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by Cecil Morella Agence France Presse At first glance, the endless rows of devastated buildings could be the aftermath of a great earthquake. But the punctured, bullet-riddled walls tell the true story of the Philippines’ longest urban war. “No one wanted this to happen,” President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday as he declared Marawi city “liberated from the terrorists’ influence” after a nearly five-month battle with gunmen loyal to the Islamic State group. A day earlier […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday stood by his earlier pronouncement the Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union. In a speech at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Taguig, Duterte said this was because the aid comes with strings attached. He said for instance, when they offered an amount, “i-specify nila na para ito sa Bureau of Fire kasi magbigay sila ng truck. Pero, gusto nila bilihin mo […]
(Eagle News) — At least 13 terrorists were neutralized by government troops in Marawi in operations that began on Thursday night. Col. Romeo Brawner, deputy commander of Task Force Ranao, said those killed were 13, but Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Major General Restituto Padilla said in a radio interview that the figure amounted to 20. Padilla said of the 20, 13 were killed on Thursday, while the remaining were neutralized on Friday morning. […]
(Eagle News) — Social Welfare Assistant Secretary Lorraine Badoy has been appointed to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, officer in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed her new appointment as undersecretary in the PCOO on Wednesday. “…(She) is now in the process of completing and turning over her responsibilities which is expected to last until the end of the month,” Leyco said. He also thanked Badoy for her contributions to […]
(Eagle News) — An initial assessment of the damage in Marawi is expected to be completed by Oct. 27. Mina Marasigan, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson, said that five teams with 145 members each were deployed in the war-torn city for this purpose on Monday. She said 49 barangays are to be assessed. On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi liberated from the clutches of terrorists who overran the city in May in a […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines called on the public to “help and support the bigger task of rebuilding” Marawi, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte made the declaration the city had been liberated. AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said in a statement that the declaration, which comes almost five months after the terrorists overran the city, was made by the President “to pave the way for the start of a […]
(Eagle News) — The weapons that were used to take out Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute were the ones issued by the Russians to the Philippines for free only recently. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke during the oath-taking ceremony of PDP-Laban members in Bicol on Tuesday. “Sniper (weapons) nila were of great help. A distance of about 1 kilometer. Yan ang nakakuha sa dalawa noong madaling araw,” he said, referring to the […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday declared war-torn Marawi city liberated. The President made the declaration in his visit to the city a day after military troops killed terrorist leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon in the main battle area, and almost five months after the terrorists overran the city. Asked why the declaration was made even when there were around 30 Maute fighters, including known terrorist leader Dr. Mahmud Ahmad, left in the city, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is “very happy” the military has neutralized local terrorists Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute in Marawi. This is according to Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, who spoke in a press conference on Monday, hours after the deaths of the two terrorists who led the assault on the city in Mindanao in May that prompted Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao. “(The President) is very […]
(Eagle News) — Two senators on Monday played down the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte he would declare a revolutionary government if destabilization moves resulted in chaos. In a statement, Senator Tito Sotto said Duterte’s pronouncement remains an “idea at this point.” As such, he said “we have no reason to be wary about it.” “He probably feels the country’s stability could be in jeopardy that’s why he is thinking of ways to protect it just […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday confirmed Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon have been killed. Lorenzana said the bodies of the two–which were recovered on Monday morning after a firefight in the main battle area in Marawi—will be subjected to DNA tests. Also recovered from the military operation were 17 hostages. He said rewards were also coming from other countries for their deaths. The killing of the two terrorist leaders who led […]
(Eagle News) — Only President Rodrigo Duterte “had the guts” to address the drug problem. This was the message of Rep. Ace Barbers to people who continue to criticize the administration’s drug war without “giv(ing) the President the benefit of the doubt and looking at the whole picture objectively.” “In the first place, way before the President took office, the drug menace was already spiralling out of control. He alone had the guts to ‘grab […]
