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Slain IS emir tried to buy his way out

ABU Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon offered millions of pesos to anyone who could get him out of Marawi City as government troops closed in...

His biggest challenge

In the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of the liberation of Marawi after a five-month siege, the people are asking: Is this is...

Marawi liberated–Duterte

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City free from Islamic State-inspired terrorists Tuesday after more than 148 days of fighting, even as the military said...

Beware of reprisal attacks, says analyst

THE government should be on the alert for “spectacular terrorist attacks” in the wake of Monday’s killing of two terrorist leaders in Marawi City,...

Celebrating life

Begging the pardon of one Catholic priest widely quoted in the press, the rejoicing is not really over the death of terrorists. It’s over...

Damage has been done

With the confirmed deaths of the Maute brothers and Isnilon Hapilon, the war for Marawi may indeed be on its final gasps. Even as we...

Hapilon, Maute dead

ABU Sayyaf leader and the emir of the Islamic State group in Southeast Asia was killed in the battle to reclaim Marawi City, Defense...

Malaysian, 7 other terrorists hold out

SECURITY forces have yet to neutralize eight foreign terrorists, including the Malaysian financier, recruiter and architect of the attack on Marawi City, Armed Forces...

Martial law lifting eyed; mopping up begins

DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday the military will announce the termination of hostilities once government forces have ensured there are no more terrorists...

‘Final assault’ on Marawi set to get Hapilon dead or alive

FIGHTING intensified Friday as the Army Scout Rangers launched a final assault to seize Abus Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon in Marawi City. A report on...

Sayyaf chief must die in Marawi–military

ISNILON Hapilon, the Abu Sayyaf leader reportedly designated the “emir” of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, must die, Armed Forces chief Eduardo Año...

All but one Maute dead; AFP seeks more funds to end war

MILITARY officials said Friday that all of the Maute brothers, except Omar, may already be dead. “They have reason to believe that only one of...

Hapilon, 28 men hiding under tunnel–military

ABU Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and 28 of his men ready to die for him are tunneling under a mosque hoping to escape the...

Troops got wrong Maute brods–AFP

TWO Maute brothers, identified as terrorist leaders in the now known Marawi siege, and supposed Islamic state emir Isnilon Hapilon were likely still alive,...
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