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.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) will establish a help desk for the implementation of Martial Law.
Government troops suffered 13 casualties on Friday, Day 18 of the fight against the local terrorist groups here.
As the entire nation is set to celebrate the 119th Independence day on June 12, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has set it as deadline to liberate the besieged Marawi City from the ISIS-linked Maute group.
