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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A joint task force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized assorted firearms and ammunition from the 42 houses of United States Allied Freedom Fighters of the Far East founder Ely Pamatong in Cagayan de Oro City, police said. The task force seized the deadly weapons, including one caliber .45, and two hand grenades, during raids in the houses in Purok […]
Eagle News — Sinimulan na ng militar ang pag-usad sa nalalabing kuta ng Maute terror group sa lungsod ng Marawi City sa pagsapit ng ika-100 araw ng bakbakan bilang kanilang final assault. Lalo pang pinaigting ng militar ang mga airstrike at mortar attack sa 500-square-meter sa lungsod para mabuwag na ang puwersa ng Maute group at Abu Sayyaf na patuloy na nagkukuta sa mga gusali doon. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, commander ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa Philippine National Police na paimbestigahang mabuti ang nangyaring insidente sa Zamboanga City kung saan isang sundalo na galing sa Marawi City ang napatay ng mga pulis. Ayon kay AFP Spokesperson BGen.Restituto Padilla, nais nilang mabigyang linaw ang insidente dahil nagdulot umano ito ng galit sa mga sundalo na kasamahan ng biktima. Base umano sa initial report na nakarating sa AFP, nag-aabang ng masasakyan ang […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Marawi for the third time as martial law in Mindanao entered its fourth month. A statement from the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the President made a stopover at a “temporary patrol base,” where he even “tried out a sniper rifle and fired it toward the direction of the enemies.” The media was not informed of Duterte’s visit beforehand as in his previous visits to Marawi on July […]
At least 100 enlisted and non-commissioned female personnel coming from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be deployed to Marawi City. AFP public affairs chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo said the deployment of an all-female group of military and police is to give a “feminine touch” to the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. He also said the battle area is predominantly male already so the Armed Forces and the PNP […]
(Eagle News) — Seven government soldiers were injured following an improvised explosive device explosion in Marawi City, with two of the injured men most likely to undergo amputations because of the incident, an army official said. According to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, the seven soldiers were wounded while they were doing the clearing operations in the war-torn city. “We have seven wounded and I believe ‘yung dalawa most probably mapuputulan […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to approve the recruiting of 20,000 more soldiers to tackle security threats, his spokesman said Sunday. Ernesto Abella made the statement as government security troops continued to battle Islamist militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Marawi. The militants, waving the black IS flag, have occupied parts of the war-torn city since May 23, prompting Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao. “The request of the […]
Cash donations for those affected by the conflict in Marawi have reached almost P100 million. According to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra, as of 2 PM August 3, the fund has already amounted to P98,570,804.23. Guevara said, around P1.5 million have been released to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who were wounded in the ongoing clashes with the Maute Group. As of August 3, the numbers of rebels killed are […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in Marawi City has reached more than 600, as the fighting enters its 70th day, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) told during the Mindanao Hour press briefing in Malacañang on Monday, July 31. In the latest report of the AFP, as of July 30, the fighting already claimed the lives of 491 on the part of the Maute group. On the side of the government forces, 114 […]
(Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., advised residents of Marawi City to patiently wait until the military has finished clearing operations in the city, saying there were many explosive devices left by the Islamist militants in the area. Padilla said that military’s priority is still the clearing of Marawi City and other affected localities of unexploded ordnance before the government can start a full-blown recovery and rehabilitation. […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has no intention of destroying the indigenous community or the lumads, when he gave a warning that he intended to destroy schools being operated by miltant groups which are allegedly using the schools to teach hatred and rebellion against government. Instead, the President’s statement on the lumad schools “sends a strong message for illegal education centers to comply with government […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is finalizing its recommendation on whether to extend martial law in Mindanao or not. “Martial law, when it was imposed, provided a set of conditions that we should meet at the end of martial law,” AFP spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said in an article posted by CNN Philippines “The Source.” “Now whether those conditions were met, whether those objectives were achieved […]
