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(Eagle News) — Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon were attempting to transfer to another building with their hostages when the military assaulted them in the main battle area in Marawi early Monday. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, the two terrorist leaders were trying to get to the two boats they had asked their hostages to make but they couldn’t get to where these were because the military had sealed off […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday confirmed Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon have been killed. Lorenzana said the bodies of the two–which were recovered on Monday morning after a firefight in the main battle area in Marawi—will be subjected to DNA tests. Also recovered from the military operation were 17 hostages. He said rewards were also coming from other countries for their deaths. The killing of the two terrorist leaders who led […]
(Eagle News) — Reports are coming in that Abu Sayyaf leader and reported Islamist State emir in Southeast Asia, Isnilon Hapilon, had been killed this morning, October 16, but the military said that it has yet to confirm these. CNN Philippines cited military sources to say that Hapilon is now dead, and even showed a supposed bloodied face of the dead Islamist militant leader. Eagle News also received a photo of the supposed dead […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine troops Sunday bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over “very soon”. The army previously set a target of Sunday to end the fighting in Marawi, which it said has killed more than 1,000 people. Troops have missed previous deadlines to flush out the militants whom authorities said […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday unveiled planned terrorist attacks in several cities in Mindanao, as the crisis in Marawi was drawing to a close. “I’m warning you, the soldiers of the republic, what if they strike at five places at the same time? Zamboanga, maybe Basilan, Isabela — that is what’s coming into my office — and another major city,” he said during groundbreaking ceremonies of Scout Ranger Ville in San Miguel, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday threatened to “purge” local governments in Marawi, which he criticized for not informing troops about the existence of tunnels that are being used by the local terrorists. “(The local terrorists) have positions and yet we are not aware of it. I am blaming officials of the local government for that. I think I have to purge them,” he said. He said “nobody told us about the tunnels that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed children evacuees from Marawi City, advising the young Maranaos to steer clear of extremism and terrorism, and to help promote peace in Mindanao. The children were participants of the “Tabak Educational Tour: Peaceful Environment in the Outside World” in Malacañang Palace. Duterte asked the Maranao children to help him restore what was lost in the war-torn Islamic City. The President also described to the young Maranaos the […]
(Eagle News) — Government troops have now take control of Masiu Bridge in Marawi City, considered as the last of three critical bridges that the Islamist fighters had occupied at the start of the war so they could control the city’s business district. Masiu bridge is also the bridge that had been used as a “possible escape route” of the Islamist terrorists in Marawi City, consisting of the Maute group, the Abu Sayyaf group, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Marawi on Thursday, his fifth visit since terrorists overran the city, prompting government forces to launch offensives against them. The media was not previously informed of Duterte’s visit, which was done also on the national day of protest. Earlier, Duterte said the crisis in Marawi was almost over. The President tried to visit Marawi twice before he finally succeeded on July 20. On Aug. 4, he visited the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development gave cash-for-work to 190 families from Marawi City who evacuated to Cebu. Through its Food Office in Central Visayas, the DSWD is cooperating with the local government of Cebu to give Php 380, 000 to the refugees. Based on government data, there are 80,000 families who were affected by the ongoing battle between the government forces and the ISIS-ispired Maute Group in […]
(Eagle News) — Civilians being held hostage by terrorists in Marawi are being made to dress like their captors and hold guns so they would look like they were part of the group being hunted down by government forces. Catholic priest Teresito “Chito” Suganob, 51, shared this information with government security forces after he was rescued from the hands of the terrorists led by Omar Maute in Barangay Sangkay on Saturday, Armed Forces of […]
(Eagle News) – A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by the ISIS-inspired Maute rebels at the start of the Marawi siege was among the hostages rescued by government troops on Saturday night, September 16, according to a facebook post of presidential peace adviser Jesus “Jess” Dureza. In his post, Dureza said he got the information that the priest Chito Suganob was with another hostage rescued by the government troops near Bato mosque at “162300hsept2017.” […]
