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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte “earnestly asked” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) not to provide “sanctuary” to the ISIS-connected Maute group, and other terrorist groups. In a speech during his visit to the wounded soldiers in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Maguindanao, the President said that he wants to pursue peace with the Moro rebels as well as with the communist insurgents, but […]
Quezon City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that he does not believe in former President Benigno Aquino III’s denial of responsibility for the Mamasapano tragedy. Aguirre also challenged Aquino to subject his personal phone under forensic examination in order to check what really were his commands to those directing the Oplan Exodus, particularly former Philippine National Police Chief Cesar Alan Purisima. https://youtu.be/nsTFnNMTCms Aguirre was the counsel who represented former Philippine […]
Below is the full statement of former President Benigno Aquino III on the Mamasapano tragedy issued on January 26, Thursday: Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako. Sa Mindanao, may pinag-uusapang konsepto ng pintakasi, kung saan pag siguradong lamang sa bilang ng tao at dami ng armas ang kalaban, kukuyugin nila ang papasok, na kadalasa’y puwersa ng gobyerno. Muntik […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday answered President Rodrigo Duterte’s questions on his involvement and liability in the Mamasapano massacre, insisting that this was not his fault, but that of former police special action forces director Getulio Napeñas Jr. “Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako,” Aquino said in a statement on Thursday, January […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) posted a video commending the “Gallant 44” of the PNP-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) who were killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao during the operation of Oplan Exodus two years ago. On its official facebook page, the PNP featured the photos of the slain 44 PNP-SAF troopers, as well as some of the photos when the SAF heroes were brought to Manila from Maguindanao. (https://www.facebook.com/pnp.pio/videos/1417708974937021/) Netizens saluted the “Heroes […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the creation of an independent commission to probe anew the Mamasapano tragedy, as he bared that the bloody incident that killed 44 troopers of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) was actually an operation of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). On Tuesday, during his speech addressing the kin of the slain SAF troopers two years ago, the President said he has […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday formally filed a complaint for graft and usurpation of public function against former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and former PNP Special Action Force (SAF) director Getulio Napeñas Jr., for their role in the tragic “Oplan Exodus” in Mamasapano, Maguindanao which left over 60 people dead on January 25, 2015. It has recommended a bail of P10,000 each for Purisima and Napenas […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file charges before the Sandiganbayan against Alan Purisima, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Getulio Napeñas, former PNP-SAF Director in connection with the 25 January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left several casualties including members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF), the biggest loss of a government elite force in history. The police officers are facing charges for […]
(Eagle News) – Sa episode na ito ng Saganang Mamamayan (January 28), tinalakay ang naging pagbubukas muli ng Senado sa imbestigasyon ng Mamasapano operations. Hinimay nina dating Congressman Rodante Marcoleta at ng kanyang co-anchor na si Gen Subardiaga ang mga napag-usapan sa Mamasapano hearing. Ayon pa kay Marcoleta, maaaring mas inalam pa sana ng Pangulong Aquino ang kalagayan ng mga miyembro ng Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), na nakikipagbakbakan sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Maaari […]
(Eagle News)– During the continuation of the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano probe, Armed Forces of the Philippines 6th Infantry Division Commander Major General Edmundo Pangilinan admitted he had two air assets, specifically army helicopters, at his disposal on January 25, 2015, but decided not to use these to help beleaguered Special Action Force troopers in Mamasapano. In response to the questioning of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, Pangilinan said that the Huey helicopters on the […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the former head of the Philippine National Police, Dir. General Alan Purisima with his exhange of text messages to President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operations on January 25 last year where 44 troopers of the Special Action Forces (SAF) were killed. Napenas admitted texting the President early in the morning of January 25, including the time when the high-value target Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli “Marwan” […]
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile questions former Philippine National Police-Special Action Force head, Dir. Getulio Napenas during the re-opening of the hearing on the Mamasapano case at the Senate, where he asked the involvement of President Aquino in the giving of directions in the plan. In the hearing, Enrile also asked former PNP chief. Director General Purisima of the $5 million reward offered by the United States government for the capture of Marwan. Enrile asked […]
