Tag: Marawi crisis

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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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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100 female soldiers, police for Marawi deployment

At least 100 enlisted and non-commissioned female personnel coming from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be deployed to Marawi City. AFP public affairs chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo said the deployment of an all-female group of military and police  is to give a “feminine touch” to the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. He also said the battle area is predominantly male already so the Armed Forces and the PNP […]

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Mga taga-Marawi pinayuhang hintayin munang matapos ang krisis sa lungsod, bago bumalik

(Eagle News) –  Pinayuhan ng Malacañang ang mga taga-Marawi City na mas makabubuting hintaying matapos ang krisis bago bumalik sa kanilang lugar. Kasunod ito ng plano umano ng grupong “Occupy Marawi” na bumalik sa Marawi City sa mismong araw ng State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, naiintindihan ng palasyo ang sentimyento ng mga residente ng Marawi, subalit dapat isaalang-alang ang kaligtasan nang mga ito. Wala aniyang […]

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FA-50 fighter jets, hindi na muna gagamitin sa mga operasyon sa Marawi

(Eagle News) – Itinigil na muna ng Armed Forces of the Philippines ang paggamit ng FA–50 fighter jets matapos muling magmintis ang airstrike ng militar na ikinasawi ng dalawang sundalo at ikinasugat ng 11 iba pa. Ayon kay AFP Spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, hindi na muna paliliparin sa Marawi ang 12 na ganitong fighter jets ng Philippine Air Force habang gumugulong ang imbestigasyon sa sanhi ng pumalpak na airstrike. Aminado si Padilla na ngayon lang […]

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AFP to exert all efforts to comply with President Duterte’s ‘deadline’ to resolve Marawi crisis

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it would do its best to end the conflict in Marawi in fifteen days, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s assessment. “The 15 days is a period within which the President hopes the crisis in Marawi to end. The AFP will do its best, as it has been giving its level best, to crush the rebellion of the Maute-Isis group,” Col. […]

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Mga kababayang apektado ng Marawi crisis, nilingap ng Iglesia Ni Cristo

(Eagle News) — Libu-libong kababayang apektado ng Marawi siege ang nakinabang sa lingap na isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Baloi, Lanao del Norte. Karamihan sa mga ito ay lumikas sa mga kalapit lugar nang sumiklab ang kaguluhan sa Marawi nitong Mayo. Ang relief distribution ay ginawa sa Gumampong Gymnasium, West Poblacion, Baloi, Lanao Del Norte. Maaga pa lamang nang pumila ang mga kababayang apektado ng kaguluhan. Wala namang pinipili sa pamamahagi ng relief goods […]

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27 Marawi evacuees die due to illnesses – DOH

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The health department said that  27 evacuees have now died in the ongoing Marawi City crisis, with the newest addition being a newborn infant. With a diet limited to canned sardines and instant noodles, many of the evacuees now have weakened immune systems. According to the Department of Health (DOH), some of the health problems that evacuees have are skin disease, lung-disease, hypertension and water-borne disease like diarrhea and […]

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Minority bloc senators reiterate call for joint session of Congress to deliberate on martial law declaration in Mindanao

(Eagle News) — Members of the minority bloc in the Senate on Tuesday reiterated their call for a joint session  of Congress to deliberate on the basis of the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that while they expressed “unanimous support” for government forces fighting in Marawi, and “recognize the gravity of the situation there,” there was still a need to discuss whether the declaration of martial law  was “the right response of […]

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“This is a time for victory,” President Duterte tells troops in visit to Iligan amid clashes in neighboring Marawi

(Eagle News) — “This is a time for victory…Talagang panalo tayo dito.” This was the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte gave government troops in Iligan, which he visited on Friday amid the ongoing clashes with the Maute terrorist group in neighboring Marawi. “This is a time for victory. We will not lose it. How can we lose it? We have everything,” he said. He said he has bought “all the equipment” the troops needed. All the government planes, he […]

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Gov’t confirms presence of foreign terrorists in Marawi; 13 gov’t troopers, 31 terrorists killed in clashes there

(Eagle News) — The government on Friday confirmed that there were foreign terrorists fighting state troopers in Marawi, as the death toll rose to 44 — 13 from the government, and 31 terrorists— since the crisis started there. Solicitor General Jose Calida said in a press conference that the foreign fighters — Malaysians, Indonesians, Singaporeans and others — “heeded the call of ISIS to go to the Philippines,” making the situation in the area “bothersome.” “Yes (there are foreign terrorists in Marawi)…Before, […]

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Government troops close in on “desperate” Maute terrorists in Marawi

(Eagle News) — Government troops are closing in on the “desperate” members of the Maute terrorist group in Marawi, determined to “flush them out” and end the “crisis” there. In an ambush interview on Thursday, Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 1st Infantry Division spokesperson,  said clearing operations were now focused in barangays Gadungan, Basak and Bangan. He said government troops were facing “remnants” of the local terrorist group, numbering from “30 to 40.” Isnilon […]

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