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Read more about the article Beheading of kidnap victims a desperate move of ASG – Padilla
NO BOMBS. Designated spokesperson for the implementation of Martial Law, Brigadier General Restituto Padilla says they are extra careful not to bomb Marawi City to avoid further collateral damage. Padilla says they are merely making "surgical airstrikes" against the Maute group in a press conference on Friday, May 26 at a hotel in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Beheading of kidnap victims a desperate move of ASG – Padilla

The Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed belief the Abu Sayyaf Group is now desperate to get away from the pressures that the government forces are pushing in their areas in Basilan – and that the group has resorted to beheading their kidnap victims.

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Read more about the article Bello: GRP, NDFP to hold informal talks before resuming 5th round in August
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (davaotoday.com)

Bello: GRP, NDFP to hold informal talks before resuming 5th round in August

The peace panels are back to their feet as the government peace panel chief Silvestre Bello said the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will possibly resume the negotiations next month.

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Read more about the article Group lauds dissenting SC justice, 3 others who favor to limit ML in Mindanao
(From L-R) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa

Group lauds dissenting SC justice, 3 others who favor to limit ML in Mindanao

A multisectoral group here lauded a dissenting Supreme Court Justice and three other SC justices after the High Tribunal upheld the enforcement of Martial Law in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Presidential son calls on Filipinos to support Martial Law in Mindanao
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte presid?es? over the 18th ?City C?ouncil session for the first time on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Presidential son calls on Filipinos to support Martial Law in Mindanao

After the Supreme Court dismissed all the petitions against the imposition of martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao, Presidential son and this city’s Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte called on the people to stand united and render full support to Martial Law.

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