Tag: failure of intelligence

President Duterte denies failure of intel paved way for situation in Marawi

Blames “soft policy toward rebels,” the “taking for granted of the arms game” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday denied a failure of intelligence on the part of government paved the way for the situation in Marawi now. “It was not a question of failure on the part of government. We have adopted a very soft policy toward rebels,” Duterte said in his first public appearance since he took a rest for several […]

AFP denies failure of intelligence

MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines denied that there was a failure of the intelligence monitoring regarding terrorist groups that have entered the country, in connection with the AFP’s inability to put a halt on the talk of the Maute terrorist group against the military. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)