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Inatake ng armadong grupo ang isang military detachment malapit sa Marawi City. Batay sa ulat, ang kampo ng 55th Infantry Battalion na pinapatakbo ng Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) ay inatake ng mga pinaniniwalaang supporters ng Maute-ISIS terror group sa Lanao Del Sur. Wala namang napaulat na nasugatan sa nasabing pag-atake. Dahil sa insidente, mas hinigpitan pa ang seguridad sa Marawi City at nagsasagawa na ng pursuit operations ang mga otoridad laban sa umatakeng […]
(Eagle News) — Seven government soldiers were injured following an improvised explosive device explosion in Marawi City, with two of the injured men most likely to undergo amputations because of the incident, an army official said. According to Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, the seven soldiers were wounded while they were doing the clearing operations in the war-torn city. “We have seven wounded and I believe ‘yung dalawa most probably mapuputulan […]
(Eagle News) — Apat na sibilyan na binihag ng teroristang Maute Group ang nailigtas ng militar sa main battle area sa Marawi City. Ayon kay Capt. Jo Ann Petinglay, tagapagsalita ng Joint Task Force Marawi, na-rescue ang apat sa paligid ng Lake Lanao. Tatlo sa mga naging bihag ay nagmula sa Zamboanga City habang ang isa ay mula naman sa Iligan City. Natagpuan ang apat na narescue bunga na rin ng pakikipag-tulungan ng isa sa […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Russia and Japan have expressed their readiness to help the Philippines in its campaign against terrorism. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said that Russia also supported the Philippines’ campaign against illegal drugs. He said Japan is also committed to help the country’s infrastructure campaign as well as in the rehabilitation of Marawi City.
(Eagle News) — The death toll in Marawi City has reached more than 600, as the fighting enters its 70th day, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) told during the Mindanao Hour press briefing in Malacañang on Monday, July 31. In the latest report of the AFP, as of July 30, the fighting already claimed the lives of 491 on the part of the Maute group. On the side of the government forces, 114 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various agencies involved in the rehabilitation of Marawi City held a meeting in Malacañang, headed by Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr., The meeting was led by Task Force “Bangon Marawi,” specifically the sub-cluster on housing. It was attended by the heads and members of the inter-agency group involved in the sub-committee of housing, including those from the executive branch and other stakeholders. https://youtu.be/v6MecwKD12o
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his third attempt, successfully visits Marawi City by going to the 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, 1st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Kampo Ranao, Marawi City on Thursday, July 20. The Commander-in-Chief checks the government troops who have been in the frontline of the war against the Maute terror group. He leads the ceremonial distribution of grocery packs and G-shock watches to about 3,000 soldiers and police forces in […]
(Eagle News) — Aabot sa mahigit isang-libong katao ang pansamantalang nanunuluyan sa isang evacuation center sa bayan ng Saguiran, matapos lumikas mula sa Marawi City kung saan nagpapatuloy ang bakbakan sa pamamagitan ng tropa ng pamahalaan at Maute Group. Sampung kilometro lamang ang layo nito mula sa Marawi. Ito ang pinakamalapit sa mismong battle zone. Karamihan sa mga ito nilisan ang kanilang mga tahanan nang magsimula ang kaguluhan. Bagaman nilisan na ang lugar, ramdam pa […]
Marawi remains highly dangerous, according to 1st Infantry Division Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera. Herrera said their priority is to end the conflict in Marawi City as soon as possible. “Right now, we are doing our best to finish the job as soon as possible, because we intend also to help Marawi to normalize, and let the people go back to their own places. But for now we intend to appeal to the people of […]
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. […]
(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 […]
(Agence France Presse) — Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied Marawi for more than a month, a military spokesman said Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said this was the reason the government was using air strikes against the militants. “If we do not use air strikes, we will incur more casualties of our troops,” he told reporters in Marawi, which was overrun […]
