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Eagle News – Mayroon pa umanong 20 dayuhang terorista ang kasama ng Maute Group na nakikipagbakbakan hanggang sa kasalukuyan sa tropa ng gobyerno sa Marawi City. Ayon kay AFP Western Mindanao Command Commander, Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez, maliban pa ito sa bilang na walong iba pang foreign tourists na napatay sa mga naunang araw ng sagupaan sa siyudad. Kasabay nito, itinanggi naman ni Galvez na nasa Marawi City ang sinasabing 1,200 terorista ng isang mataas na opisyal mula Indonesia.
(Eagle News)– Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday (June 1) confirmed that eight foreign militants fighting with Maute group were already killed by government troops in Marawi City. Two each were from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia, while one was from Yemen and another from Chechnya, a federal subject of Russia. The foreigners are suspected to be members of the Islamic State (IS). Lorenzana added that the foreigners might have entered the country via sea travel coming […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will conduct an investigation into the bungled government airstrike in Marawi City that resulted in the death of 11 soldiers and injured several others. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ordered the investigation, which will be headed by AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año. The AFP has already recovered the bodies of the dead soldiers. The government’s failed airstrike was part of the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Authorities have confirmed that there were foreigners fighting alongside the Maute Group in Marawi. Senator Cynthia Villar said that this was admitted by security officials in a briefing called by the Senate early this week. Authorities confirmed that of the 33 extremists who were killed in the clashes with the government in Marawi, eight were foreigners—two Saudi men, a Chechen, an Indian, two Malaysians, Yemeni and an Indonesian. “This is not a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for them to help government troops in their fight against Islamic State-inspired groups in Mindanao. According to MILF chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, their group was willing to give humanitarian assistance to civilians who are still caught in the fire fight, particularly in Marawi City. The MILF leadership made the statement in a meeting with Duterte, his security advisers, and Armed […]
BIÑAN City, Laguna (Eagle News) – Anim na police officers sa Calabarzon region na nadawit sa illegal na droga ang pinalilipat sa Marawi City na parte ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Ayon kay Police Director Chief Superintendent Ma-o R. Aplasca, ang anim na Police Officers ay sina Chief Inspector Michael Angeles, na nakatalaga sa Directorate for Police Community Relations, at Chief Inspectors Crisanto Bagadiong, Christopher Cabugwang, Joseph Macatangay, Ronald Zamora at Police Officer (PO 1) […]
Inilunsad ng Malacañang ngayong araw (Mayo 29) ang tinatawag na Mindanao Hour. Ito ay kasunod ng martial law declaration ni Pangulong sa buong Mindanao sa loob ng 60 araw simula noong Mayo 23. Layunin ng nasabing programa ang pagbibigay ng update sa publiko kaugnay ng nagpapatuloy na karahasan sa Marawi at sa iba pang bahagi ng Mindanao. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, itinakda ang Mindanao Hour tuwing Lunes, Miyerkules, at Biyernes, sa ganap na […]
(Eagle News) – Nasa maayos nang kalagayan ang tinatayang 600 na mga mag-aaral ng Mindanao State University matapos ma-trap ang mga ito sa loob ng pamantasan sa kasagsagan ng bakbakan ng militar at ng Maute terrorist group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera, tagapagsalita ng 1st Infantry Division ng Philippine Army, nakauwi ang mga mag-aaral makaraang matiyak na wala na sa paligid ng unibersidad ang mga bandido. Gayunman, kinakailangang aniyang sumailalim sa […]
(Eagle News) – Tiniyak ng Department of Health na handa ang kanilang medical teams, logistics at mga gamot para sa mga biktima ng engkwentro ng militar at Maute group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, nakahanda ang mga ospital na tumanggap ng mga pasyenteng mula sa komunidad sa Amai Pakpak Medical Center. Naka-stand-by na rin ang mental at psycho-social debriefing team. https://youtu.be/hVBox4u2pJw
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called for a special cabinet meeting in Davao City in connection with the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. The special meeting was so a military assessment of the operations being conducted against the Maute Group could be held.
(Eagle News) – Pinalawig ng anim na buwan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang termino ni Armed Forces Chief of Staff Eduardo Año. Sa Hunyo 2 nakatakdang bumaba sa kaniyang pwesto ang opisyal upang maging bagong kalihim sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Ipinaliwanag ng Pangulo na mahalaga ang papel na gagampanan ni Año sa pagpapanumbalik ng katahimikan sa Marawi City at Mindanao bilang administrador ng martial law.
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Residents took shelter at makeshift evacuation centers in the southern Philippines on Thursday (May 25), as government troops continued their assault against Islamic militants. The Islamic State-linked Maute group occupied parts of the southern city of Marawi on Tuesday (May 23), prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the entire Mindanao island. Thirteen militants and seven members of the security forces have so far been killed and 33 […]
