Duterte declares ceasefire with communist rebels

Froilan Gallardo 12/23/2019

Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental—Malacañang on Sunday night, December 22, 2019, said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has declared a ceasefire with communist rebels for the Christmas season. Malacañang said Duterte declared the unilateral and reciprocal ceasefire…

Soldiers were the targets in Cotabato bombing – Army

Froilan Gallardo 12/22/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The bombers responsible for the series of explosions in Cotabato City on Sunday, December 22, targeted soldiers not churchgoers coming out of the Immaculate Conception Church. Nine soldiers and eleven civilians…

Guilty verdict on 57 Ampatuan massacre victims’ killers welcomed; kin of ‘58th victim’ still cry for justice

Froilan Gallardo 12/19/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO— There was euphoria among the families as the Quezon Regional Trial Court handed down the guilty beyond reasonable doubt sentence for the 57 victims of the Ampatuan massacre. “ I thank God for hearing…

Families of victims eagerly wait for verdict in Ampatuan massacre

Froilan Gallardo 12/18/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – After waiting in anguish for ten years, Cathy Nunez and some of the families of the 32 journalist killed in the Ampatuan massacre in 2009 will be in Manila to hear the…

Two more bodies recovered from collapsed building in Padada town

Froilan Gallardo 12/16/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines—Rescuers pulled out two more bodies from the collapsed Southern Trade Commercial building in Padada town, Davao del Sur Monday afternoon bringing the total number of dead in the collapsed building to four. Padada…

Two more bodies pulled out from collapsed building

Froilan Gallardo 12/16/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental – Rescuers pulled out two female bodies from the rubble of the collapsed Southern Trade Commercial building in Padada town, Davao del Sur early Monday morning, December 16, 2019. This raised…

‘Signs of life’ detected in one of three persons trapped inside collapsed building

Froilan Gallardo 12/15/2019

CAGAYAN DE OR0 CITY, Philippines —Rescuers detected “signs of life” from one of the three people still trapped in one of the collapsed buildings in Padada town, Davao del Sur that was hit by a 6.9 magnitude…

6.9 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mindanao

Froilan Gallardo 12/15/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO—A magnitude 6.9 tremor struck Southern Mindanao Sunday afternoon causing more panic among residents wracked by a series of strong earthquakes since July this year. The state-owned Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) plotted…

Death toll in rebel ambush in Samar rose to 3

Froilan Gallardo 12/14/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO— Police said another civilian, who was among the 12 who were wounded in the Friday ambush in Borongan, Eastern Samar, died on Saturday, December 14, 2019, bringing the number of fatalities to a total…

Civilian injured in rebel ambush in Samar rose to 12

Froilan Gallardo 12/14/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —  The number of civilians injured in the ambush directed against a group of policemen in Borongan City, Samar last Friday has risen to 12, police said. Police Lieutenant Colonel Maria Bella Rentuayan,…

Cop, 3-year-old boy killed, 8 others wounded in NPA ambush in Samar

Froilan Gallardo 12/13/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines— A policeman and a three-year-old boy were killed while eight other police officers and residents were wounded when New People’s Army rebels ambushed a police patrol in Borongan, Samar on Friday afternoon,…

Marawi residents welcome Duterte’s ‘No extension of Martial Law’ announcement

Froilan Gallardo 12/11/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The news that President Rodrigo Duterte would not extend Martial Law in Mindanao was widely cheered by war-weary residents in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday. “Its about time.…

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