Martial Law in Mindanao

Read more about the article UNDER FIRE: IP, Moro communities, schools suffer as ML intensifies all-out war in Mindanao
LIFT MARTIAL RULE. Lumad and Moro groups stage a protest action at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Friday, July 21 and call on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to lift the imposition of martial law in Mindanao. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

UNDER FIRE: IP, Moro communities, schools suffer as ML intensifies all-out war in Mindanao

Representatives from various Indigenous Peoples and Moro organizations are here in the country’s capital to lobby their call for the stop of all-out war in Mindanao, especially in far-flung areas.

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Read more about the article Martial law hiked shipments to North Mindanao, says Customs
The Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) has vowed to intensify its anti-smuggling operations as it is working hard to achieve its P11 billion target for 2017. File photos show BOC-10 officials, led by BOC-10 CIIS chief Alvin Enciso (left, wearing checkered blue shirt) seize boxes of illegal cigarettes imported from Chine estimated stored in a warehouse in Cagayan de Oro City. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Martial law hiked shipments to North Mindanao, says Customs

In fact, the enforcement of the military rule in the entire island of Mindanao has even encouraged importers to ship their goods here, said Alvin Enciso, chief of BOC-10’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS).

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Read more about the article Duterte refuses talks with Reds, gov’t to wage war vs NPAs after Marawi crisis
President Rodrigo Duterte visits government troops in Marawi City on Thursday afternoon. (Photos from AFP)

Duterte refuses talks with Reds, gov’t to wage war vs NPAs after Marawi crisis

After the Marawi crisis, the government forces would shift the offensives against the New People’s Army.

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Read more about the article Duterte to hear interests of vital stakeholders on ML – Abella
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Duterte to hear interests of vital stakeholders on ML – Abella

Malacañang has given an assurance that President Rodrigo Duterte will consider the interests of other vital stakeholders, not only of the military and the police, when he decides whether to extend the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Marawi and Mindanao and to expand its coverage into other areas in the country.

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Read more about the article Fate of ML now in Duterte’s hands
President Rodrigo Duterte, in an interview on the sidelines of his visit to the 403rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters at Camp Bahian in Barangay Impalambong, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on July 6, 2017. (JOEY DALUMPINES/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Fate of ML now in Duterte’s hands

Whether or not its duration will be extended and area of coverage expanded, the fate of Martial Law in Mindanao is now in the hands of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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