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(Eagle News) — The ratification of the Bangamoro Basic Law (BBL) could help achieve the much-hoped for peace in Mindanao, especially among the Moros. This was according to political analyst Professor Ramon Casiple as House leaders urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify the proposed bill as urgent before Congress adjourns on May 30. If the proposed bill is certified as urgent by the President, it can be approved on second and third reading in just […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na hindi pa napapanahon na alisin ang martial law sa Mindanao, isang taon mula nang maganap ang Marawi siege. Ayon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Carlito Galvez Jr., hindi pa kailangang alisin ang Martial Law hangga’t hindi pa nahuhuli ang mga natitirang rebelde at nakukumpiska ang mga loose firearm. Sa ngayon, nasa 6,000 iligal na armas pa lamang ang naisusuko sa kanila, at […]
(Eagle News) – “Martial law in Mindanao should not be lifted.” The chairman of the crisis committee in Marawi City, Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong, made this clear in a phone patch interview over Net 25’s Agila Balita on Thursday, May 24, amid calls from human rights groups for the declaration to be lifted. The calls made by groups such as Karapatan were made a year after Marawi City was attacked by members of Maute and Abu […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, May 16, hailed the joint House committees’ approval of the panel report on the administration’s version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. “The President has expressed his support and commitment to the Bangsamoro Basic Law as a significant step towards our quest for real and lasting peace in Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement a day after the approval of the report on House Bill 6475 by […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)— The United States Department of Agriculture is helping farmers in Mindanao boost their agricultural production, and modernize their systems in hopes of making the region, one of the main food baskets of the country. Through the Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI-VOCA), the US government is working on two four-year agricultural projects in the Philippines focusing on Mindanao. […]
Also instructs them to use police force in fighting drugs (Eagle News) — “The problem is we have this terrorism, and it’s coming, so just prepare. And I will tell you when to arm yourself.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this to mayors who came from the Visayas and Mindanao during a meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City on Monday, February 12. The President said terrorists were “re-grouping” and he instructed the local […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinag-iingat ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Indian nationals na nais mag-negosyo sa ilang lugar sa Mindanao. Sa kanyang pakikipag-pulong sa ilang grupo ng mga negosyante sa India, inamin ng Pangulo na tuloy pa rin ang banta ng terorismo sa ilang bahagi ng Mindanao Region. Sinabi pa ng Pangulo na hindi malayong targetin ng mga kalaban ng estado ang Indian nationals at iba pang foreign investors sa kanilang paghahasik ng lagim. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Tuesday said that war in Marawi may break out again if Congress does not pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law. In fact, Esperon, who spoke during a Senate hearing on the proposed BBL, said that the “threat of violent extremism and radicalization looms even larger” in Mindanao if certain issues were not addressed. He said so far, some individuals were already taking advantage of […]
(Eagle News) – Patuloy ang epekto ng tail end of a cold front at inaasahang ito’y magdadala ng mga pag-ulan sa kabisayaan partikular na sa Sorsogon gayundin sa Masbate, Romblon, Palawan at sa malaking bahagi ng Mindanao. Habang mahihinang mga pag-ulan naman ang mararanasan sa silangang bahagi ng Northern Luzon dulot Northeast Monsoon. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), ito rin ang magdadala ng malamig na temperatura sa mga susunod na […]
(Eagle News) — Solicitor General Jose Calida on Saturday argued there was basis for the extension of martial law in Mindanao precisely because a “rebellion” continued to exist there even after Marawi was declared liberated from the clutches of terrorists. In his 63-page comment on the four petitions filed questioning the constitutionality of the extension, Calida said the Supreme Court itself has already said in Lagman v. Medialdea that “there are other rebel groups in Mindanao […]
