(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said Maute’s “open defiance” and “rebellion”  prompted him to declare martial law in Mindanao, as he assured the public he would not allow abuses on the part of the security forces. In his arrival speech from Russia, Duterte said the Islamist militants rampaged through Marawi and beheaded the police chief in Malabang who was on his way home. “…Going back he was stopped by a checkpoint manned by terrorists and […]