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Panelo: Duterte to declare martial law in N. Oriental if military, LGUs recommend it

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will “certainly” declare martial law in Mindanao if local authorities and the military  make the recommendation Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Thursday, Aug. 1. According to Panelo, the President “always follows the advice of those people in the know.” Panelo made the remark amid a spate of killings in the province that saw the provincial police director relieved from his post. On Tuesday, July 30, Panelo said the President warned […]