Author: ALEX D. LOPEZ

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ON FIRE. Black smoke billowed from the area of Sarimanok in Marawi City on Saturday morning, May 27 as attack helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines pounded the area where members of Maute group are believed to be holding their position. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

ON FIRE

Black smoke billowed from the area of Sarimanok in Marawi City on Saturday morning, May 27 as attack helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines pounded the area where members of Maute group are believed to be holding their position.(Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Be warned: Davao police to arrest protesters in line with ML declaration

Be warned: Davao police to arrest protesters in line with ML declaration

The Philippine National Police in Davao region (PRO-11) said the right to form a public assembly such as protests or rallies against the government will be curtailed with the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte chats with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim on the sidelines of the signing ceremony for the Executive Order reconstituting the Bangsamoro Transition Commission in Malacañan on November 7. (King Rodriguez/Presidential Photo)

MILF asks govt to ensure ceasefire mechanism work amidst ML

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and its top leaders said they are not in the position to question the factual basis of the declaration of martial law to contain the incident in Marawi City and prevent its escalation to other parts of Mindanao.

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Read more about the article KMP condemns Martial Law declaration in Mindanao
STOP MILITARIZATION. Tonying Flores of peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas slams the continued militarization in the countryside during a picket rally Thursday at the front door of La Breza Hotel in Quezon City where a meeting between the Commission on Human Rights, Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police is on-going. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

KMP condemns Martial Law declaration in Mindanao

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said declaring martial law in Mindanao, the second biggest island and the home to one-fourth of the country’s population will only put innocent civilians at risk of state perpetrated human rights violations.

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in a press conference in Malacañan on January 29, 2017. (Ace Morandante/Presidential Photo)

MinDA supports Martial Law declaration in Mindanao

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said it is supporting the declaration of martial law as announced by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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