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Kinsand Soldiers slain in Marawi attack re heroes

KIDAPAWAN CITY -Relatives of two soldiers killed during the recent Marawi attack grieved for the loss of their kin whom they regard as ‘heroes’ for giving their lives for ‘peace’s sake.’Among those killed during the May 22 attack in Marawi City were First Lieutenant John Carl Morales of Malvar Street, Poblacion, Kabacan, andSergeant Marlon Baldovino of Barangay Dagupan, also in Kabacan, North Cotabato.Marlon, 40, according to Joefel Baldovino, was hit by a sniper.He allegedly sustained gunshot wounds on his head that led to his untimely death.

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No ID, No entry policy up in Cotabato City in the aftermath of Marawi siege

COTABATO CITY – In support to the declaration of Martial Law by President Duterte, the Cotabato City government has started implementing No ID, No entry policy, the city mayor here said today. The decision was reached after Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi met all village officials in an emergency meeting Wednesday night in the aftermath of the bloody terrorist attacks by ISIS-inspired Maute Terror Group and Abu Sayyaf. Sayadi first directed all village chiefs to intensify visibility and to conduct checkpoints in areas where it is necessary.

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107 inmates in two Marawi jails freed by Maute terrorists

COTABATO CITY - Maute gunmen set free 107 inmates in two jails they attacked late Tuesday amid gunfights on streets in Marawi City.Extremists also abducted eight people as fighting ensued in Barangay Basak Malulut, scene of the initial encounters between the Maute terror group and personnel of the Army’s 103rdBrigade.Gov.

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Maguindanao exec calls for immediate resolution of Marawi crisis

MAGUINDANAO --- Local officials in Maguindanao on Wednesday called for an immediate solution to the on-going strife in Marawi City, apprehensive of a possible spill over to other areas.Gov.

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Maute militants threaten to kill priest, other hostages — Marawi bishop

MANILA —The militants linked to the Islamic State has threatened to kill their hostages, including a Catholic priest, if the military offensive against them continues, a Catholic bishop said.Marawi Bishop Edwin de la Peña said he received a call last night from one of the militants, who introduced himself as a member of the ISIS , and demanded for a unilateral ceasefire . They want a ceasefire and for the military to give them access out of Marawi.

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Hataman condemns latest Maute atrocities in Marawi City

COTABATO CITY-- The security council of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has condemned the atrocities perpetrated in Marawi City by the Maute terror group. We strongly condemn these acts of terror against the people of Marawi City. I swear to take necessary action immediately, ARMM Gov Mujiv Hataman said late Tuesday.Hataman is the presiding chairperson of the ARMM’s inter-agency regional peace and order council, whose members include the region’s police director, Chief Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac, and Major Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr. of the Western Mindanao Command.

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Top BIFF bomber killed in encounter with lawmen in Maguindanao

MAGUINDANAO – Authorities shot dead before dawn Monday a senior leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) trained in fabricating homemade bombs by slain Malaysian terrorist Marwan.Police and Army agents were to peacefully serve Murad Ali two separate warrants for his arrest but were forced to neutralize him when he opened fire as they approached his hideout in Barangay Capiton in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.He was known as Abu Mohammad in the BIFF, an outlawed fanatical group operating in the fashion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.The operation that resulted in the

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Guard foils market bombing in Sultan Kudarat

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – An alert market guard
here prevented today what could have been a bloody Monday dawn when he
confronted three men suspiciously leaving a bag at the town’s public market at
1:30 a.m.

Senior Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat police
provincial director, said the guard on duty he did not name noticed three men
on board a motorbike arrived at past 1 a.m.

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11 NPAs yield to Army in Sultan Kudarat

SENATOR NINOY AQUINO, Sultan Kudarat -- Eleven members of the New People's Army surrendered to the Philippine Army in Midtungok village here at 10 am today.1st Lt John Austin Jamora, the Commanding Officer of the Alpha Company, 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion, said that the surrenderors handed over 8 highpowered rifles, including 5 M16 rifles, 2 M1 Garand Rifles, and 1 AK 47 Rifle. He said that all of the surrenderors are Manobo tribe residents of the hinterland village of Midtungok.

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North Cotabato 'high-risk' fugitive recaptured

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- After four months in hiding, finally, a fugitive considered the most ‘high risk’ among the 158 inmates that bolted from the Cotabato district jail here, was apprehended by authorities on Friday.Melvin Tiangao Casangyao, who faces several drug trafficking charges, was recaptured on Friday, around 820 a.m., inside his hideout at Barangay Onica, this city.Casangyao, intelligence reports said, is one of the leaders of a big-time drug syndicate operating in North Cotabato and other parts of south and central Mindanao.Based from the evidences gathered by the Cotabato Police Pro

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