Tag: Marawi City

YOUNG VOICES SPEAK: Marawi – an end and a beginning

(Young Voices Speak is eaglenews.ph’s blank space for the youth to share their opinions, views, and perspective on any topic, issue, or matter)   By Mendy Amarondon, Precious Joshua Corpuz and Daryll Jane Jemino Young Voices contributors   At last came the long-awaited moment. After months of military offensive, the conflict in Marawi City has finally come to an end. “I hereby declare Marawi City liberated from the terrorist influence that marks the beginning of rehabilitation of Marawi,” said by President Rodrigo […]

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Pagtatayo ng temporary shelters para sa mga residente ng Marawi, sinimulan na

Rehabilitasyon at reconstruction sa Marawi City, kaagad na isusunod (Eagle News) — Itutuon na ng Malacañang ang kanilang buong pansin sa rehabilitasyon at reconstruction sa Marawi City. Ito ay matapos opisyal na i-anunsyo ni Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana na tapos na ang giyera sa lungsod. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, isang napakalaking hamon ang muling pagbangon ng Marawi dahil sa laki ng pinsalang iniwan ng limang buwang bakbakan sa imprastruktura at ari-arian. Gayundin ang […]

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Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: defense secretary

CLARK, Philippines (AFP) — A five-month battle against Islamic State supporters in the southern Philippines that claimed more than 1,000 lives has ended, the nation’s defense secretary said on Monday. “We now announce the termination of all combat operations in Marawi,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Clark, a northern Philippine city. Lorenzana said there were no more militants, known locally as coming from the Maute […]

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Philippines: NY ‘plotter’ was allegedly doctor to pro-IS gunmen

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipino doctor wanted over a foiled jihadist plot targeting New York’s subway and Times Square previously treated pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants in the mountains of southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. Russell Salic, 37, had links to the Maute group, which since May had been occupying parts of the Philippines’ most important Islamic city of Marawi in a bid to establish an IS caliphate in Southeast Asia, Philippine […]

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Abella: Gov’t rescue of 17 more hostages, surrender of 8 terrorists in Marawi, a “positive development”

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella hailed the government troops’ rescue of 17 more hostages from terrorists holed up in Marawi and the surrender of eight terrorists who turned over other hostages as a “positive development toward the liberation of Marawi from the hands of the terrorists.” He noted, however, that military operations, which are “focused and intense”—still “necessitate time (for the) rescue (of) remaining hostages, (in order to) bring to a decisive conclusion the […]

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President Duterte leads inauguration of Bahay Pag-asa in sixth visit to Marawi

For the sixth time, President Rodrigo Duterte visited war-torn Marawi City in Lanao Del Sur, this time, to lead the inauguration of Bahay Pag-Asa, a housing project for displaced Marawi residents. Bahay Pag-Asa, a government project in partnership with the private sector, aims to provide immediate shelter and accommodation for internally displaced persons in a 1.2-hectare parcel of land in Marawi City.  It is  located in Barangay Bito Buadi Itowa. Five housing units have been […]

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President Duterte, muling bumisita sa Marawi City

(Eagle News) — Muling bumisita kahapon, Oktubre 1, si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Marawi City. Ito na ang ika-anim na pagbisita ng Pangulo sa Marawi mula nang magsimula ang kaguluhan sa nasabing lungsod. Ayon sa Palasyo, pinangunahan ng Pangulo ang inagurasyon ng Bahay Pag-asa para sa paglilipat ng mga tahanan ng mga naapektuhang residente. Pawang umaasa naman sina Pangulong Duterte at Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana na matatapos na ang krisis sa Marawi bago matapos ang […]

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Numbering system sa sasakyang pandagat, ipatutupad sa Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nakatakdang magpatupad ang Philippine Coast Guard sa buong lalawigan ng Palawan ng numbering system upang masiguro ang seguridad ng mga residente doon. Ang Safety Security and Environmental Numbering System ay ipatutupad sa mga motorized banca at iba pang watercraft vessels sa ilalim na rin ng ibinabang kautusan ng Department of Transportation (DOTr), kung saan nakasaad na dapat maiparehistro ang lahat ng mga uri ng sasakyang pandagat na na nag-o-operate […]

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Kakayahan ng militar sa pag-detect ng IED paiigtingin ng Wesmincom

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Lalo ngayong paiigtingin ng mga tauhan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) ang kanilang mga kakayahan para ma-detect ang mga improvised explosive device (IED). Sa pagbisita ni Lt. Gen Carlito Galvez sa mga kampo ng sundalo sa area ng Basilan at Sulu kung saan inilulunsad ang mga military operations laban sa mga bandidong grupo, sinabi nitong dapat madagdagan ang mga kaalaman ng mga tropa sa pag-detect […]

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Philippine female soldiers help rehabilitate Marawi City children

LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines (Reuters) — Wearing white hijabs to assimilate better with those in the Muslim community, about 100 Philippine female soldiers are helping to rehabilitate hundreds of children displaced or made homeless by the conflict in Marawi City. Since last week, the teams of soldiers have spent every morning between 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with over 100 children in each evacuation center around the area, encouraging them to play as well as draw as […]

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AFP tiniyak na hindi makakalabas  ng Marawi si Isnilon Hapilon 

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año na hindi nila hahayaang  makalabas ng Marawi si Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. Sinabi ni Año na dalawang main group ng teroristang Maute ang siyang nakikipaglaban ngayon sa militar. Ito ay ang grupo ni Hapilon at Omar Maute na bumihag sa paring Katoliko na si Chito Suganob. Ibinunyag ni Año na kasama pa rin ni Hapilon ang mga miyembro […]

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China, nagkaloob ng P65 milyon para sa pagpapagamot ng mga sugatang sundalo sa Marawi

(Eagle News) — Sinaksihan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagtuturn-over ng donasyon ng China sa Armed Forces of the Philippines para sa pagpapagamot ng mga sugatang sundalo sa nagpapatuloy na bakbakan sa Marawi City. Si Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua ang nag-abot ng cheke na nagkakahalaga ng P65 milyon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año sa Malacañang. Lubos namang ikinagalak ng AFP ang patuloy na ayudang ibinibigay ng China sa bansa […]

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