A group of community educators slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the paramilitary group Alamara for conducting series of attacks against Lumad schools in Davao region.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao said the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao fits into the “imperialist strategy of the US to gain domination in Asia and the Pacific.”
The peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said the country will only gain war, not freedom and independence as the US continue to step on the Philippines’national sovereignty.
Life is on a standstill, literally, on a cardboard for hundreds of thousands of civilians affected by the May 23 terrorist attack here.
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.
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.
The Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns on Sunday condemned the death of a Grade 6 pupil inside a Mosque in Marawi.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he is not aware of the role played by the US Special Forces in Marawi City
Malacañang on Saturday said that President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to issue an executive order for the establishment of a rehabilitation program intended for the besieged Marawi City.
An official of the Philippine Army explained that the assistance given by the US troops in the fight versus the local terrorists are limited to exchanges of intelligence, training and technical support.
