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“We will live in peace and guarantee peace for the next generation,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday promised the people in Marawi their city would be “prosperous” again, saying he would do everything within his power to enable its rehabilitation and reconstruction. “One thing I will promise you, my brother Moro, I will see to it that Marawi will rise as a prosperous city again. Maghanap ako ng pera. (Sabi ko kay […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Islamist militants occupying parts of Marawi used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded fighters, helping them withstand a five-week military offensive, the army said Tuesday. The extremists have remained holed up in pockets of Marawi, weathering daily air and artillery bombardment and deadly urban street battles. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said the route was discovered following the arrest of a man who used a boat to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government does not negotiate with terrorists. This was the strong statement issued by Malacanang amid reports that there were some religious emissaries who had been talking with Abdullah Maute, one of the Maute brothers who led the Marawi attack on May 23. “The government’s policy not to negotiate with terrorists remains,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. “Hence the local religious leaders-led talks with the terrorists is not sanctioned by our […]
(Eagle News) — A group of eight religious people was among those who tried to negotiate recently with Abdullah Maute, one the Maute brothers who led the attack on Marawi City, so more of their hostages can be released and more of the civilians trapped in the city can be rescued. This was according to government peace panel assistant secretary Dickson Hermoso of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine government forces rescued several civilians, including an infant, trapped in Marawi City on Sunday (June 25) after an eight-hour ceasefire that was held in respect of the end of Ramadan, even as forces confirmed there were still 100 hostages held by Islamist militants. Troops managed to secure six trapped civilians, including one infant, and a cadaver during the eight-hour ceasefire with Islamic State-linked militants who seized parts of Marawi City […]
Agence France Presse — A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen alive, the military said Monday, as troops pressed on with their offensive. Air and artillery bombardment of enclaves occupied by the militants in Marawi resumed after an eight-hour truce Sunday to allow Muslims to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera said the militants were […]
Gov’t recovers 347 firearms, hundreds of communications equipment from terrorist groups (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that they have recovered at least 347 firearms and hundreds of communications equipment from Islamist militants who continue to hold on to a “limited” area of Marawi City, as they announced to the public that there is a leadership crisis in the Islamist terrorists’ group. Task Force Marawi spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said that the […]
An eight-hour ceasefire in Marawi came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon as the government continued its offensive against Islamist militants occupying parts of the city. Assaults backed by air and artillery bombardment had stopped at 6am but gunfire broke out as soon as the truce ended around 2pm, AFP reporters in Marawi said. Regional military commander Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez said the truce also allowed five Muslim religious leaders to enter ground zero and […]
The military on Saturday said it was verifying reports Isnilon Hapilon has escaped Marawi. Hapilon, a veteran Filipino militant who claims to be the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Southeast Asia, has not been seen in the battle zone, said Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, head of the military’s Western Mindanao Command. An attempt by government troops to arrest Hapilon in Marawi on May 23 triggered a rampage by Islamist militants flying black […]
Stresses importance of united front to fight int’l terrorism based on Russia’s experience QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Russian ambassador to the Philippines H. E. Igor Khovaev said Russia “fully supports” the Philippine government’s fight against terrorism in Mindanao, saying the terrorist attack in Marawi City was “an attack on all of us.” “I would like first to emphasize that we fully support a fair, legitimate struggle for the Philippine nation against […]
A Malaysian militant and former university professor who allegedly funded the Islamist militants in Marawi City was among those killed by government forces in the besieged city, according to intelligence information received by the government forces as fighting entered its second month. Wire reports from the Associated Press quoted Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Eduardo Ano as saying that Malaysian Mahmud bin Ahmad, who reportedly channeled more than $600,000 or P30 million […]
MANILA/MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) — Before they formed one of the most dreaded militant groups in the Philippines and pledged loyalty to Islamic State, the Mautes were a wealthy, political family in the southern region of Mindanao, largely influenced by the matriarch, Farhana. Soft-spoken and reserved, 60-year-old Farhana Maute owns property in Mindanao and in Manila, and runs a construction business, say people who know the family and security analysts who have scrutinized its […]
