Emmalyn Macababayao lost her one-year-old son after he suffered dehydration as they fled from conflict-torn Marawi in southern Philippines. (AFPTV) https://youtu.be/eLTfIzCR1WY
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President Duterte visits 36 wounded soldiers in Cagayan de Oro hospital
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte visited 36 wounded soldiers confined at the Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division located in Cagayan de Oro City. The President also gave each soldier the Wounded Personnel Medal during the hospital visit on Thursday, June 8.
Philippine pride shown at PHL Independence Day Celebration in New York
By Percival Cunanan EBC New York/Eagle News Service NEW YORK, USA (Eagle News) — International beauty pageant titleholders and Filipina beauty queens Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach, Miss World Megan Young, and Miss International Kyle Versoza; renowned Filipina singer Lani Misalucha; and American Idol star Fil-Am Jessica Sanchez. They were just among the Filipino talents of all ages who came to the 119th Philippine Independence Anniversary Commemoration at the Madison Square Park, Madison Avenue, New […]
Featured video: Displaced Marawi children draw their tragic experience in war-torn city
https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]
WATCH: PNP releases CCTV footage showing movement of Resorts World attacker
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has released the close-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage from Resorts World Manila to prove that the attack on the casino last week was not part of a terror attack. After indiscriminately firing his gun and setting fire to various casino properties, the suspect identified as Jessie Carlos, a former employee of the Department of Finance who was deep in debt due to gambling, allegedly committed […]
President Duterte visits Japanese escort Flotilla in Alava Pier, Subic
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 4, visited the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotilla One JS IZUMO (DDH-183) at the Alava Pier of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City, Zambales. The President and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana conduct a shipboard tour and inspection of the helicopter carrier’s different stations. JS IZUMO, together with a guide-missile destroyer JS SAZANAMI (DDG-113), berthed at the Subic Bay Port for […]
WATCH: Dozens found dead in Manila casino after police rule out terror
At least thirty-six bodies were found in a casino complex. Local police have, however, ruled out terrorism as the motive of the masked man who barged inside the hotel with an automatic rifle, tried to rob the casino, and set fire to furniture in the building. He then set himself on fire and shot himself in the head.
Putin interviewed in Oliver Stone documentary series
(Reuters) — United States network Showtime has released a sneak peek at Oliver Stone’s upcoming documentary series “The Putin Interviews,” featuring the Oscar-winning director in exclusive conversations with the Russian president over the course of two years. According to Showtime, “Putin has never before spoken at such length or in such detail to a Western interviewer.” Stone interviewed Putin more than a dozen times, most recently in February following the US election – which Russia […]
US Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado pays courtesy call to President Duterte in Villamor Airbase
President Rodrigo Duterte and other Cabinet members received United States of America (USA) Senator Cory Gardner of the State of Colorado at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Wednesday, May 31. Senator Gardner is also the chair of the Sub-committee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cyber Crime Policy of the USA Senate. This is the first official visit to the Philippines of the senator, who was received in a courtesy call and working […]
Former national security chief bares Hapilon formed a more violent, extreme terror group in Marawi
Gonzales: Gov’t battling between 400 to 700 Islamist terrorists from ASG, Maute, BIFF, other groups (Eagle News) — Former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said that the Marawi situation is “very, very serious” and “dangerous” as the Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon had managed to merge a combination of forces numbering between 400 to 700 from the Maute group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in his campaign to establish a caliphate […]
Video: Duterte visits wake of slain gov’t forces, civilian killed in Marawi fighting
President Rodrigo Duterte condoles with the bereaved families of killed-in-police-operation policemen and killed-in-action soldiers during the clashes between the government troops and gunmen of the Maute group in Marawi City, Lanao del Norte. The remains of the killed policemen and soldiers lie at the St. Peter’s Funeral Homes in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. He also condoled with the family of one civilian, Alan Descallar, who was killed when terrorists attacked Marawi City on […]
Featured video: President Duterte visits soldiers and policemen wounded in Marawi fighting in Iligan City hospital
President Rodrigo Duterte visits the wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers and wounded-in-police-operation (WIPO) policemen confined at the Adventist Medical Center in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte on May 26, 2017. The injured troops were part of the government forces deployed in the ongoing firefight against the Maute terror group in Marawi City.
