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(Eagle News) — One of the suspects in the weekend bombing of the Mindanao State University gymnasium that killed at least four people has been arrested. The Armed Forces of the Philippines identified the nabbed suspect as Jafar Gamo Sultan alias “Jaf” and “Kurot.” AFP public affairs office chief Col. Xerxes Trinidad said the suspect, who was arrested in an operation in Barangay Dulay Proper in Marawi, was “a companion of a certain Omar, the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Marawi siege, and into the status of Marawi City’s rehabilitation. Trillanes filed Senate Resolution 743 and Senate Resolution 742 on Wednesday, May 23, exactly a year after members of Maute and the Abu Sayyaf attacked the capital of Lanao del Sur in an alleged bid to establish an Islamic State caliphate. In filing Senate Resolution 743, Trillanes said […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already sent trucks bearing 8,400 family food packs to Iligan City for the victims of Marawi conflict. The food packs will be distributed to families affected by the fighting between government troops and the Islamist terrorists, including the Maute group. In the latest data of DSWD, there are more than 69,000 families — equivalent to 338,000 individuals — who were […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Opposition senators declared their support for a petition filed before the Supreme Court that sought for a joint session of Congress to review the martial declaration made by President Rodrigo Duterte for the whole of Mindanao. Senator Francisco Pangilinan said that the factual basis for the declaration of martial law in Mindanao should be clear. Pangilinan added that the opposition bloc did not file their own petition to avoid accusations […]
(Eagle News) –Malaking tulong daw sa operasyon ang deklarasyon ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ito ay ayon sa Armed Forces of the Philippines, na kasalukuyang nakikipagbakbakan sa mga miyembro ng Maute terrorist group sa Marawi. Ayon sa militar, makakatulong ang pagdeklara ng martial law sa Mindanao sa pagpigil na makatakas sa ibang lugar ang mga bandido. Samantala, kinumpira ng mga awtoridad ang impormasyon na may mga pinugutan at may hawak na mga hostage ang mga terorista. […]
