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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice on Thursday said that the Supreme Court has yet to act on the prosecutors’ bid to transfer the venue of the cases filed in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Rosanne Elepano-Balauag said in a letter sent to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II that the SC has “not resolved the prosecution’s request” for the transfer of venue from Cotabato […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – In a speech made before the 1st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Zamboanga Del Sur, President Rodrigo Duterte guaranteed that there would be no repeat of the tragic Mamasapano misencounter Duterte said that the root of the tragedy was the greed of officials who wanted to secure the US$5 million reward on the head of the Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Abdhir alias Marwan. This prompted those behind the police operation codenamed […]
MANILA, Philippines – Relieved Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) commander, Director Getulio Napeñas Jr., expressed his misgivings regarding the case filed against him by the Office of Ombudsman which held him administratively liable regarding the Mamasapano encounter. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to retired Gen. Diosdado Valeroso, there are four more audio recordings containing sensitive information regarding the Mamasapano clash. Valeroso added that said recordings include an audio-visual tape taken by the United States military regarding the encounter between the Philippine National Police Special Action Force and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as well as meeting between PNP and Armed Forces of the Philippines leaders while said encounter is ongoing. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]
In the re-opening of the Senate’s investigation on the Mamasapano encounter, Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile said that President Benigno Aquino protected himself from all kinds of liability on the said operation and hid behind former Philippine National Police Cesar Purisima. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
In the celebration of the first anniversary of the Mamasapano encounter, President Benigno S. Aquino III asked the lawmakers to revise the Philippine National Police Law so that members of the police that showed heroism for the country can quickly receive benefits. President Aquino added that like the families of the SAF 44, he is also waiting for justice regarding the Mamasapano encounter. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]
According to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, the Palace is not worried about the plans of the group Volunteer Against Crime and Corruption to file a murder case against President Benigno S. Aquino regarding the Mamasapano encounter, saying that the report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) already named those who are responsible for the said incident.
According to the Mayor of Mamasapano, Maguindanao, Datu Benzar Ampatuan, it is hard to confirm that there’s a total of 250 enemy casualties in the encounter with the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force. He further added that when he went to the scene, what he saw was mostly the dead bodies of the members of SAF.
