8 suspected ISIS members killed in Lanao clash
Eight suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed in a firefight with government troops ...
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10 Maute terrorists meted 40-yr jail term for abduction, murder
The Taguig Regional Trial Court sentenced 10 members of the extremist Maute Group to up to 40 years imprisonment for ...
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NHA completes 50% shelters for displaced Marawi residents
The National Housing Authority is able to achieve a 50 percent target in its goal to put up temporary shelters ...
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Air Force quizzed on P2-billion supplies
The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the Philippine Air Force for getting over P2 billion from the ...
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A step closer to peace in Mindanao
"We wish to see the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao already up and running." We may have gone ...
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The danger remains
US-backed Kurdish forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State’s nearly five-year-old "caliphate" Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from ...
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Maute still a terror threat
The Maute Group is still a top security threat, a top military commander said Friday, even as Army forces seized ...
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Army swoops down on Maute; 3 injured
Three army soldiers were wounded in heavy fighting against remnants of the Islamic State-inspired Maute group in Lanao del Sur ...
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Can martial law restore peace in Mindanao?
"We don't see any diminution of the terrorist threat in the island, with or without martial law." Close on ...
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ISIS fanatics and Joma’s followers
The plot thickens. Islamic State movement-inspired terrorists prey on “soft targets” like the bombing of a shopping mall in the ...
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