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(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV may face an ethics complaint in the Senate after he issued what his colleague said were “disrespectful and unparliamentary” comments. “Maybe it is high time that we refer to the Senate ethics committee Senator Trillanes’ actions since he is becoming damaging to the institution and becoming damaging to the country,” Senator JV Ejercito said in a statement on Tuesday. Ejercito was referring to Trillanes’ “disrespectful and unparliamentary” comments […]
Islamist gunmen are holed up in about 1,500 buildings in Marawi after weeks of ferocious fighting that has left people dead, officials said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte last month vowed to “crush” the militants who rampaged through the city on May 23, with the military saying they were hoping to end the fight soon. The gunmen are led by Isnilon Hapilon, one of the world’s most wanted men, who is believed to be still alive […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that the military offensive against Islamist radicals, including the Maute group, will continue until the last terrorist is taken out. “We will not go out there until the last terrorist is executed,” he said. During his speech at the 50th Araw ng Davao del Sur held at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City on Saturday, July 1, the President also sympathized with the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre is confident that the Supreme Court will rule in favor of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. The Supreme Court has until July 5 to decide on the issue, but may issue its ruling on or before Wednesday, July 4. Aguirre said that there is no ground for the SC to overrule the martial law declaration as this has supported by facts […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Maute Group is continuing to lose ground in Marawi City. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año said that only a small part — about one to two square kilometers — of the city is under the control of the terrorist group. The AFP records show that only 100 to 120 members of the Maute remain fighting on the ground. In a report […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said that the weapons donated by China will be of great help in their fight against the Maute Group in Marawi City. Padilla said that the weapons from China are easier to handle because they are similar to what Philippine soldiers are already using. The weapons donated by the Chinese government include 300 rifles, five million live ammunition […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court is expected to release its decision on the petition questioning the legality of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao tomorrow. But according to sources, Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo had made an 83-page draft decision clearing Duterte from charges that he abused his authority when he made the declaration on May 23. They said the High Court had found “sufficient factual basis” for the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop attacking and waging war on government forces if its leaders are serious in pursuing peace talks with the government. The President expressed his frustration over the continuing attacks by the NPA on government forces despite the ongoing peace talk which leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) led by Jose Maria Sison […]
(Eagle News)– Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader and self-proclaimed ’emir’ of the Islamic State (IS) in Southeast Asia Isnilon Hapilon is still inside Marawi City. This is according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who spoke during the Mindanao Hour briefing at Malacañang on Monday. “According to our latest info is he is still inside Marawi. In fact, there is information that we got this morning, he is hiding inside one of the mosques in Marawi,” […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II issued on Friday (June 30) an order directing the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the gruesome massacre of a family in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan last June 27. The order also instructed NBI Director Dante Gierran to submit updates about the investigation to the Office of Secretary of Justice. Authorities have already arrested suspect Carmelino “Miling” Ibañez for allegedly stabbing to death Auring […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Millions of boxing fans in the Philippines, including those displaced by fighting with Islamist militants, walked away in stunned disbelief as national hero Manny Pacquiao lost his world title to Australian Jeff Horn in a major upset on Sunday. Pacquiao, 38, is an elected senator and a unifying figure in the Southeast Asian nation beset by conflict, grinding poverty, and frequent natural calamities. Residents of a war-torn southern city had […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao’s trainer advised the Filipino legend to quit boxing Monday after his sensational defeat to unheralded Australian Jeff Horn. While controversy raged over the scoring of Sunday’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout in Brisbane, after all three judges awarded it to unbeaten Horn, there were doubts whether 38-year-old Pacquiao would return for a possible rematch. Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach said he would consider advising Pacquiao to retire […]
