Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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The cost of intelligence failure

The entire Mindanao has been under military control since President Duterte declared martial law on May 23 due to the Maute terror group’s attack...

Follow the money

Soldiers are trained to expect anything in a conflict situation. But I’m sure certain members of the Philippine Marines were not prepared to find...

Paris is the world

Just before the Donald announced that he was rejecting the climate change agreement finally hammered in Paris two years ago, he concluded, wrongly it...

Killing machines

Some friends have asked me: Emil, you are almost 90 years old. Why don’t you retire? No doubt, people my age have retired. Government people...

Desperadoes

The collective sigh of public relief was palpable after the Philippine National Police determined that the Resorts World attacker was not some lone-wolf operative,...

Battle for Marawi resumes after 4-hour lull; 179 freed

A FOUR-HOUR humanitarian ceasefire on Sunday allowed the rescue of 179 residents trapped by the fighting between Maute group terrorists and government troops in...

Police tank taken over by terrorists

PHILIPPINE National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa says the Maute group is in possession of a battle tank owned by the police.     “That’s true....

More bombs rain on Maute forces

Marawi—Government forces dropped more bombs Saturday on Marawi  City where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days,  vowing no let-up despite the...

The mayor first, all over again

WE WILL be harsh on the terrorists, President Rodrigo Duterte said upon arriving in Manila on Wednesday afternoon. He had cut short his trip...

31 terrorists die in Marawi siege

DAVAO CITY--Government troops have killed 31 terrorists four days after they laid siege on Marawi and flew black Islamic State banners over the city. Armed...

Caveats and conditions

President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao on Tuesday, May 23. This after the Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf terrorists laid siege in Marawi...

Año vows to crush terrorists

INCOMING Interior Secretary Gen. Eduardo Año on Friday vowed to crush terrorists and eradicate drugs in the country, two major rallying points that President...

Govt on alert against terror

THE full might of the government will be used to block the entry of terrorists into the country amid “credible information” that the Abu...

A necessary vexation

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport has been placed on full alert and the United States embassy has warned its citizens against going to Palawan...
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