MSU bombing update: Police hunting 2 men, who are members of Maute group

Dexter Cabalza - Reporter / @dexcabalzaINQ 12/07/2023

Two men, who allegedly planted the bomb that exploded inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) gym in Marawi City on Sunday, are being pursued by police. The MSU bombing killed four and wounded more than 50 people.…

Police eye 2 ‘persons of interest’ in Mindanao State University bombing

Faith Agrosino 12/04/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Police were looking into two “persons of interest” in the bloody bombing that killed four people and wounded scores in Marawi City. Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) assistant chief Lieutenant Eirene Mazon…

‘Foreign terrorists’ behind deadly Marawi bombing–officials

Reuters 12/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr condemned a deadly bombing on Sunday, blaming “foreign terrorists”, as police and the military strengthened security in the country’s south and around the capital Manila. At least four people were…

Marawi bombing claims 4 lives, hurts 50 others, confirms PNP

Luisa Cabato 12/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Four people were confirmed dead while 50 others were injured in a bomb that ripped through the Dimaporo Gym inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) campus in Marawi City early Sunday, Philippine National Police (PNP) Lt. Gen.…

Military on high alert after calling Marawi bombing ‘a terror act’

12/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine forces were on high alert on Sunday after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in Marawi City, an attack the authorities called Islamist terrorism.…

Government to start rebuilding Marawi mosques 3 years after siege

Bong Lozada 08/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government is set to rebuild several mosques in Marawi City during the five-month-long siege that took place in 2017. According to a government report, Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBW) chairperson Secretary Eduardo del…

Lanao del Sur: Authorities shift fight from terrorism to COVID-19

Froilan Gallardo 03/29/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines —With four COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) positive cases and hundreds more Persons under Monitoring(PUM), authorities in Lanao del Sur have shifted their fight from terrorism to COVID-19. Colonel Jose Maria Cuerpo, Army…

Patient No. 201, who died in hospital, is COVID-19 positive

Froilan Gallardo 03/18/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO — The Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed that the 58-year-old Patient No. 201, who died at Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi City, was positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019). The confirmation came…

P6.8M worth of illegal drugs seized in Marawi

Froilan Gallardo 01/30/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental —Joint operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade seized more that a kilo of shabu from two suspected drug peddlers in Marawi City, Lanao…

Marawi rehab delay worsens poverty

Ben de Vera, Jigger Jerusalem - Inquirer.net 12/08/2019

The delay in the rebuilding of war-torn Marawi City has partly caused a slight increase in poverty in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the lone region where poverty incidence rose although the nationwide rate dropped…

Navy spent P.5B for Marawi siege — Vice Admiral Mercado

Inquirer.net 10/30/2017

The Philippine Navy has spent about half a billion pesos for ammunition and fuel during the five months of fighting in Marawi City. Navy chief Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado gave the assessment in an interview with…

PH Navy chief calls for upgrade on urban combat

Inquirer.net 10/30/2017

The battle for Marawi City has underscored the need for the Philippine Navy to improve on urban warfare, Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado said on Monday. “In all our operations, we always undertake a…

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