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Congress sits in a special session today to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte’s bid for longer martial rule over Mindanao in a bid to defeat Islamist gunmen. Duterte is widely expected to win approval for martial law in the region until the end of the year, with troops fighting to wrest back the southern city of Marawi following two months of fighting. The military said about 60 Islamic State group-inspired gunmen are left in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited war-torn Marawi on Thursday, making good on his word to check up on government troops fighting Islamist militants in the area. Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said the President made the visit in Camp Ranao around lunchtime. There was no media coverage of the event, as they were only informed about the President’s visit after he left. Prior to this visit, Duterte had attempted to […]
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (Eagle News) – Hati ang reaksyon ng mga residente sa Marawi City sa posibilidad na i-extend ang martial law sa Mindanao hanggang sa Disyembre. Ilang residente ang pabor na palawigin pa ito hanggang sa pagtatapos ng taong 2017, sapagkat nakikita nila ito bilang paraan upang maprotektahan ang mga sibilyan sa teroristang Maute Group. Gayunman, ang ibang residente ay hindi pabor dahil naiisip nila na kung palalawigin pa ang martial law […]
(Eagle News) — Inatasan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang government negotiating panel na huwag nang ituloy ang usapang pangkapayapaan sa mga rebeldeng komunista dahil sa patuloy na pag-atake sa tropa ng pamahalaan. Ang pinakahuling pag-atake ng New People’s Army ang ginawang pananambang sa tropa ng Presidential Security Group (PSG) sa Arakan, North Cotabato na ikinasugat ng ilang PSG personnel. Sinabi ni government chief negotiator Secretary Silvestre Bello III na hangga’t hindi nagpapakita ng sinseridad ang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several senators allied with the administration expressed their apprehension about extending martial law until December. After the closed-door briefing with military officials, many said they are in favor of extending martial law, but felt that a month or two months is enough period for an extension. -1 to 2 month martial law extension enough, says some senators Senator Richard Gordon said that he is in favor of extending the […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has approved the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer the cases of arrested members and sympathizers of the Islamist State-inspired Maute terror group, including those who were involved in the siege of Marawi City, to Taguig City courts. Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court’s en banc session took place on June 27. The cases are currently being tried in Cagayan de Oro […]
Says rebellion in Marawi City cannot be quelled completely by July 22 deadline (Eagle News) –- President Rodrigo Duterte is asking Congress to extend martial law in Mindanao until December 31 this year, according to Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella read a letter of the President addressed to Congress seeking the martial law extension until year end, saying the rebellion in Marawi City could not be quelled completely until July 22, 2017, Saturday. July 22 […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a special session to be held on Saturday to discuss martial law in Mindanao. This was confirmed by Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto right after the talk between the majority coalition and the President a while ago in Malacañang. According to Sotto, based on Duterte’s request, the joint session on martial law in Mindanao–which could be extended to 60 more days—will be held […]
Special session of Congress set on Saturday (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will be asking for a special session of Congress to seek a martial law extension in Mindanao by another 60 days. The special session will be held on Saturday, July 22, where the matter of the need for a martial law extension will be discussed. “The President’s call for a special session is necessitated by the exigency to deliberate on the possible […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday condoled with the families of the two soldiers who were killed in Wednesday’s friendly fire incident, the second in Marawi after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao to quell the rebellion there. “On behalf of the President, we wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of the two soldiers who were killed in yesterday’s air strike accident while fighting Maute rebel remnants,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto […]
(Eagle News) — A majority of Filipinos back President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao, based on a recent Social Weather Stations survey. Of the 92% of Filipino adults who know about Duterte’s declaration, 57% agreed it was the right decision, 29% said that martial law should have been declared only for Marawi City and Lanao del Sur, and 11% said that it should have been declared only for Marawi City, Lanao del […]
