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(Eagle News)– Government troops have driven away bandits of Maute Group in Butig, Lanao del Sur after seven days of military operation. Armed Forces spokesperson Restituto Padilla announced in a press conference that the town of Butig had been “100 percent cleared” and would be turned over to the local government. Padilla also announced that a total of 61 members of the Maute group were killed, while 12 Maute members were wounded during the government […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the Muslim people to help his administration achieve peace in Mindanao that in the end would bring economic prosperity in the region. Addressing the troops in Butig, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the President said he does not want to wage war with fellow Filipinos and this is the reason why the government has embarked on peace initiatives on different fronts. B ut […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Seven military bodyguards of President Rodrigo Duterte and two other soldiers were wounded Tuesday in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants on the eve of his planned visit to the southern Philippines, the military and president said. Military spokesmen said a bomb hit the soldiers’ convoy as it drove on a road in a southern region where an armed group which had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group operated, […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Muslim extremists who support the Islamic State group staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 23 detainees in the latest in a series of mass escapes, officials said Sunday. About 50 heavily armed members of the Maute group raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi on Mindanao island on Saturday and freed eight comrades who were arrested barely a week ago, police said. Fifteen other detainees, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – As the intensified military operations against the Maute Group continues, the Armed Forces of the Philippines – Western Mindanao Command recorded 55 dead. The military operations resulted in the evacuation of thousands of residents in the said area. The Maute Group is said to be behind the extortion and kidnapping activities in the province. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
