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(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines will no longer pursue a case against comedienne Mae Paner for what they said was her unauthorized use of a military uniform during a rally against martial law in Mindanao. AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año said in a statement read by AFP spokesperson Restituto Padilla on Friday that the change of heart was borne by reports Paner, also known as Juana Change, did not ridicule […]
Says President Duterte’s pronouncement was not meant to be taken at face value (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday sought to allay fears they would bomb lumad schools teaching subversion, saying President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about it was not meant to be acted on in the first place. “Kinakailangang maintindihan ninyo ang pananalita (niya). Binanggit niya yun pero di naman talaga niya gagawin na bombahin (iyon). (He) was strongly communicating […]
(Eagle News) – At least 200 civilians are caught up in the war between the government and local terrorists in Marawi City. According to Brigadier General Ramiro Rey, commander of Task Force Ranao, the terrorists were also holding 100 other civilians as hostages. He said around 600 structures in the city are still being held by the militants. According to Rey, the war was confined to three barangays in the city, with Agos River needing further […]
“Wag ninyo ako pilitin,” he tells the group (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap against occupying more housing projects not intended for them, saying they would be forcibly removed if they did it again. “You are almost anarchists..Wag niyo ako pilitin, ayoko ng masakit..Kung ulitin ninyo at pilitin ninyong pumasok, order ko talaga paalisin kayo ng puwersa. Either batutain kayo or pagbabarilin kayo. Wag ninyo […]
“Expect a very strong military in two years,” he adds (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would strengthen the military in his term of office, as he blasted human rights advocates and other agencies for “one-sidedly” investigating government security forces who are only performing their duties. “Expect a very strong military in two years,” Duterte, who spoke in a press conference after his second State of the Nation Address at the Batasan […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia has deployed military police to monitor two safe zones being established in Syria, it was announced on Monday, with officials touting it as a new era of United States cooperation. Senior commander Sergei Rudskoi said Russian forces had set up checkpoints and observation posts around a zone in the south-west and in another covering Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus. The two areas are part of a broader Moscow-backed plan to create […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to end peace talks with communist rebels on Wednesday, hours after suspected guerrillas wounded five members of the two-vehicle Presidential Security Group (PSG) convoy in an ambush along a national highway in North Cotabato. Aides said Duterte, 72, was not in the convoy when gunmen opened fire on two Presidential Security Group vehicles along a highway on the main southern island of Mindanao, where martial law is in effect. […]
Mississippi, USA (Agence France Presse) — A United States military aircraft has crashed in the US state of Mississippi, killing at least sixteen people, US media reported Monday. The US Marine Corps C-130, a refueling plane, crashed on the Sunflower-Leflore county line, the Clarion-Ledger reported. It cited Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson as the source of the information. The Marine Corps has said there was a “mishap” but did not immediately say where […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Military options against North Korea are a “long way away,” Britain’s defense minister Michael Fallon said Friday after meeting with Pentagon chief Jim Mattis. “First of all, we are a long way away from looking at military options,” Fallon told a Washington think tank when asked whether NATO allies could support the United States in deterring North Korea’s weapons program. “This is not just a threat to the United States, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will ask for the extension of the martial law in Mindanao only if the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will recommend this. The President said only the AFP and the PNP are capable of determining if there is a need for a martial law extension based on the assessment of their ground commanders. “When is the […]
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Norte (Eagle News) – Nabawi na ng militar ang Dansalan College na ginamit bilang stronghold ng Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Isang buwan ding inokupahan ng mga terorista ang nasabing eskwelahan. Sinunog pa nila ang ilang bahagi nito nang una nilang salakayin ang lungsod. Ang eskwelahan ay nagsilbing pwesto sa mga sniper at mga humahawak ng machine gun sa panig ng mga terorista. Ayon kay Task Force Marawi Spokesperson Lt. […]
“A few more days and we will prevail (there),” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said an investigation into the source of weapons of local terrorists should be underway soon, as he surmised the crisis in Marawi would end in a “few more days.” “It will be good that after this war, (we) start looking into saan itong mga baril at bala (nanggaling). Kasi may mga cartons doon marka pa (the […]
