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(Eagle News) — Voting 12-9, the Senate on Tuesday night junked the resolution of the minority bloc requesting a joint session to review and revoke the martial declaration in Mindanao. The 12 senators who voted to junk the minority bloc’s resolution are the following: 1. Sonny Angara 2. Nancy Binay 3. JV Ejercito 4. Richard Gordon 5. Gringo Honasan 6. Panfilo Lacson 7. Loren Legarda 8. Manny Pacquiao 9. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III 10. Cynthia […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to accepting members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), as well as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) as part of the government force to fight Islamist terrorists in Mindanao. In a speech addressing the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu on Saturday, the President said he could give MILF, MNLF and NPA members […]
President Rodrigo Duterte condoles with the bereaved families of killed-in-police-operation policemen and killed-in-action soldiers during the clashes between the government troops and gunmen of the Maute group in Marawi City, Lanao del Norte. The remains of the killed policemen and soldiers lie at the St. Peter’s Funeral Homes in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. He also condoled with the family of one civilian, Alan Descallar, who was killed when terrorists attacked Marawi City on […]
A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday (January 19), killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20, officials said. The bomber rammed his motorcycle into the roadside checkpoint local government officials said. “During duty hours, a man arrived here either on a motorcycle or bicycle, he stopped the vehicle and blew himself up,” an unidentified policeman told Reuters Television. Among the dead were at […]
