Filipino boxing champ and Senator, Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao visited government troops here as the fighting between the military and ISIS-backed Maute group drags on for more than two months on Friday, July 29.
Senator Manny Pacquiao visits government troops in Marawi City on Saturday, Juyl 29.
Noraidah Lala, 35, insisted that his husband, Arafat, who was recently arrested and charged with a rebellion by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, was not a member of the Maute group.
Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said teaching communism in the country is not bad.
If reports that some children in Marawi City idolize the Islamic State are true, then such is a classic case that some people in Mindanao have no attachment to the government.
The DOE said the restoration of power in the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Bohol were ahead of the earlier deadline.
Lumad leaders and children from Mindanao, along with progressive groups, called on today for the continuation of peace talks between the government and communist revolutionaries, saying it is the only solution to their issues.
The New People’s Army on Friday, July 28, frees PO1 Alfredo Basabica Jr. who was held captive for seventeen days.
President Rodrigo Duterte called on the members of New People’s Army to leave the communist movement, surrender and avail of the housing and livelihood program of the government.
Retired Technical Sergeant Amer Maca-antal Ali, 63, fought for five Presidents during his career in the army — Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, and Arroyo, before retiring from military service in 2002.
