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KORONADAL CITY - They ignored massive campaign against illegal drugs and drug personalities.

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao –- Military personnel manning checkpoints in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao arrested on Tuesday a couple for possession of a firearm and prohibited drugs.Capt. John Arvin Encinas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said elements of 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion, were checking on commuters and vehicles in Barangay Meta, Datu Unsay, Maguindanao when they noticed two persons on a motorbike appeared to be restless.The suspects, June Usman and Sharrie Mae Yuson, both
residents of Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City were found in possession

KORONADAL CITY –- Marawi Bishop Edwin dela Pena has asked President Duterte to consider the demand aired by Maute armed group sent through a video of abducted Fr. Teresito Chito Suganob.Speaking over Church-run Radio DXOM-AM, Bishop dela Pena asked the military to buy time and not necessarily to give in to the demands. In a 5-minute video believed to be recorded through a mobile phone, Fr. Suganob, vicar general of the vicariate of St.

ILIGAN CITY – The incursion of the local terror group Maute and elements of the Abu Sayyaf into Marawi has inflicted immense sufferings to residents in the city that are bound to persist long after the end of the siege.As of Sunday, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has recorded a total of 84,460 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are either staying in designated evacuation centers or in their relative’s houses in nearby towns in Lanao del Sur or Iligan City.

KIDAPAWAN CITY --Two handlers of K9 units sustained gunshot wounds on their stomachs when a still unidentified perpetrator shot them while they were securing the perimeter area of the city’s Mega Market, Monday.Two civilians, one of them a student, were also wounded in their lower extremities when hit by stray bullets in the 7 p.m.

CAMP
SIONGCO, Maguindanao –- The military here announced today the
arrest Sunday of a man wanted for illegal drug peddling and seized seven high
powered firearms.
Capt.
John Arvin Encinas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Kampilan
Division based in Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS), Maguidnanao, identified the wanted person
as Mike Diocolano, 49 a resident of Barangay Marquez, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

COTABATO CITY – Seven students of Notre Dame of Tacurong College (NDTC) on Saturday recalled
their two horrifying, speechless, and soundless nights and one day and a
half ordeal while terrorists terrorized Marawi City.

To All
People of Good Willand

We,
Catholic Bishops of Mindanao, address this Statement to every Mindanawon. We
originally intended to respond to the requests of our Catholic faithful who
asked for pastoral guidance on the issue of Martial Law.

We pray
for all the murdered innocent victims in Marawi and ask the Lord to protect all
the families that have fled to safety.

ARMM is asking kindhearted individuals and groups who would like to share something, cash or in kind, for the victims of atrocities in Marawi City.The ARMM Humanitarian Emergency Action Response Team also released where to get in touch for those seeking or looking for stranded persons or missing persons in Marawi City.The public is asked to use the lines below to report discovery of missing persons or stranded residents fleeing Marawi carnage.

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.