As of 6 PM on Sunday, July 2, a total of 84 troopers were already killed as the air and ground assaults continue to topple down the remaining forces of the ISIS-linked Maute group still holed up in Marawi.
Both the government of the Philippines and the United States held a coordinated and completed patrol in the Sulu Sea to enhance regional peace and stability.
Filipino boxing legend and Senator Manny Pacquiao may have lost his bout against Australian boxer Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia, but his fans said he still remains the People’s Champ.
Government forces of the Philippines and the Republic of Indonesia will embark on a coordinated patrol for a week in a bid to strengthen security of the countries’ common boundary.
More than P20 million worth of livelihood projects of a federation of cooperatives of the Moro National Liberation Front were completely damaged as the air and ground assaults by the government against the ISIS-linked Maute Group in Marawi continue.
President Rodrigo Duterte said sometimes he cannot help but cry when he reads about reports of soldiers getting killed in Marawi City.
Despite criticisms on the anti-drug war, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the present administration’s war on drugs is successful a year after President Rodrigo Duterte has taken the seat of presidency.
The military has conducted an unprecedented count of 17,494 checkpoints in Eastern Mindanao 38 days since President Rodrigo Duterte placed the island under Martial Law.
In his typical blunt manner, Presidential son and Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte castigated in his Facebook account critics of the President who marked his first year in Malacanang Palace Friday.
Association of Community Educators Chairperson and Lumad school teacher Ramil Miguel said his group is planning to file charges of frustrated murder against Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit member Rodel Buntanlog.