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(Eagle News) — The Korean Embassy in the Philippines has donated P5 million to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to aid the families displaced by the conflict in Marawi. Senator Richard Gordon, PRC chair and chief executive officer, personally thanked Korean Ambassador Kim Jae-Shin for their “timely donation” during the turn-over ceremony on Wednesday (July 5) held at the PRC Tower in Mandaluyong City. According to the senator, the P5-million budget will be used to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Air Force (PAF) used its air assets as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resumed its airstrikes against the remaining Islamist militants in Marawi City. It is now the 43rd day after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao following the Maute Group attack on May 23. At past 6 a.m., fighter jets of the PAF started dropping bombs in Maute-held territories in Marawi City.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Fatalities since the start of the Marawi City conflict has reached 461, according to records of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The government said that 337 of the dead were Islamist terrorists, including the Maute Group; 85 were soldiers and policemen, and 39 were civilians. The figures were as of 6 p.m., Monday, July 3. The AFP records also show that an estimated 300, 000 individuals from […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government is finalizing the details of the Php 20-billion master plan for the rehabilitation of Marawi City. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that President Rodrigo Duterte wants to implement the rehabilitation plan immediately once the fight between the military and the Maute group ends. “The master plan is ongoing now. So after this incident, we’ll be ready. Naka-standby po lahat ng equipment ng DPWH. Currently, […]
(Eagle News) – Mahigit 900 estudyanteng lumikas mula sa Marawi City ang nakapagsimula na ng klase sa Lanao. Noong Martes, Hunyo 27, nang simulan ang klase para sa mga nasa elementarya at high school gamit ang mga tent na itinayo ng Department of Education-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao upang magsilbi nilang pansamantalang paaralan. Ilan sa mga bayan na tinayuan ng tent school ay ang Saguiaran, Pantar at Balo-i. May feeding program din na isinasagawa para sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that the number of civilians killed by rebel atrocities in Marawi City could be higher than earlier figures after the recovery of 17 dead bodies, five of them decapitated. Task Force Marawi Spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera said, the discovery of the five victims would be the first evidence that the Islamist militants were beheading some of the civilians trapped in besieged Marawi city, as had been previously reported […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have recovered 10 Indonesian passports in Marawi City. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now investigating the passports that were recovered by the soldiers in the battle site. Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, spokesman of Joint Task Force Marawi, said that they are still verifying the reports if the recovered passports were from the foreign fighters who joined the Maute Group to take part in the siege of Marawi City. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The three suspected members of the Maute Group who were arrested at an Iloilo port last Sunday underwent inquest proceedings in Camp Evangelista, in Cagayan De Oro City. One of the three suspected members of Maute arrested by the authorities was the sister of Omar and Adbullah Maute. The Maute brothers were among the Islamist militant leaders behind the attack of Marawi City which has now become a veritable […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered additional prosecutors to handle the increasing number of rebellion cases filed against members and sympathizers of the Maute Group, including the parents of Maute brothers Omar and Abdullah. Based on a department order issued on Wednesday, June 21, the DOJ will be assigning additional prosecutors to help in the inquest proceedings of these rebellion cases. The prosecutors to assist in the inquest proceedings […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already sent trucks bearing 8,400 family food packs to Iligan City for the victims of Marawi conflict. The food packs will be distributed to families affected by the fighting between government troops and the Islamist terrorists, including the Maute group. In the latest data of DSWD, there are more than 69,000 families — equivalent to 338,000 individuals — who were […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The rehabilitation of Marawi City will start soon after the conflict with the Maute Group ends. In an interview with Net 25’s, Sa Ganang Mamamayan, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong said that as long as the Maute Group is not totally suppressed, rehabilitation in the area cannot start. The official also said that the ARMM local government has not yet started estimating the damage […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Members of the House of Representatives were able to collect almost Php 13 million worth of donation for families affected by the conflict in Marawi City. House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas said that almost all of the 200 members of the House of Representatives donated from their personal funds. Local government officials also joined in the donation drive. The amount will be placed in a trust […]
