Tag: MILF

15 miyembro ng BIFF, patay sa airstrike ng militar sa Maguindanao

Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service LIGUASAN MARSH, Maguindanao (Eagle News) – Labinlimang Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) ang patay at walong iba pa ang sugatan sa isang airstrike ng militar sa isang confirmed improvised explosive device factory ng grupo sa Liguasan Marsh area ng Maguindanao. Ayon sa Army’s 6th Infantry Division, isinagawa ang surgical airstrike bandang alas 4:00 ng madaling araw noong Linggo, Hunyo 10, matapos makompirma ng militar ang kinaroroonan ng nasabing bomb-making factory […]

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4 killed in clashes between MNLF, MILF clans in N. Cotabato

(Eagle News)–Four people were killed in  clashes between two Moro clans in North Cotabato over the weekend. The police said the two fatalities in the skirmishes that started in Barangay Kidama on Saturday night and   ended on Sunday in Barangay Marbel  were members of the Moro National Liberation Front. The other two were members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Authorities said the clashes were the result of “rido,” and broke out after  the brother […]

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MILF, umatras na sa planong makipagnegosasyon sa Maute sa Marawi City

(Eagle News) – Umatras na ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa planong pangunahan ang pakikipag-negosasyon sa Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay MILF Chairman Al-haj Murad Ebrahim, magiging mahirap ang mamagitan dahil mismong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang nagsabing hindi makikipag-usap ang gobyerno sa mga terorista. Malabo na aniyang makumbinseng sumuko ang mga miyembro ng Maute Group dahil tiyak na bago pa nila isagawa ang planong pag-atake ay nakahanda na ang mga ito […]

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President Duterte receives new BBL draft; calls for passage of bill for peace

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday received the new draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law on Monday, offering self-rule to the country’s Muslim minority for peace. Duterte hopes the promise of autonomy will persuade Filipino Muslims to reject the Islamic State group, whose followers control parts of Marawi after nearly two months of fighting. Duterte vowed to shepherd through Congress the bill jointly written and submitted to him by government officials and the country’s largest Muslim guerrilla […]

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Bayan welcomes Ombudsman decision to indict former President Aquino

“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to  file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]

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Paghahanda ng MILF, MNLF sa isusumiteng BBL bago ang SONA, puspusan na

BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (Eagle News) – Doble kayod ngayon ang ilang rebeldeng grupo sa kanilang paghahanda sa isusumiteng Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) bago ang araw ng State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa darating na Hulyo 24. Noong linggo ay binisita ni Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chief Peace Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal ang mga dating combatant ng Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) sa isla ng Languyan, Tawi-tawi para kausapin ang mga ito kaugnay sa […]

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MNLF, MILF, NPA should not be allowed to fight terrorists – Sen. Lacson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government will violate the Philippine Constitution if it allows members of the Moro National Liberation Front, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the New People’s Army to fight the terrorists in Marawi City. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, former Philippine National Police chief, who spoke in a press briefing on Thursday. “‘Di dapat payagan ng Pangulo na lumaban din ang NPA or MNLF or MILF doon […]

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Gov’t should be careful when asking for help from rebel groups, says former AFP chief Biazon

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Rodolfo Biazon asked President Rodrigo Duterte to be careful when asking for help from rebel groups. Biazon made the statement after Duterte urged members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Moro National Liberation Front and the Communist Party of the Philippines to help the government in its fight against Maute. Biazon said that there would be legal confusion if […]

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MILF says it is willing to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians caught in crossfire in Marawi

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for them to help government troops in their fight against Islamic State-inspired groups in Mindanao. According to MILF chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, their group was willing to give humanitarian assistance to civilians who are still caught in the fire fight, particularly in Marawi City. The MILF leadership made the statement in a meeting with  Duterte, his security advisers, and Armed […]

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President Duterte OKs setting up of “peace corridor” to hasten humanitarian, rescue ops in Marawi; MILF to help secure the “safe space”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the creation of a “peace corridor” to hasten humanitarian and rescue operations for those trapped in Marawi, where government troops continue to fight terrorists. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella  said in a Mindanao Hour briefing on Wednesday that the peace corridor was a “secure space” that would allow goods to reach Marawi residents, and allow safe passage of retrieved bodies, among others. He said the Moro Islamic Liberation […]

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