Authorities arrested a pastor Monday morning, October 23, for allegedly carrying a firearm without legal papers.
What happened in Marawi City should be a wake-up call not just for its residents, but also for everyone living in Mindanao, a government official said over the weekend.
“I would like to say it’s already done! It’s a complete and total victory for the troops!”
Members of the newly-formed Davao City-Local Peace Committee (DC-Peace) is set to conduct its first meeting on Tuesday, October 24.
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated he will not extend his presidency by the end of his term.
After almost 5 months inside the battle area, the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has left the city Friday morning, October 20, following a send-off ceremony held inside the military’s Camp Ranao.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded law enforcers for the arrest of a woman suspected to have links with the group behind the Roxas night market bombing last year.
When President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated from terrorists’ influence last Tuesday, October 17, reporters covering the crisis in the country’s only Islamic city got a glimpse of the face of the destruction inside the battle zone.
Displaced residents in the cleared areas of this city have already returned to their homes, said the deputy commander of Joint Task Force Ranao on Thursday, October 19.
Two members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed and five soldiers were wounded in the latest clashes between them in Maguindanao on Thursday afternoon, October 19.
