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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Major General Restituto Padilla said that 10 more barangays in Marawi City will be opened up to civilians and handed over to the local government’s authority. Out of 96 barangays in Marawi City, 50 have been opened up to civilians. Of the remaining 36 barangays, 24 barangays have yet to be cleared by the military because they are inside the main battle […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The newly-installed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is planning to hold regular press briefings in the heart of the devastated city of Marawi itself. The Philippine government is set to start rehabilitation in the city. During his first press briefing in Malacañang, Roque said that he wants to hold briefings with the Provincial Press Corps every Wednesday in Marawi. “I am planning on doing briefings regularly on Wednesdays from the ground […]
(Eagle News) — Balik-operasyon na ang labin-dalawang paaralan sa Marawi City matapos ang limang buwang bakbakan sa pagitan ng mga militar at grupong Maute-ISIS. Ayon sa Bureau of Public Information in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, maaari nang bumalik ang mga estudyante sa kanilang mga paaralan sa Lunes, November 6. Gumawa na rin ng mga plano at programa ang Department of Education (DepEd) para makabawi ang mga estudyanteng na-apektuhan ng gulo. Magbibigay din ng […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Sa pagkakaaresto ng mga awtoridad sa isang Indonesian terrorist na nagtangkang tumakas mula sa Marawi City, nakapiga pa sila ng impormasyon mula rito. Ayon kay Joint Task Force Ranao Deputy Commander Col. Romeo Brawner, sinabi ng Indonesian na miyembro ng Maute group na nasa mahigit 30 pa ang mga kasamahan niyang nasa loob pa rin ng main battle area sa Marawi City. Samantala, tumanggi naman si Brawner na pangalanan ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would welcome the class suit against the government which some Marawi City residents are threatening to file citing as reason the devastation in the city due to the war against Islamist State – inspired terrorists. President Duterte also took responsibility for legal, civil and criminal liabilities, saying he was the one who declared martial law in the Mindanao region, which will last until […]
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Norte (Eagle News) – Nakatakda nang bumalik ang ilang lumikas na residente sa Marawi City matapos ang limang buwang bakbakan. Ayon sa City Health Office ng lungsod, unang pababalikin ang mga nakatira sa Brgy. Basak Malutlot, kung saan unang sumiklab ang bakbakan noong May 23. Nakahanda na rin ang mga paglalagyan ng tubig ng mga residente dahil isa pa lang sa anim na pumping station ang maaaring gamitin. Samantala, ayon naman […]
by Cecil Morella Agence France-Presse BALO-I, Lanao del Sur (AFP) — Cradling her baby in a muddy tent camp, Jamalia Pindaton has no idea if she can return home to Marawi in the southern Philippines after the end of a five-month war launched by Islamic State supporters. More than 350,000 people from in and around Marawi, the mainly Catholic Philippines’ Islamic capital, were displaced because of the conflict, which ended on Monday when soldiers killed […]
(Eagle News) — Positibo ang National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) na agad makakabangon ang negosyo sa Marawi City matapos ang bakbakan doon. Ayon kay Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, maaari nang ituloy ng mga negosyante ang mga naunsyami nilang negosyo at maging ang mga pag-invest pa ng mga mamimili. Una nang sinabi ng Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) na naging positibo ang business outlook para sa fourth quarter ng taon, na may Confidence Index […]
(Eagle News) — Mainit na pagbati at pasasalamat ang sumalubong sa halos dalawang daang Special Action Force (SAF) trooper mula sa Marawi City sa kanilang pagbabalik sa Camp Bagong Diwa sa Taguig. Ang mga residente, matiyagang nag-abang sa kalsada para masilayan ang pagdaan ng mga nagmamartsang SAF. Kanya-kanya sila ng diskarte sa pagpapaabot sa pagsasalamat habang iwinawagayway ang mga hawak na bandila. Pagdating sa kampo, mainit din silang sinalubong ng mga kapwa pulis at kanilang […]
by Cecil Morella Agence France-Presse MARAWI City, Philippines (AFP) — The main battle zone in a southern Philippine city seized by Islamic State supporters resembles a tsunami-hit wasteland, with bullet-riddled mosques and a network of tunnels testifying to their hide-and-kill tactics. Two days after the military declared an end to the five-month conflict in which more than 1,100 people died, scrawny feral dogs and swallows flying above the ruins were among the few signs of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Residents of a southern Philippine city where Islamic State supporters waged a brutal five-month battle began returning home on Tuesday, but gunfire greeted them as soldiers scoured devastated neighborhoods for remaining militants. Defense chiefs announced on Monday that the fighting, which claimed more than 1,100 lives and left the eastern half of Marawi in ruins, had ended following a final clash in a mosque in which dozens of gunmen were killed. […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Dead-on-the-spot ang isang sundalo na kakauwi lamang galing Marawi City. Ito ay matapos pagbabarilin ito ng dalawang hindi pa nakilalang suspek madaling araw nitong Martes, October 24, sa Fontanilla Residence, Urro Corner Bana Street, Purok Sweet Honey, Brgy. Sta. Maria. Kinilala ang biktima na si Corporal Rhofel Lihay-lihay, 39 taong gulang, kasalukuyang naka-assign sa Civil Military Operation Battalion sa 1st Infantry Tabak Division, na nakabase sa Camp. Sang-an […]
