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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 […]
Hits local terrorists for embracing a foreign ISIS ideology (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged government forces to kill and destroy Islamic militants in Marawi City, saying so many lives of his soldiers and policemen had been lost that he would not stop until he had “crushed” those who have sided with a “foreign ideology” in Mindanao. “I am ordering you to crush, pulbusin ninyo ang kalaban natin. Kasi hindi ito pangkaraniwan… When I say crush […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of some of the victims of the Resorts World Manila tragedy late Saturday night (June 3). The presidential convoy was spotted in two memorial houses in Pasay City as well as in Taguig City. The president came to visit the wake of victims after he visited wounded soldiers in Cagayan de Oro City. Duterte visited the Veronica Memorial Chapel past 11 p.m., where […]
Opposition lawmakers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao, branding it unconstitutional. Duterte declared military rule in the region on May 23 to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there. Duterte made the declaration a few hours after militants flying black IS flags rampaged through the southern city of Marawi, triggering clashes with security forces that are […]
President Rodrigo Duterte discussed matters with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chair Nur Misuari during a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on Saturday, June 3. Misuari was accompanied by his wife, Tarhata, and their son, Abdulkarim.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 4, visited the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotilla One JS IZUMO (DDH-183) at the Alava Pier of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City, Zambales. The President and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana conduct a shipboard tour and inspection of the helicopter carrier’s different stations. JS IZUMO, together with a guide-missile destroyer JS SAZANAMI (DDG-113), berthed at the Subic Bay Port for […]
At least 70 people were rescued Saturday by government forces in Marawi City — including 23 teachers from Dansalan College, who were with a year-old baby, seven other children, and seven other adults — as intense fighting continued on its second week between the Islamist militants and government troopers. But as many as 2,000 people also remained trapped in desperate conditions in these areas, the government said, likely without food and water and with some […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte warned the consultants of the National Democratic Front that they would be arrested if they return to the Philippines. The President gave his warning in his speech during the 119th anniversary of the Philippine Navy in Davao City, in the face of the previous order of the Communist Party of the Philippines leadership directing the New People’s Army to intensify attacks against government forces in Mindanao. “And […]
