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Press Statement of Lieutenant General Carlito G Galvez, Jr reand start of Ramadan (May 27, 2017 11 a.m.) The entire Western Mindanao Command joins our Muslim brethrens in the observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan. All our personnel in Western Mindanao were ordered to carry out security measures to ensure that the vicinity of mosques (masjids) will be secured and that the Islamic faithfuls are free to go there to exercise their religion.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Marawi City is now a ghost town but still noisy due to recurring clatters of gunfire and explosions in barangays where militants and soldiers are locked in a showdown.Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, chairman of ARMM’s regional peace and order council, said Friday residents of Marawi City have abandoned their homes for fear of getting trapped in the crossfire. Marawi City is now a ghost town.

LANAO DEL SUR --- The Maute terror group first emerged in Butig town in Lanao del Sur more than two years ago, just as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East started to hit the news.Founded by siblings Omar and Abdulla Maute, the group was originally named Dawlah Islamiya, but eventually became more known as the Maute terror group, now feared for its impunity.Omar and Abdullah are descendants of a big Maranaw warrior clan in Butig, a hinterland town in the first district of Lanao del Sur.The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has a government-recognized enclave in B

LANAO DEL SUR --- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) reiterated Thursday their commitment to the peace process in the wake of the raging strife in Marawi City.The two fronts also condemned the siege since Tuesday afternoon of several baragays in Marawi City by combined members of the Maute terror group and the Abu Sayyaf.Al-Haj Murad Ibrahim, chairman of the MILF’s central committee, said they condemn the violent attacks in Marawi City by terrorists.

COTABATO CITY –
The terrorist group Dawla Islamiya (Islamic State) was planning a bigger
offensive but the plot was preempted by government forces when it served
warrant of arrest against Isnilon Hapilon of Abu Sayyaf, a regional official
today said.

Hapilon, the
recognized leader of ISIS in the Philippines, was in one of the populated district
of Marawi City when the military and police learned of his presence there.

Statement of ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman on Marawi City Incident

LANAO DEL SUR --- Officials on Tuesday urged Marawi City folk to stay home amid the raging gunfights on streets between Maute terrorists and soldiers.Lanao del Sur Vice Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr., a senior member of the provincial peace and order council, also called on Marawi City residents to be extra vigilant and prevent strangers from intruding into their yards. I’m appealing to residents of Marawi City to stay home, drop on the ground if they hear gunshots. They have to lock their doors and gates too, Adiong said at about 5:30 p.m.

SUMISIP, Basilan – Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Monday led the turnover of a P20-million worth Islamic school building to the community to help curb the spread of radicalism and to propagate the true teachings of Islam. The infrastructure will not only be used to impart the correct teachings of Islam, but also a formation center, particularly for out-of-school youth who are the potential recruits of terror groups. They should be brought to this kind of school, Gov.

COTABATO CITY --- Thursday (May18) was a sad day for thousands of cataract patients treated free by murdered eye surgeon Shahid Sinolinding.Sinolinding, 37, was shot dead by suspected guns-for-hire in his clinic in Cotabato City exactly a month ago on Thursday and prospects of putting the culprits behind bars are bleak.His older brother, the professor Harris, survived an ambush in August 2016 while on his way to the Cotabato Foundation College for Science and Technology, located in Arakan town in North Cotabato, where he is helping co-teachers and students campaign for the ouster of school

COTABATO CITY– The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has donated a total of eightambulances to different municipalities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to help improve health service in the region.Atty.