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Read more about the article Target missed: 2 gov’t troops killed, 11 injured in another ‘friendly fire’ in Marawi
FIGHTING GOES ON. More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Target missed: 2 gov’t troops killed, 11 injured in another ‘friendly fire’ in Marawi

Two government troops were killed while 11 were wounded in Marawi City after a bomb missed its target during an airstrike Wednesday noon.

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Read more about the article Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi
LISTEN TO US. Traditional Maranao leaders are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire and allow them to intervene and talk to the families of the extremists involved in the attack in Marawi City. The leaders including sultanates and imams from Lanao del Sur province signed a petition addressed to Duterte on Thursday, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi

The sultanates and Imams of Marawi City and the nearby towns in Lanao del Sur are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire in the embattled city that is continuously being ravaged by the ongoing fighting between the government forces and Islamic radicals.

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Read more about the article 2 soldiers killed, 6 others wounded in a brief clash with NPA in Paquibato
FILING OF CASES. Major Ezra L. Balagtey, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, during the AFP-PNP press conference on Wednesday, Feb 8, says that the 8th Infantry Battalion is coordinating with the Bukidnon provincial government to prepare the filing of cases against individuals believed to have a hand in the killing of government soldiers in Malaybalay City last February 3. (Photo by Marlo Joshua Brua)

2 soldiers killed, 6 others wounded in a brief clash with NPA in Paquibato

Major Ezra Latawan Balagtey, spokesperson of Eastern Mindanao Command, said that military troops from the 16th Infantry Battalion encountered a group of New People’s Army at Sitio Bajada, Paradise Embac, Paquibato District, this city early morning on June 11.

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Read more about the article 14-hour firefight in Marawi costs 50 gov’t casualties

14-hour firefight in Marawi costs 50 gov’t casualties

The government’s operations against the Maute group resulted in 50 casualties among the Philippine Army troops on Friday, 17 days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao.

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