the two were found alongside their cadavers in Barangay Tumahubong, Sumisip, Basilan, at 5:40 a.m. “Most likely, desperate measures itong ginawa nila (Abu Sayyaf) ngayon,” […]
Says war in Marawi will not stop until last terrorist is “taken out” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday reiterated the government’s no-negotiation policy with terrorists, noting that the war in Marawi will continue until the last one was “taken out.” “I will never ever talk to the terrorists. There will never be forgiving them,” Duterte said in a speech during ceremonies commemorating the 50th founding anniversary of Davao del Sur in Digos. […]
China on Wednesday donated thousands of guns to the Philippines to help Manila in its battle against Islamist gunmen who are holed up in Marawi. The shipment of assault and sniper rifles and ammunition is the first example of Chinese military aid since President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to move away from Manila’s traditional ally America and seek Beijing’s support. It came after China donated P15 million for the rehabilitation of the war-stricken city in Mindanao. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he was set to visit Marawi to check the situation there. “I cannot just sit on my a** sa opisina ko. Hirap ang tao doon,” Duterte said in groundbreaking rites of the Presidential Security Group Hospital in Malacanang Park. In his speech, the President said he “really wallow(s) in sorrow” as he was the one who gave the orders for government troops to go to Marawi and fight […]
“We will live in peace and guarantee peace for the next generation,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday promised the people in Marawi their city would be “prosperous” again, saying he would do everything within his power to enable its rehabilitation and reconstruction. “One thing I will promise you, my brother Moro, I will see to it that Marawi will rise as a prosperous city again. Maghanap ako ng pera. (Sabi ko kay […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Islamist militants occupying parts of Marawi used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded fighters, helping them withstand a five-week military offensive, the army said Tuesday. The extremists have remained holed up in pockets of Marawi, weathering daily air and artillery bombardment and deadly urban street battles. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said the route was discovered following the arrest of a man who used a boat to […]
Gov’t recovers 347 firearms, hundreds of communications equipment from terrorist groups (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that they have recovered at least 347 firearms and hundreds of communications equipment from Islamist militants who continue to hold on to a “limited” area of Marawi City, as they announced to the public that there is a leadership crisis in the Islamist terrorists’ group. Task Force Marawi spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said that the […]
