Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan Garcia said that the United States had no involvement in any plans and operations against terrorist Zulkipli Bin Hir alias Marwan, which resulted in the deaths of 44 SAF Commandos. USec Garcia also added that the Mamasapano operation was “100 percent Filipino”. He insisted that under the 1987 Constitution, US participation in any combat operation is prohibited. He added that the US could help in intelligence gathering, training and evacuation of […]
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Malacanang: Aquino not affected by resignation calls
Malacanang said President Aquino will not step down and will continue to fulfill his duties as chief executive until his term ends in June next year, despite calls for his resignation. Calls for the President’s resignation have mounted following the bloody clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that left 44 members of the police’s elite force dead. In a press briefing in Malacañang, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President has no intention to step down […]
Palace says Mamasapano incident will ‘make country stronger’
MANILA, PIA- Malacañang said it believes that once the truth regarding the bloody Mamasapano clash is brought to light, the country’s wounds would start to heal, and that overcoming the challenges created by the tragedy would make the country stronger. In a telephone interview yesterday, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. was asked to comment on the mounting calls from different sectors for the resignation of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Coloma explained that in a […]
BIFF will not return SAF guns
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) will not return the guns that they retrieved from Special Action Force (SAF) commandos in Mamasapano, saying that they got said armaments after defeating the SAF commandos.
Situation in Mamasapano, back to normal
According to the mayor of Mamasapano, residents of said municipality have returned to their homes and the situation is back to normal.
Sen. Miriam grills Purisima, Napenas, Iqbal on Mamasapano incident, notes MILF’s “bad faith”
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago grilled resigned Philippine National Police director general Alan Purisima, Special Action Forces chief Getulio Napenas, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Mohagher Iqbal as the senate resumed its inquiry of the Mamasapano incident. Santiago told Purisima that he should not have involved himself in the Mamasapano incident and questioned why he had been meeting with President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operation, when he was already suspended at the time. Santiago, who […]
MILF’s Iqbal attends senate inquiry on Mamasapano, says MILF wants to pursue peace
The chair of the peace panel of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attended the continuation on Thursday, February 12, of the senate inquiry on the Mamasapano operation where 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF)and 18 MILF members were killed. Mohagher Iqbal, MILF peace panel chair, read a statement where he said that the Mamasapano incident was an “unfortunate” incident, but insisted that the MILF was still committed to pursue peace. […]
Purisima invokes executive privilege, won’t divulge President’s instructions on Mamasapano operation
Resigned Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima invoked executive privilege as congressmen pressed him to reveal details of his conversations with President Aquino on the Mamasapano operation. Purisima insisted he cannot tell the congressional inquiry what the President had told him regarding the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force operation to get Malaysian bomb-maker Zulkifli bin hir, alias Marwan. When asked if he can reveal the details of his conversations with the President in an […]
Wala pa ring klase sa Mamasapano
Matapos ang nangyaring engkwentro sa pagitan ng PNP-SAF at MILF, hanggang ngayon ay wala pa ring pasok sa labintatlong paaralan sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
DOJ starts parallel probe of Mamasapano incident
The Department of Justice is now investigating the Jan. 25 encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that killed 44 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) and 17 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The DOJ was directed to investigate the matter based on the order of President Aquino to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. De Lima said the DOJ is focusing on a “case build-up” for the possible filing of cases against those who would […]
