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(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday declared war-torn Marawi city liberated. The President made the declaration in his visit to the city a day after military troops killed terrorist leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon in the main battle area, and almost five months after the terrorists overran the city. Asked why the declaration was made even when there were around 30 Maute fighters, including known terrorist leader Dr. Mahmud Ahmad, left in the city, […]
(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) — 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, […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipino doctor wanted over a foiled jihadist plot targeting New York’s subway and Times Square previously treated pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants in the mountains of southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. Russell Salic, 37, had links to the Maute group, which since May had been occupying parts of the Philippines’ most important Islamic city of Marawi in a bid to establish an IS caliphate in Southeast Asia, Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t limang bangkay pa ang narekober sa main battle area sa Marawi City sa nakalipas na limang araw. Batay sa ulat hindi pa natutukoy ng militar ang pagkaka- kilanlan ng mga narekober na bangkay. Dinala na ang mga labi sa isang punenarya sa Iligan City para sa post-mortem examination. Bukod sa mga bangkay, narekober din ng mga militar ang mga communication item sa loob ng main battle area partikular sa loob ng […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella asked the media to wait for President Rodrigo Duterte’s explanation on the contents of the new drug matrix that is now with him. Abella said that the new drug matrix will show the connection of narco-politicians with the ISIS-inspired Maute Group in Marawi City. “Local politicians in Mindanao adversely affected by the government’s campaign against illegal drugs have financed the Daesh-inspired Maute Group, whose attempt to undermine our […]
The military said Sunday it had captured the command center of Islamic State group supporters who have besieged Marawi for nearly four months. Security forces have engaged in ferocious street to street combat and launched airstrikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from the city, in a conflict that has raised fears that IS is looking to establish a Southeast Asian base in the Philippines. The military said it had captured the militants’ control […]
(Eagle News) — Patay ang limang miyembro ng ISIS-inspired Maute Group sa panibagong engkwentro sa pagitan nila at ng tropa ng gobyerno sa Marawi City. Naganap ito sa isang gusali na pinagtaguan ng mga terorista kung saan natagpuan ang dalawang bangkay ng napatay na Maute members at mga matataas na kalibre ng baril, night vision goggles at improvised explosive device. Sa impormasyong nakalap ng mga sundalo, hawak pa rin ng mga bandido ang ilan pang […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday a three-month battle against the Maute Group occupying parts of Marawi was in its “final stages.” Duterte gave his assessment shortly after government troops secured a vital bridge in the city, allowing them easier access into areas being held by the militants. “We are in the final stages. So let us send immediately, even air-lift, the police,” to Marawi, Duterte said. The Pro-Islamic State gunmen occupied parts of the city […]
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) — 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 […]
(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 […]
