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(Eagle News) — Ipinagpaliban ng Korte Suprema ang nakatakdang preliminary conference sa electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bong –Bong” Marcos kaugnay sa sinasabing dayaan sa nakaraang halalan kung saan tumakbo itong pangalawang pangulo ng bansa. Sa halip na sa a-bente uno ng buwan (June 21), sa a-onse na ng Hulyo (July 11) isasagawa ang preliminary conference para talakayin ang sakop sa electoral protest ng dating senador laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo na lumamang […]
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 […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday (AFP) said it has tracked Maute reinforcements attempting to enter Marawi City. 1st Infantry Battalion spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera said that the military was, however, making more headway in the fight against the local terrorists. On Tuesday, the military recovered around P79 million worth of cash and a check from a house they said was used as a hideout by Maute snipers in the city. The […]
(Eagle News)– The alleged father of the Maute brothers was arrested Tuesday (June 6) in Davao City, police said. Davao Police chief Senior Supt. Alexander Tagum said Cayamora Maute was arrested at a checkpoint in Sirawan, Toril District. Maute is allegedly the father of Abdullah and Omarkhayam, who are leaders of the local terrorist group named after their surnames. Government troops are currently fighting members of the Maute group in Marawi City. The elder Maute is also among […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has issued a hold departure order against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari. The HDO stemmed from his alleged misappropriation of P115.2 million intended for the purchase of educational materials when he was governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The anti-graft court’s Third Division said the HDO also applied to Misuari’s co-accused, former Department of Education (DepEd) ARMM director Leovigilda Cinches, chief accountant Pangalian Maniri, Sittie Aisa […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)– The transmission line supplying power in a university in Marawi is already repaired and energized, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Tuesday (June 6). According to the NGCP, the line supplying the Mindanao State University, which tripped amid the Marawi siege on May 23, was successfully fixed at 12:33 p.m. of June 3. The NGCP said its personnel repaired the line despite the exchange of gunfire between the military and Maute […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Opposition senators declared their support for a petition filed before the Supreme Court that sought for a joint session of Congress to review the martial declaration made by President Rodrigo Duterte for the whole of Mindanao. Senator Francisco Pangilinan said that the factual basis for the declaration of martial law in Mindanao should be clear. Pangilinan added that the opposition bloc did not file their own petition to avoid accusations […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former and present officials of the government on Tuesday, June 6, filed a mandamus petition before the Supreme Court to compel Congress to hold a joint session on the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. “Legislative review of the exercise of the martial law powers is therefore meant to provide democratic check or sanction to the exercise of such powers. This democratic checking or validating powers is for the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is prepared to defend the declaration of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court. “Well, they have the right under the Constitution to file any challenge to the declaration of martial law. We will let the Supreme Court decide on that. But we are very positive that the grounds laid by the President are in line with the Constitution,” Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine government is closely monitoring the situation in Qatar, after Saudi Arabia, and five other Gulf countries cut ties with it on Monday over accusations it supported extremism and terrorist groups. The countries which have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and the Maldives. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that they are ready to give whatever aid they […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday designated the regional court in Cagayan de Oro to “hear, try and decide all cases and incidents arising from the Maute Group takeover of Marawi City.” “The (High Court)…resolved to direct these courts to speedily act on all prosecutions and incidents arising from (such), complying with the revised guidelines on continuous trial and all relevant court resolutions and issuances designed to expedite criminal prosecutions such as but not limited to […]
