General Año – from AFP to DILG
It will take years – perhaps 70, according to one estimate – to restore Marawi City to what it used ...
Tag: Islamic State
War decimates lair of IS ’emir’ in Marawi
Prayer mats, checkered scarves, black fatigues, and bullet-ridden walls mark the hideout where the “emir” of the Islamic State in ...
5-month battle in Marawi ends
A five-month battle against Islamic State supporters in Marawi City that claimed more than 1,100 lives has ended following a ...
PH success vs IS cited
US Defense Secretary James Mattis yesterday praised the Philippines for its successes in battling Islamic State supporters, as he began ...
Milestone in US drive vs terror
President Donald Trump is portraying the Islamic State group’s ouster from its Syrian stronghold as a milestone in the US ...
Military hunting 20 remaining militants
The Philippines is preparing to declare the end of fighting in a southern city seized for five months by pro-Islamic ...
Top Malaysian militant killed in Marawi clash
A top Malaysian militant is believed to be among 13 Islamic State group-linked militants killed in fighting overnight here, a ...
How militants pinned down troops in Marawi
With a grimace, Brig. Gen. Melquiades Ordiales of the 1st Marine Brigade recounted the painful gains made against Islamist militants ...
Marawi hostage Fr. Suganob free at last
IT is surely among the best news reports coming out of Marawi City – that Fr. Teresito Suganob, vicar general ...
Militants’ command center in Marawi falls
Philippine forces battling Islamic State group supporters in Marawi have scored a major victory when they captured the militants’ command ...
Speaking out against terrorism in all its forms
POPE Francis was moved to pray for an end to the “inhuman violence of terrorism” after five days of violence ...
Restoration, rebuilding of Marawi underway
MARAWI City is not yet free of the Maute combatants who attacked Marawi City on May 23 with support from foreign fighters ...
Barcelona van attack kills 13
Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terrorism operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, ...
25 dead as MILF battles ISIS-backed bandits
Fighting between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Islamic State militants have killed at least 25 people in the southern Philippines, the ...
Nuclear threat, jihadist menace
PRINCIPALLY because of two recent events, our part of the globe is on the center stage of world attention and ...
Gov’t to hire 40,000 soldiers
The government is considering the hiring of 40,000 government troops and the acquisition of drones and other equipment to efficiently ...