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Palace: Democracy vibrant as groups hold rally on Independence Day to call for martial law lifting

June 11, 2017

Malacanang respects the right of those who are set to hold a rally in Manila on Monday, Independence Day, to call for the lifting of martial law in entire Mindanao. In a statement on Sunday, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella noted

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Police convoy ambushed, 4 Maute militants killed

June 11, 2017

Four suspected Islamic State-linked Maute Group members died while three policemen were injured after their police convoy was allegedly ambushed by unidentified assailants Saturday night.   Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Police Office said the convoy was supposed to bring the

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(UPDATE) Mother of Maute Group, two wounded arrested by authorities  

June 10, 2017

The mother of the Maute brothers and two other wounded terrorist members were arrested by the government authorities in Lanao del Sur on Friday night. In a police report, Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

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13 Marines killed in “intense firefight” in Marawi: military

June 10, 2017

Despite what authorities claim as gradual progressing in clearing Marawi City of the ISIS-linked Maute Group, 13 Marines were killed in fighting, a military spokesman said Saturday. Thirty to 40 Maute gunmen were posted at high-rise mosques and homemade bombs

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Nearly 300,000 persons flee Marawi fighting: OCD

June 10, 2017

The number of evacuees from Marawi City where fighting is approaching its third week nears 300,000, the regional Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Saturday.. There is a total of 59,358 displaced families that amount to 290,552 evacuees from

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Deaths in Romblon sea mishap now six, 5 missing

Deaths in Romblon sea mishap now six, 5 missing

June 10, 2017

Three more bodies have been recovered bringing the death toll from a sea mishap in Romblon to six, with five missing, police said Saturday. “Six dead, four identified and two are still unidentified and we have five missing,” Senior Inspector

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Mayor in Batangas shot dead while watching basketball game

June 10, 2017

A municipal mayor in Batangas province was shot while watching a basketball competition in a covered court, police said Saturday. Belete Mayor Joven Hidalgo was watching a basketball game in Brgy. Poblacion Balete, with his security when an unknown gunman

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“15 groups” pledge allegiance to IS: security analyst

June 10, 2017

More than 15 groups in the Philippines have pledged allegiance to the international terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a Singaporean analyst on security affairs said on Friday. “In the Philippines, what happened is more

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