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A mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has singled out some local officials, policemen and judges as part of the drug trade in a crackdown that has made him popular with many Filipinos Among those Duterte named was Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, who was killed along with 11 others in a dawn raid on his home, police […]
(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 […]
The United States donated surveillance aircraft and began delivering weapons to the Philippines on Thursday to help its Asian country fight Islamist militants. The two Cessna C208B planes, which together with their equipment are worth more than $30 million, will track Islamic State group-styled gunmen as well as patrol maritime borders, US ambassador Sung Kim and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. “These planes are the latest… manifestation of all that our alliance is supposed to be, […]
(Eagle News) — The seven congressmen who challenged the constitutionality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court will no longer question before the High Court the extension of military rule there. In a statement, the so-called Magnificent 7—Reps. Edcel C. Lagman of Albay, Teddy Baguilat Jr. of Ifugao, Edgar R. Erice of Caloocan City, Emmanuel A. Billiones of Capiz, and Raul Daza of Northern Samar; and Party-list Reps. […]
“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 […]
(Eagle News) — Naka-full alert ngayon ang national headquarters ng Philippine National Police (PNP) para sa seguridad sa ikalawang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Paliwanag ni PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa, malaki ang kanilang tungkulin na gagampanan sa mga mangyayaring kilos protesta na isasabay sa SONA. Dahil dito, anim na libo at tatlong daang pulis (6,300) ang naka-deploy sa loob at labas ng Batasan Complex. Tiniyak naman ni Dela Rosa […]
Congress sits in a special session today to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte’s bid for longer martial rule over Mindanao in a bid to defeat Islamist gunmen. Duterte is widely expected to win approval for martial law in the region until the end of the year, with troops fighting to wrest back the southern city of Marawi following two months of fighting. The military said about 60 Islamic State group-inspired gunmen are left in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday reiterated he no longer wants to talk to communists, this after their armed group ambushed a Presidential Security Group convoy in North Cotabato. “I believe you Mr. Sison, you are right..You stop talking..Let us renew the fighting for another 50 years, it’s what you want…I can fight for another 50 years, let us agree on that. Let us stop talking. I am tired,” the President said, referring […]
The President also proposes for them to “compensate” people affected by the industry (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday asked businessmen engaged in mining to come up with an arrangement that would be “fair to everybody,” also suggesting for them to “compensate” those affected by the industry instead. Duterte said this as he reiterated he would call all those engaged in mining, former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez and other militants to a meeting […]
(Agence France Presse) — The government has ordered the arrest of communist rebel leaders involved in peace talks, after a guerrilla ambush left five presidential bodyguards wounded in the latest escalation of the half century-long conflict. The insurgents have been engaged in off-and-on peace talks with Manila to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. But the government suspended formal peace talks in May, and on Thursday chief government lawyer Jose Calida said guerrilla leaders […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited war-torn Marawi on Thursday, making good on his word to check up on government troops fighting Islamist militants in the area. Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said the President made the visit in Camp Ranao around lunchtime. There was no media coverage of the event, as they were only informed about the President’s visit after he left. Prior to this visit, Duterte had attempted to […]
(Eagle News)– Malacañang on Wednesday (July 19) dared the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), to fight on the side of the government against terrorists, if it really wants to pursue peace. “To show that the CPP/NPA/[NDFP] is truly in pursuit of peaceful coexistence, they must stand against a common enemy, regardless of martial law extension,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. Abella added that ““it is […]
