Tag: philippines

Video showing Islamic militants with their hostages in Marawi released by IS-affiliated news agency

Islamic State spokesman praises jihadist attack in Marawi City in audio broadcast   Islamic militants in action, with high-powered firearms and ammunition, as well as with their hostages, were seen on a video posted on the internet by the Islamic State-affiliated Amaq News Agency showing what appeared to be IS-inspired Filipino extremists fighting Philippine government forces. The video purports to show militants using high-powered firearms in Marawi City, as well as several civilians, which Amaq […]

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Country honors Marawi heroes as tribute played nationwide, flags flown on half-mast

  (Eagle News) — The country paid tribute at high noon today, June 12, on the commemoration of the 119th Philippine Independence Day, the soldiers and policemen killed in the fighting in Marawi City, a they remembered the heroes who gave their lives fighting Islamist terrorists. With the sound of taps in the background, the names and photos of the 58 heroes of Marawi were flashed on the screen as television channels joined the high […]

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US forces provide technical help in Marawi fighting; President Duterte says he is thankful

Duterte: “It can save lives” (Eagle News) — The United States special forces have joined the battle in the southern Philippine city of Marawi providing technical expertise to government troopers, after 13 Philippine marines were killed in intense urban fighting, and President Rodrigo Duterte said he is thankful for this help by the US forces. Duterte, on Sunday, June 11, said he only became aware of the US forces’ technical support when they arrived to the […]

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VP Robredo leads 119th PHL Independence Day rites, as President Duterte issues statement urging preservation of PHL sovereignty

(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo led the 119th Philippine Independence day rites at the Jose Rizal monument in Rizal Park, along with Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, in the absence of President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang did not immediately say why President Duterte was not able to attend the Philippine Independence Day rites, but Cayetano said the President was not feeling well after his successive trips to various military camps in Mindanao.  Duterte also […]

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President Duterte leads arrival honors In Villamor Air Base for Marines killed in Marawi fighting

Duterte also visits wake of Marines killed in Fort Bonifacio     (Eagle News) — Straight from his visit in Cagayan de Oro City to the wounded in action government troopers in the Marawi fighting, President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 11 flew to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City where he led the arrival honors for the eight of the 13 soldiers killed in hours-long gunbattle between government forces and Maute militants in […]

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Super glitch strikes Philippine bank again

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A major Philippine bank shut down online access and its cash machines for a second day Thursday because of a glitch that drained some accounts but added money into others, creating at least one instant “billionaire.” Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), the country’s third biggest bank by assets and with eight million customers, was forced to deactivate electronic transactions just hours after saying the problem had been fixed and online […]

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“Tapusin na natin ang giyerang ito” – President Duterte tells gov’t forces to crush Islamist extremists

Hits local terrorists for embracing a foreign ISIS ideology (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged government forces to kill and destroy Islamic militants in Marawi City, saying so many lives of his soldiers and policemen had been lost that he would not stop until he had “crushed” those who have sided with a “foreign ideology” in Mindanao. “I am ordering you to crush, pulbusin ninyo ang kalaban natin. Kasi hindi ito pangkaraniwan… When I say crush […]

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Philippine military condemns Islamist terrorists for looting, destroying churches, houses in Marawi

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine military has condemned the Maute-Abu Sayyaf Group for looting and burning houses and school buildings in Marawi City, and for desecrating and destroying houses of worship, including churches and mosques in the war-torn city. In a press conference, Philippine military officials said the Islamist terrorists had also been spreading twisted facts, propaganda and disinformation. “We condemn the propaganda of the Maute -Abu Sayyaf Group and their sympathizers in peddling […]

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US gives Philippines hundreds of new anti-terror weapons

The United States on Monday gave the Philippines hundreds of machine guns, pistols and grenade launchers, which a local commander said would be used against Islamist militants battling troops in a southern city. The weapons, including machine guns capable of firing thousands of rounds a minute, were handed over at a ceremony in Manila that highlighted a decade-old American counter-terrorism assistance program to the Philippines worth about $150 million. “This equipment will enhance the (Philippine […]

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