From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Sep 6): NEUTRALIZED | 10 BIFF members killed in airstrikes in Maguindanao
DATO SALIBO, Maguindanao (DWDD) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) neutralized ten (10) members of the Daesh-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in a series of airstrikes launched by the Joint Task Force Central in Maguindanao.
Elements of the 57th Infantry Battalion reinforced fighters of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF), who were engaging factions of the BIFF Barangay Tee, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao at 10:28am last Sunday (September 3).
The military launched airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of 10 BIFF members and wounding an undetermined number on the enemy side.
Meanwhile, two BIAF-MILF members were slain in the said clash. They were identified as Butukan Bungayen, a.k.a. MantukanBungayen, and Jojo Sampayan.
“The airstrikes were employed by our operating troops with the end state of destroying the strongholds of terrorists, thus, depriving them of means to support their nefarious ploys, which are not limited to their IED-making activities and training of recruits,” said Major General Arnel Dela Vega, commander of the JTF Central.
Said operation ended at 2:20pm of the same day.
On Monday (September 4), Air Force assets launched series of airstrikes targeting BIFF lairs as MILF members continue to engage the bandits in Barangay Tee, Datu Salibo.
“These combat operations are necessary measures taken by the MILF members against terror groups operating in Maguindanao. We laud the liberation front’s leadership for supporting the government’s drive for peace to thrive in Mindanao against terrorism, criminalities and drugs,” said Lieutenant General CarlitoG. Galvez, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command.
“We hope this call for peace would resonate and encourage more groups, organizations, and Filipinos to join the government in combating terrorism, and illegal drugs” added Lieutenant General. “It will not be limited only to combat operations but also non-combat and humanitarian efforts to prevent recruitment of our youth and other vulnerable sectors.” WESMINCOM / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2017/09/06/neutralized-10-biff-members-killed-in-airstrikes-in-maguindanao/
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
NDF/ILPS: We Salute & Support DPRK and Korean People for Stand Against US Nuclear Threats, Sanctions and Provocations
ILPS propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Sep 6): We Salute & Support DPRK and Korean People for Stand Against US Nuclear Threats, Sanctions and Provocations
Issued by the Office of the Chairperson
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
September 6, 2017
We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, admire and salute the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Korean people for asserting national sovereignty, self-reliantly pursuing socialist development and strengthening the capacity for nuclear deterrence and self-defense. US imperialism merely exposes its aggressive character and the futility of its attempts to intimidate the people of Korea and the world with threats of nuclear war, provocative war maneuvers, illegitimate sanctions and malicious disinformation campaign directed against DPRK.
From Aug. 21 through Aug. 31, 2017, the US Combined Forces Command and the south Korean military conducted their annual “Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise” with approximately 17,500 U.S. troops participating joined by south Korean military personnel from all services, as well participants from seven other allies of the US, including Australia, Canada, Columbia, Denmark, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This is the second of two annual war games conducted by the US and its puppet south Korea designed to simulate a “pre-emptive” nuclear strike against the DPRK as well as an invasion and decapitation of its leadership.
Just last week, US fighter jets and bombers conducted military operations over a training range east of Seoul. These included B-1B bombers capable of releasing nuclear payloads. The DPRK has repeatedly asked the US to end these provocative and reckless military exercises held right at its doorstep in exchange for a moratorium on the DPRK’s missile testing but the US has stubbornly refused. Instead US imperialism has been escalating its warmongering against the DPRK with Trump brazenly threatening to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if the DPRK ever endangers the US. His Defense Secretary, James “Mad Dog” Mattis echoed this by stating recently that “Any threat to the United States or its territories including Guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming.” South Korea’s puppet Defense Minister followed suit by calling for the further deployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula.
Western media is presenting this shrill saber-rattling as the justifiable response to the DPRK’s recent missile and nuclear tests. The DPRK has made significant advances in its weapons development program this year, successfully testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can potentially reach US bases in Guam or Alaska; a hydrogen bomb with an estimated yield of up to 100 kilotons which can be loaded onto an ICBM; solid-fueled missiles that reduce launch times from hours to minutes; and fortified missile batteries that could be hidden in forests, underneath cliff overhangs, under bridges, or positioned in other launch sites not easily tracked by enemy satellites.
The DPRK’s nuclear weapons development program is part of its deterrence and self-defense strategy against the long running US policy of hostility towards the DPRK. US bombs killed 20 percent of the population and levelled more cities in North Korea between 1950-53 than they had done in Japan and Germany during World War II. Without its development of nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems, the DPRK would have become the easy target of high intensity aggression like Iraq, Libya and Syria.
US imperialism and its puppet south Korea have never signed a peace treaty with the DPRK since the armistice in 1953. The US has never recognized the DPRK diplomatically and has threatened it with annihilation ever since it was founded in 1948. It has positioned tens of thousands of US troops, missile systems, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in 15 bases in south Korea as a constant threat to the DPRK’s existence. And yet the US has never solved the problem of offending China and Russia by unleashing all-out aggression or nuclear war against the DPRK.
But the US persists in its scheme of pressuring China and Russia to join the US and its allies in cutting off all economic relations with the DPRK. Trump is threatening to cut US trade with any country that conducts any economic activity with North Korea in order to trigger the latter’s collapse. The US threats of further sanctions are accompanied by a major military build-up on the Korean Peninsula and the THAAD deployment in preparation for outright war, rapid invasion and the strategy of instantly decapitating the DPRK leadership.
The ILPS condemns in the strongest terms the long and continuing record of US imperialist aggression, economic blockade, war provocations and nuclear blackmail directed against the DPRK. We hold US imperialism and its south Korean puppets responsible for creating the extremely volatile situation in the Korean Peninsula at present. We encourage the Korean people of north and south to aim and work for peaceful reunification and defeat all divisive schemes of US imperialism.
The ILPS firmly stands in solidarity with and vigorously supports the Workers’ Party of Korea, DPRK and the Korean people in upholding and defending their national sovereignty, developing their socialist economy self-reliantly, building their capacity for self-defense, seeking the peaceful reunification of north and south Korea, replacing the armistice agreement with a peace treaty and fostering global conditions of greater freedom, cooperation, peace and development against US imperialism and all reaction.
The ILPS calls on all our global regional committees, national chapters and member-organizations to carry out a campaign of information and mass protest in order to expose, condemn and oppose the persistent hostile and aggressive policy of the US against the DPRK and the Korean people, the long running economic blockade and further sanctions, the military build-up which has long included nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and military exercises and other war provocations of US imperialism, its imperialist allies and its south Korean puppets in the Korean Peninsula, in the vicinity and in further areas of the Asia-Pacific region.
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
September 6, 2017
https://www.ndfp.org/salute-support-dprk-korean-people-stand-us-nuclear-threats-sanctions-provocations/
Issued by the Office of the Chairperson
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
September 6, 2017
We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, admire and salute the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Korean people for asserting national sovereignty, self-reliantly pursuing socialist development and strengthening the capacity for nuclear deterrence and self-defense. US imperialism merely exposes its aggressive character and the futility of its attempts to intimidate the people of Korea and the world with threats of nuclear war, provocative war maneuvers, illegitimate sanctions and malicious disinformation campaign directed against DPRK.
From Aug. 21 through Aug. 31, 2017, the US Combined Forces Command and the south Korean military conducted their annual “Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise” with approximately 17,500 U.S. troops participating joined by south Korean military personnel from all services, as well participants from seven other allies of the US, including Australia, Canada, Columbia, Denmark, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This is the second of two annual war games conducted by the US and its puppet south Korea designed to simulate a “pre-emptive” nuclear strike against the DPRK as well as an invasion and decapitation of its leadership.
Just last week, US fighter jets and bombers conducted military operations over a training range east of Seoul. These included B-1B bombers capable of releasing nuclear payloads. The DPRK has repeatedly asked the US to end these provocative and reckless military exercises held right at its doorstep in exchange for a moratorium on the DPRK’s missile testing but the US has stubbornly refused. Instead US imperialism has been escalating its warmongering against the DPRK with Trump brazenly threatening to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if the DPRK ever endangers the US. His Defense Secretary, James “Mad Dog” Mattis echoed this by stating recently that “Any threat to the United States or its territories including Guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming.” South Korea’s puppet Defense Minister followed suit by calling for the further deployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula.
Western media is presenting this shrill saber-rattling as the justifiable response to the DPRK’s recent missile and nuclear tests. The DPRK has made significant advances in its weapons development program this year, successfully testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can potentially reach US bases in Guam or Alaska; a hydrogen bomb with an estimated yield of up to 100 kilotons which can be loaded onto an ICBM; solid-fueled missiles that reduce launch times from hours to minutes; and fortified missile batteries that could be hidden in forests, underneath cliff overhangs, under bridges, or positioned in other launch sites not easily tracked by enemy satellites.
The DPRK’s nuclear weapons development program is part of its deterrence and self-defense strategy against the long running US policy of hostility towards the DPRK. US bombs killed 20 percent of the population and levelled more cities in North Korea between 1950-53 than they had done in Japan and Germany during World War II. Without its development of nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems, the DPRK would have become the easy target of high intensity aggression like Iraq, Libya and Syria.
US imperialism and its puppet south Korea have never signed a peace treaty with the DPRK since the armistice in 1953. The US has never recognized the DPRK diplomatically and has threatened it with annihilation ever since it was founded in 1948. It has positioned tens of thousands of US troops, missile systems, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in 15 bases in south Korea as a constant threat to the DPRK’s existence. And yet the US has never solved the problem of offending China and Russia by unleashing all-out aggression or nuclear war against the DPRK.
But the US persists in its scheme of pressuring China and Russia to join the US and its allies in cutting off all economic relations with the DPRK. Trump is threatening to cut US trade with any country that conducts any economic activity with North Korea in order to trigger the latter’s collapse. The US threats of further sanctions are accompanied by a major military build-up on the Korean Peninsula and the THAAD deployment in preparation for outright war, rapid invasion and the strategy of instantly decapitating the DPRK leadership.
The ILPS condemns in the strongest terms the long and continuing record of US imperialist aggression, economic blockade, war provocations and nuclear blackmail directed against the DPRK. We hold US imperialism and its south Korean puppets responsible for creating the extremely volatile situation in the Korean Peninsula at present. We encourage the Korean people of north and south to aim and work for peaceful reunification and defeat all divisive schemes of US imperialism.
The ILPS firmly stands in solidarity with and vigorously supports the Workers’ Party of Korea, DPRK and the Korean people in upholding and defending their national sovereignty, developing their socialist economy self-reliantly, building their capacity for self-defense, seeking the peaceful reunification of north and south Korea, replacing the armistice agreement with a peace treaty and fostering global conditions of greater freedom, cooperation, peace and development against US imperialism and all reaction.
The ILPS calls on all our global regional committees, national chapters and member-organizations to carry out a campaign of information and mass protest in order to expose, condemn and oppose the persistent hostile and aggressive policy of the US against the DPRK and the Korean people, the long running economic blockade and further sanctions, the military build-up which has long included nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and military exercises and other war provocations of US imperialism, its imperialist allies and its south Korean puppets in the Korean Peninsula, in the vicinity and in further areas of the Asia-Pacific region.
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
September 6, 2017
https://www.ndfp.org/salute-support-dprk-korean-people-stand-us-nuclear-threats-sanctions-provocations/
MILF: President Duterte confers with MILF officials in Malacañang
Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Sep 5): President Duterte confers with MILF officials in Malacañang
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night received Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders in Malacañang, days after the Moro rebels expressed their frustration with the government.
A report posted online by GMA News said that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte met with MILF officials headed MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) Chair Ghazali Jaafar, MILF Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal, BTC Commissioner Abdulraof Macacua, and BTC Executive Director Esmael Pasigan in Malacañang on Monday night.
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Sec. Jesus Dureza, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., Interior and Local Government Acting Secretary Catalino Cuy, and presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella were also at the meeting.
As of posting, no details are available of what were discussed during the meeting.
In an editorial posted on its official website Luwaran on Saturday, the MILF scored the government’s failure to comply with its commitments specified in past agreements.
“Even the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which is the legal interpretation of the FAB and CAB, has no sponsor in Congress up to this time. Worse, it is not listed as one of the 14 priority legislations of Congress during the recent Legislative-Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting last August 29,” the MILF said in the Luwaran editorial.
“Frankly again, failure to address the legitimate grievances of the Moros of Mindanao, the conflict in Mindanao will stay with us. The use of brute force will only aggravate the problem,” MILF added.
Sec. Abella told reporters that the LEDAC meeting scheduled on September 20 would tackle the BBL.
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/989/president-duterte-confers-with-milf-officials-in-malaca--ang
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night received Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders in Malacañang, days after the Moro rebels expressed their frustration with the government.
A report posted online by GMA News said that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte met with MILF officials headed MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) Chair Ghazali Jaafar, MILF Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal, BTC Commissioner Abdulraof Macacua, and BTC Executive Director Esmael Pasigan in Malacañang on Monday night.
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Sec. Jesus Dureza, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., Interior and Local Government Acting Secretary Catalino Cuy, and presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella were also at the meeting.
As of posting, no details are available of what were discussed during the meeting.
In an editorial posted on its official website Luwaran on Saturday, the MILF scored the government’s failure to comply with its commitments specified in past agreements.
“Even the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which is the legal interpretation of the FAB and CAB, has no sponsor in Congress up to this time. Worse, it is not listed as one of the 14 priority legislations of Congress during the recent Legislative-Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting last August 29,” the MILF said in the Luwaran editorial.
“Frankly again, failure to address the legitimate grievances of the Moros of Mindanao, the conflict in Mindanao will stay with us. The use of brute force will only aggravate the problem,” MILF added.
Sec. Abella told reporters that the LEDAC meeting scheduled on September 20 would tackle the BBL.
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/989/president-duterte-confers-with-milf-officials-in-malaca--ang
CPP Information Bureau: National ID system in the hands of murderous strongman will have terrible results
Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Sep 5): National ID system in the hands of murderous strongman will have terrible results
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
5 September 2017
Duterte’s feverish push to implement a National ID system is part of his machinations to establish a totalitarian state of mass surveilance, population control, social, political and criminal profiling and mass murder.
The draft law of the National ID system has been bulldozed by Duterte’s supermajority of political allies in the House of Representatives. Will the GRP Senate pass the proposed ID system with similar dispatch and prove itself to be no more than a rubberstamp than the lower house is?
The Party joins the Filipino people in opposing the National ID system. In the hands of the Duterte regime, especially its security, military and police agencies, the National ID system will serve as an additional weapon for fascist suppression. There will be terrible results once such a weapon is placed in the hands of a strong-man tyrant as Duterte who is obsessed with summary killings and mass murder as “solution” to social problems, to silence his political opponents and suppress people’s resistance.
Such a system has long been proposed by the AFP and PNP and US military and security advisers to facilitate mass surveillance through the centralization of the collection and storage (or databasing) of personal information. Past regimes have failed to push the National ID system confronted with popular opposition. The US imperialists will congratulate Duterte if he succeeds on ramming the repressive system.
Duterte’s proposed system aims to collect an inclusive list of personal information in violation of civil rights. This include DNA information, which even under current GRP jurispudence, require a court injunction. Duterte’s National ID system will be a deathblow to privacy rights. In the hands of a repressive and oppressive state, the collection of such information will surely be weaponized and used as a tool for mass surveillance, social, political and criminal profiling.
In many capitalist countries, centralized databases of personal information collected officially as well as illegally have been used by military and security agencies for mass surveillance and “terrorist profiling” leading to stigmatizing of social, religious and political groups and false accusations against individuals.
To conceal its insiduous aims and dupe the people to support the proposed identification system, the Duterte regime makes false claims that the National ID will serve to expedite the delivery of government service. Such claims are put to dispute by the fact that the Duterte regime continues to cut the budget for public education and public health and other important social services.
How can a National ID system help facilitate the provision of public health when government hospitals are, in fact, being commercialized and privatized in whole and in part? If the priority of government is to provide everyone with free public health, free education, free public housing, public transportation and so on, there is no need for a National ID system for the people to benefit from these.
A national system of identification has nothing to do with the efficiency in the provision of public service. Under the social welfare system of Norway, where there is no such system of national identification, everyone has access to advanced public health care. In contrast, in the United States, which has one of the most extensive system of collecting and centralizing personal information, public access to health care, especially of the economically marginalized, is one of the worst in the world.
Computerization does not make a clean government. This is starkly demonstrated by continuing widespread corruption in government agencies which has computerized its record-keeping and processing. Manipulation of election results in the Philippines have become more widespread, albeit less obvious, through automation.
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/statements/20170905-national-id-system-in-the-hands-of-murderous-strongman-will-have-terrible-results
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
5 September 2017
Duterte’s feverish push to implement a National ID system is part of his machinations to establish a totalitarian state of mass surveilance, population control, social, political and criminal profiling and mass murder.
The draft law of the National ID system has been bulldozed by Duterte’s supermajority of political allies in the House of Representatives. Will the GRP Senate pass the proposed ID system with similar dispatch and prove itself to be no more than a rubberstamp than the lower house is?
The Party joins the Filipino people in opposing the National ID system. In the hands of the Duterte regime, especially its security, military and police agencies, the National ID system will serve as an additional weapon for fascist suppression. There will be terrible results once such a weapon is placed in the hands of a strong-man tyrant as Duterte who is obsessed with summary killings and mass murder as “solution” to social problems, to silence his political opponents and suppress people’s resistance.
Such a system has long been proposed by the AFP and PNP and US military and security advisers to facilitate mass surveillance through the centralization of the collection and storage (or databasing) of personal information. Past regimes have failed to push the National ID system confronted with popular opposition. The US imperialists will congratulate Duterte if he succeeds on ramming the repressive system.
Duterte’s proposed system aims to collect an inclusive list of personal information in violation of civil rights. This include DNA information, which even under current GRP jurispudence, require a court injunction. Duterte’s National ID system will be a deathblow to privacy rights. In the hands of a repressive and oppressive state, the collection of such information will surely be weaponized and used as a tool for mass surveillance, social, political and criminal profiling.
In many capitalist countries, centralized databases of personal information collected officially as well as illegally have been used by military and security agencies for mass surveillance and “terrorist profiling” leading to stigmatizing of social, religious and political groups and false accusations against individuals.
To conceal its insiduous aims and dupe the people to support the proposed identification system, the Duterte regime makes false claims that the National ID will serve to expedite the delivery of government service. Such claims are put to dispute by the fact that the Duterte regime continues to cut the budget for public education and public health and other important social services.
How can a National ID system help facilitate the provision of public health when government hospitals are, in fact, being commercialized and privatized in whole and in part? If the priority of government is to provide everyone with free public health, free education, free public housing, public transportation and so on, there is no need for a National ID system for the people to benefit from these.
A national system of identification has nothing to do with the efficiency in the provision of public service. Under the social welfare system of Norway, where there is no such system of national identification, everyone has access to advanced public health care. In contrast, in the United States, which has one of the most extensive system of collecting and centralizing personal information, public access to health care, especially of the economically marginalized, is one of the worst in the world.
Computerization does not make a clean government. This is starkly demonstrated by continuing widespread corruption in government agencies which has computerized its record-keeping and processing. Manipulation of election results in the Philippines have become more widespread, albeit less obvious, through automation.
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/statements/20170905-national-id-system-in-the-hands-of-murderous-strongman-will-have-terrible-results
Remains of 28 civilians, Maute men buried
From Malay Business Insight (Sep 6): Remains of 28 civilians, Maute men buried
AUTHORITIES yesterday buried the remains of 22 civilians and six Maute Group members who were among those slain in the armed conflict in Marawi City that broke out last May 23.
The remains of the unidentified people were interred at the Makbarah Public Cemetery in Barangay Papandayan in Marawi City after post-mortem examinations on them were completed.
Tong Pacasum, head of the retrieval team at the Lanao del Sur provincial disaster risk reduction and management office, said some of the fatalities had only skeletal remains left.
Pacasum said 27 other remains were interred at the same cemetery last month. He said seven recently-recovered cadavers are also due for burial, pending the conduct of similar procedures at a hospital.
Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the regional assembly of ARRM representing the first district of Lanao del Sur and concurrent spokesman of the Provincial Crisis Management Committee, said the remains were retrieved during the early days of the fighting.
“We appeal to the public especially those who have relatives and kin that are still missing to approach the Provincial Crisis Management Committee or the Missing Persons Center in Iligan City and submit swab samples for the ante-mortem procedure,” said Adiong.
Adiong said those who may have difficulty reaching the PCMC in the provincial capitol in Marawi City may coordinate with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The fighting has already resulted in the death of 639 Maute members, 145 soldiers, and policemen and 45 civilians.
On Monday, Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año said the fighting would not last beyond his retirement on October 26. He said the operations are already in the final phase or finishing touches.
The United States government is providing P730 million in additional assistance for relief operations and rehabilitation of Marawi City.
US ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said P577 million of the assistance package, made through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will be for “early recovery, stabilization and rehabilitation of Marawi and surrounding area.”
The rest is in the form of humanitarian assistance or for the delivery of “critical relief supplies such as safe drinking water, hygiene kits, shelter materials for evacuation centers, and for programs to protect displaced women and children.”
Kim said the P730 million assistance is on top of the earlier assistance provided by the USAID in Marawi, including 12,000 water containers and nearly 100,000 chlorine tablets to evacuees, and 6,500 desks for temporary schools and psycho-social support for teachers and students.
Also, Kim said the embassy’s public affairs section will also be providing P22 million for educational and information programs “that bring together students and women leaders to explore innovative ways to address the challenges facing Marawi residents.”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/news/remains-28-civilians-maute-men-buried
AUTHORITIES yesterday buried the remains of 22 civilians and six Maute Group members who were among those slain in the armed conflict in Marawi City that broke out last May 23.
The remains of the unidentified people were interred at the Makbarah Public Cemetery in Barangay Papandayan in Marawi City after post-mortem examinations on them were completed.
Tong Pacasum, head of the retrieval team at the Lanao del Sur provincial disaster risk reduction and management office, said some of the fatalities had only skeletal remains left.
Pacasum said 27 other remains were interred at the same cemetery last month. He said seven recently-recovered cadavers are also due for burial, pending the conduct of similar procedures at a hospital.
Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the regional assembly of ARRM representing the first district of Lanao del Sur and concurrent spokesman of the Provincial Crisis Management Committee, said the remains were retrieved during the early days of the fighting.
“We appeal to the public especially those who have relatives and kin that are still missing to approach the Provincial Crisis Management Committee or the Missing Persons Center in Iligan City and submit swab samples for the ante-mortem procedure,” said Adiong.
Adiong said those who may have difficulty reaching the PCMC in the provincial capitol in Marawi City may coordinate with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The fighting has already resulted in the death of 639 Maute members, 145 soldiers, and policemen and 45 civilians.
On Monday, Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año said the fighting would not last beyond his retirement on October 26. He said the operations are already in the final phase or finishing touches.
The United States government is providing P730 million in additional assistance for relief operations and rehabilitation of Marawi City.
US ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said P577 million of the assistance package, made through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will be for “early recovery, stabilization and rehabilitation of Marawi and surrounding area.”
The rest is in the form of humanitarian assistance or for the delivery of “critical relief supplies such as safe drinking water, hygiene kits, shelter materials for evacuation centers, and for programs to protect displaced women and children.”
Kim said the P730 million assistance is on top of the earlier assistance provided by the USAID in Marawi, including 12,000 water containers and nearly 100,000 chlorine tablets to evacuees, and 6,500 desks for temporary schools and psycho-social support for teachers and students.
Also, Kim said the embassy’s public affairs section will also be providing P22 million for educational and information programs “that bring together students and women leaders to explore innovative ways to address the challenges facing Marawi residents.”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/news/remains-28-civilians-maute-men-buried
WATCH | Maute fighters playing possum underneath the streets of Marawi
From News 5 (Sep 6): WATCH | Maute fighters playing possum underneath the streets of Marawi
Tracing the underground drainage system in Marai that can be used as escape routes by the Maute terrorists.
They don’t just go through walls opened up from house to house in the battle of Marawi, but the terrorist Maute fighters even play possum slithering through the drainage system underneath the streets in the fight for survival.
From the nearby municipality of Marantao, the terrorists are suspected to take advantage of concealment provided by floating clumps of water hyacinth on Lake Lanao to infiltrate into the Islamic City of Marawi to reinforce their comrades.
Those inside the city are apparently able to make use of the underground drainage system to move from one part of Ground Zero to another, or, not so far-fetched, to slip away in their escape making like possums underneath the surface.
According to Salim Limpao of the Marantao Legal Office, there is no other route except via his municipality, which is just one kilometer from the center of Marawi and is situated between the battle zone and the terrorists’ other strongholds.
Security forces have taken to closely guarding the network of drainage ditches to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to slip past stakeouts above the ground. Some of the drainage canals are under concrete houses and hard to make out.
There is another drainage canal leading off from Bangolo Bridge to Batoh Mosque and a branch office of the Landbank of the Philippines.
According to Engineer Serad Laut, it’s possible for them to emerge through manholes and slip into nearby houses along Quezon Avenue.
While the mosque appears to be of strategic significance for the terrorists, the military tactfully prefers to leave it untouched out of respect for the sensibilities of the local population and the Islam faith.
Tracing the underground drainage system in Marai that can be used as escape routes by the Maute terrorists.
They don’t just go through walls opened up from house to house in the battle of Marawi, but the terrorist Maute fighters even play possum slithering through the drainage system underneath the streets in the fight for survival.
From the nearby municipality of Marantao, the terrorists are suspected to take advantage of concealment provided by floating clumps of water hyacinth on Lake Lanao to infiltrate into the Islamic City of Marawi to reinforce their comrades.
Those inside the city are apparently able to make use of the underground drainage system to move from one part of Ground Zero to another, or, not so far-fetched, to slip away in their escape making like possums underneath the surface.
According to Salim Limpao of the Marantao Legal Office, there is no other route except via his municipality, which is just one kilometer from the center of Marawi and is situated between the battle zone and the terrorists’ other strongholds.
Security forces have taken to closely guarding the network of drainage ditches to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to slip past stakeouts above the ground. Some of the drainage canals are under concrete houses and hard to make out.
There is another drainage canal leading off from Bangolo Bridge to Batoh Mosque and a branch office of the Landbank of the Philippines.
According to Engineer Serad Laut, it’s possible for them to emerge through manholes and slip into nearby houses along Quezon Avenue.
While the mosque appears to be of strategic significance for the terrorists, the military tactfully prefers to leave it untouched out of respect for the sensibilities of the local population and the Islam faith.
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Lumad student dies in Davao hospital after he was shot by alleged military agent
From News 5/InterAksyon (Sep 6): Lumad student dies in Davao hospital after he was shot by alleged military agent
Map of Talaingod, Davao del Norte from en.wikipedia.org
A 19-year-old Lumad student died after he was shot by an alleged military agent in Davao del Norte Tuesday afternoon, according to Task Force Lakbayan, the organizing committee for this year’s Lakbayan ng mga Pambansang Minorya.
In a text message to media Wednesday morning, the task force said Obillo Bay-ao, a Grade 6 student of Salugpongan Community Learning Center, sustained serious wounds from the shooting and was declared dead by the Davao Regional Hospital at 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 5.
He was rushed to the hospital the same day after an alleged member of a paramilitary group, identified as Ben Salangani, shot him in the province’s Talaingod town at about 2:30 p.m.
Bay-ao’s death is the 47th case of political killing in Southern Mindanao Region, according to the task force.
The UP Diliman community hosts about 3,000 members of national minority groups, including the Lumad, as part of the three-week long Kampuhan sa Diiman, a yearly solidarity campaign against the ongoing alleged militarization of indigenous schools and communities.
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) condemned Bay-ao’s killing.
“Why is the regime killing the future of the nation? What kind of tyranny is this?,” said Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr., who also denounced the Caloocan police’s killings of 17-year-old Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos and former University of the Philippines student 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz.
“The drug war and the regime’s all-out war and counter-insurgency drive will claim the lives of more young people if these are not stopped,” said Reyes.
“The entire premise of these programs is problematic because it believes that complex social issues can be solved with iron-fisted rule,” he said.
“It believes that illegal drugs can be solved by physically eliminating street-level, slum-dwelling pushers. It believes that the insurgency can be defeated by bombing communities and killing unarmed activists,” said the Bayan leader.
“(Rodrigo) Duterte once said that we cannot build a nation on the bones of dead Filipinos. Mr. President, the bones keep piling up, and they are getting younger and younger,” added Reyes.
Map of Talaingod, Davao del Norte from en.wikipedia.org
A 19-year-old Lumad student died after he was shot by an alleged military agent in Davao del Norte Tuesday afternoon, according to Task Force Lakbayan, the organizing committee for this year’s Lakbayan ng mga Pambansang Minorya.
In a text message to media Wednesday morning, the task force said Obillo Bay-ao, a Grade 6 student of Salugpongan Community Learning Center, sustained serious wounds from the shooting and was declared dead by the Davao Regional Hospital at 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 5.
He was rushed to the hospital the same day after an alleged member of a paramilitary group, identified as Ben Salangani, shot him in the province’s Talaingod town at about 2:30 p.m.
Bay-ao’s death is the 47th case of political killing in Southern Mindanao Region, according to the task force.
The UP Diliman community hosts about 3,000 members of national minority groups, including the Lumad, as part of the three-week long Kampuhan sa Diiman, a yearly solidarity campaign against the ongoing alleged militarization of indigenous schools and communities.
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) condemned Bay-ao’s killing.
“Why is the regime killing the future of the nation? What kind of tyranny is this?,” said Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr., who also denounced the Caloocan police’s killings of 17-year-old Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos and former University of the Philippines student 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz.
“The drug war and the regime’s all-out war and counter-insurgency drive will claim the lives of more young people if these are not stopped,” said Reyes.
“The entire premise of these programs is problematic because it believes that complex social issues can be solved with iron-fisted rule,” he said.
“It believes that illegal drugs can be solved by physically eliminating street-level, slum-dwelling pushers. It believes that the insurgency can be defeated by bombing communities and killing unarmed activists,” said the Bayan leader.
“(Rodrigo) Duterte once said that we cannot build a nation on the bones of dead Filipinos. Mr. President, the bones keep piling up, and they are getting younger and younger,” added Reyes.
PH orders police helicopter from Bell Helicopter Textron
From Update Philippines (Sep 6): PH orders police helicopter from Bell Helicopter Textron
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is getting one unit of brand new rotary twin engine helicopter from Bell Helicopter Textron based in United States. This is after PNP chief Director General Ronald del Rosa signed the Notice of Award in June 2017.
The award to Bell Helicopter Textron has a contract price of Four Hundred Thirty-Five Million Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight Pesos (PHP435,797,548.00), inclusive of taxes, duties, and other charges.
Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia’s offer was declared as the lowest calculated bid but was post-disqualified due to its failure to comply with the documentary requirements stated in the Bidding Documents and Republic Act 9184, says in the recommendation submitted to General dela Rosa.
With the lowest calculated bidder disqualified, Bell Helicopter Textron’s offer, with second lowest calculated bid, was declared as the Lowest Calculated and Responsive Bid. Asian Aerospace Corporation’s offer was the third lowest calculated bid.
Contract for the said order was signed July 6. Notice to Proceed was also issued.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/ph-orders-police-helicopter-from-bell-helicopter-textron/20534
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is getting one unit of brand new rotary twin engine helicopter from Bell Helicopter Textron based in United States. This is after PNP chief Director General Ronald del Rosa signed the Notice of Award in June 2017.
The award to Bell Helicopter Textron has a contract price of Four Hundred Thirty-Five Million Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight Pesos (PHP435,797,548.00), inclusive of taxes, duties, and other charges.
Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia’s offer was declared as the lowest calculated bid but was post-disqualified due to its failure to comply with the documentary requirements stated in the Bidding Documents and Republic Act 9184, says in the recommendation submitted to General dela Rosa.
With the lowest calculated bidder disqualified, Bell Helicopter Textron’s offer, with second lowest calculated bid, was declared as the Lowest Calculated and Responsive Bid. Asian Aerospace Corporation’s offer was the third lowest calculated bid.
Contract for the said order was signed July 6. Notice to Proceed was also issued.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/ph-orders-police-helicopter-from-bell-helicopter-textron/20534
National Police acquiring 2 Single Engine Turbine Helicopters
From Update Philippines (Sep 6): National Police acquiring 2 Single Engine Turbine Helicopters
The Philippine National Police (PNP) today conducted the pre-bid conference for its procurement of two (2) units of Single Engine Turbine Helicopter.
The submission and opening of bids is scheduled on September 21.
Helicopters to be acquired – as per specifications approved by National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) on August 4 this year – must have a hover ceiling of 6 thousand feet to 16 thousand feet.
NAPOLCOM also set the fuel capacity at 440 liters to 1,500 liters. It must also accommodate 2 pilots and minimum of 4 passengers.
As this develops, the PNP already sealed a contract with Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. for the delivery of one brand new rotary twin engine helicopter.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/national-police-acquiring-2-single-engine-turbine-helicopter/20542
The Philippine National Police (PNP) today conducted the pre-bid conference for its procurement of two (2) units of Single Engine Turbine Helicopter.
The submission and opening of bids is scheduled on September 21.
Helicopters to be acquired – as per specifications approved by National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) on August 4 this year – must have a hover ceiling of 6 thousand feet to 16 thousand feet.
NAPOLCOM also set the fuel capacity at 440 liters to 1,500 liters. It must also accommodate 2 pilots and minimum of 4 passengers.
As this develops, the PNP already sealed a contract with Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. for the delivery of one brand new rotary twin engine helicopter.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/national-police-acquiring-2-single-engine-turbine-helicopter/20542
Air Force may soon acquire additional combat utility helicopters
From Update Philippines (Sep 5): Air Force may soon acquire additional combat utility helicopters
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) may soon be acquiring additional combat utility helicopters (CUH), MaxDefense Philippines said. This is after Canadian Commercial Corp. (CCC) and Department of National Defense (DND) singed an Implementing Arrangement in July.
According to MaxDefense, helicopters, probably Bell 412, may be acquired through government-to-government negotiation.
MaxDefense said PAF has requested for 16 new CUHs for funding under the AFP Modernization Program Horizon 1 for 2017. It added that as of August 2017 the request remains the same with PHP12.1 billion expected budget.
The most recent acquisition of Bell 412EP helicopters for the Philippine Air Force from Bell Textron Helicopter of Canada through CCC was in 2014 via government-to-government negotiation.
Eight helicopters were acquired and accepted mid-2015.
With their four-bladed main rotor and twin-engine design and night capability, these helicopters provide better performance and better capability for the PAF in providing heli-lift operations for combat support and in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/air-force-may-soon-acquire-additional-combat-utility-helicopters/20496
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) may soon be acquiring additional combat utility helicopters (CUH), MaxDefense Philippines said. This is after Canadian Commercial Corp. (CCC) and Department of National Defense (DND) singed an Implementing Arrangement in July.
According to MaxDefense, helicopters, probably Bell 412, may be acquired through government-to-government negotiation.
MaxDefense said PAF has requested for 16 new CUHs for funding under the AFP Modernization Program Horizon 1 for 2017. It added that as of August 2017 the request remains the same with PHP12.1 billion expected budget.
The most recent acquisition of Bell 412EP helicopters for the Philippine Air Force from Bell Textron Helicopter of Canada through CCC was in 2014 via government-to-government negotiation.
Eight helicopters were acquired and accepted mid-2015.
With their four-bladed main rotor and twin-engine design and night capability, these helicopters provide better performance and better capability for the PAF in providing heli-lift operations for combat support and in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/air-force-may-soon-acquire-additional-combat-utility-helicopters/20496
PH navy enhances capability against terrorism, transnational crimes, other maritime threats
From Update Philippines (Sep 5): PH navy enhances capability against terrorism, transnational crimes, other maritime threats
Naval Forces West photo
Naval Forces West of the Philippine Navy participated in the scenario-driven activity of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) 2017 in waters east of Puerto Princesa City last August 30.
Naval Forces West deployed Jose Andrada-class patrol craft BRP Teotimo Figoracion (PC-389), a fixed-wing aircraft (NV312), and a special operations unit (NAVSOU-4).
The participation of Philippine Navy aimed at enhancing its “capability in its fight against global terrorism, transnational crimes, and other maritime threats in the region,” Naval Forces West said.
“Focusing on real-time information exchange, coordinated surveillance operations, tracking, and conduct of Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) to the Contact of Interest (COI), the exercise aims to enhance the participating navies’ capabilities against maritime threats and regional real-time information exchange,” Naval Forces West said.
A US Navy vessel played the role of Contact of Interest.
SEACAT is a multilateral exercise being participated by Unites States and ASEAN countries.
This year’s SEACAT was joined by Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard, together with navies and coastguards of seven Southeast Asian countries from August 21 to September 1.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/ph-navy-enhances-capability-against-terrorism-transnational-crimes-other-maritime-threats/20500
Naval Forces West photo
Naval Forces West of the Philippine Navy participated in the scenario-driven activity of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) 2017 in waters east of Puerto Princesa City last August 30.
Naval Forces West deployed Jose Andrada-class patrol craft BRP Teotimo Figoracion (PC-389), a fixed-wing aircraft (NV312), and a special operations unit (NAVSOU-4).
The participation of Philippine Navy aimed at enhancing its “capability in its fight against global terrorism, transnational crimes, and other maritime threats in the region,” Naval Forces West said.
“Focusing on real-time information exchange, coordinated surveillance operations, tracking, and conduct of Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) to the Contact of Interest (COI), the exercise aims to enhance the participating navies’ capabilities against maritime threats and regional real-time information exchange,” Naval Forces West said.
A US Navy vessel played the role of Contact of Interest.
SEACAT is a multilateral exercise being participated by Unites States and ASEAN countries.
This year’s SEACAT was joined by Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard, together with navies and coastguards of seven Southeast Asian countries from August 21 to September 1.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/ph-navy-enhances-capability-against-terrorism-transnational-crimes-other-maritime-threats/20500
2 Killed in Moro Islamic Liberation Front, BIFF clash
From Update Philippines (Sep 5): 2 Killed in Moro Islamic Liberation Front, BIFF clash
Fighting between joint government forces and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and ISIS-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao has continued, the latest of which happened Sunday that left two MILF fighters killed.
The MILF Task Force Ittihad (Unity) clashed over the weekend with BIFF Esmael Abdulmalik faction in Barangay Tee, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, Capt. Arvin John Encinas told reporters.
Among those reported killed was an operation officer of MILF 118th base command.
Encinas, spokesperson for the 6th Infantry Division, said the Army has been providing blocking positions around the so called “SPMS box” or the adjoining towns of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi town), Mamasapano and Datu Salibo.
Fighting between MILF and BIFF has been going on since three weeks ago after the ISIS-inspired group tried to encroach MILF communities in the SPMS box.
Von Al Haq, speaking for the MILF, said his group will continue to defend its areas to prevent the ISIS-inspired armed men from encroaching civilian communities.
Under the 1997 ceasefire agreement between the government and the MILF, the rebel movement is mandated to help the government get rid of terrorists and kidnappers.
Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, Maguindanao police provincial director, said the police have remained on alert alongside the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade and 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade to prevent spillover of clashes between the MILF and BIFF to other Maguindanao towns and in North Cotabato.
More checkpoints have been set up to ensure public safety, he said.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/2-killed-in-moro-islamic-liberation-front-biff-clash/20506
Fighting between joint government forces and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and ISIS-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao has continued, the latest of which happened Sunday that left two MILF fighters killed.
The MILF Task Force Ittihad (Unity) clashed over the weekend with BIFF Esmael Abdulmalik faction in Barangay Tee, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, Capt. Arvin John Encinas told reporters.
Among those reported killed was an operation officer of MILF 118th base command.
Encinas, spokesperson for the 6th Infantry Division, said the Army has been providing blocking positions around the so called “SPMS box” or the adjoining towns of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi town), Mamasapano and Datu Salibo.
Fighting between MILF and BIFF has been going on since three weeks ago after the ISIS-inspired group tried to encroach MILF communities in the SPMS box.
Von Al Haq, speaking for the MILF, said his group will continue to defend its areas to prevent the ISIS-inspired armed men from encroaching civilian communities.
Under the 1997 ceasefire agreement between the government and the MILF, the rebel movement is mandated to help the government get rid of terrorists and kidnappers.
Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, Maguindanao police provincial director, said the police have remained on alert alongside the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade and 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade to prevent spillover of clashes between the MILF and BIFF to other Maguindanao towns and in North Cotabato.
More checkpoints have been set up to ensure public safety, he said.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/2-killed-in-moro-islamic-liberation-front-biff-clash/20506
Philippine Marines gets new Commandant
From Update Philippines (Sep 5): Philippine Marines gets new Commandant
Brig. Gen. Alvin Parreño will formally take over the helm of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Tuesday afternoon. Change-of-command ceremonies will take place at the Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Parreño will replace Major Gen. Emmanuel S. Salamat, a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985, who was appointed head of the Tarlac City-based Northern Luzon Command on Monday following the retirement of Lt. Gen. Romeo Tanalgo, PMC public affairs office head Lt. Rowena Dalmacio said.
Parreño, and a member of PMA Class of 1986, becomes the 31st Commandant of the PMC. He is the Deputy Commandant of PMC prior to his appointment.
Parreño is a seasoned Marine officer who started his career by commanding a marine rifle platoon and honed his skills during his stint in Force Reconnaissance Battalion where he became its Commander.
He also commanded the Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 and was promoted to brigadier general while leading the Naval Reserve Command prior his assignment as commander of the 1st Marine Brigade in 2016.
The incoming PMC chief held various key positions which honed him to become one of the finest generals of his time.
He has proven his leadership skills and prowess in fighting separatist and terrorist groups in Mindanao and received numerous medals and various commendations for gallantry and dedication to service.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/philippine-marines-gets-new-commandant/20503
Brig. Gen. Alvin Parreño will formally take over the helm of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Tuesday afternoon. Change-of-command ceremonies will take place at the Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Parreño will replace Major Gen. Emmanuel S. Salamat, a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1985, who was appointed head of the Tarlac City-based Northern Luzon Command on Monday following the retirement of Lt. Gen. Romeo Tanalgo, PMC public affairs office head Lt. Rowena Dalmacio said.
Parreño, and a member of PMA Class of 1986, becomes the 31st Commandant of the PMC. He is the Deputy Commandant of PMC prior to his appointment.
Parreño is a seasoned Marine officer who started his career by commanding a marine rifle platoon and honed his skills during his stint in Force Reconnaissance Battalion where he became its Commander.
He also commanded the Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 and was promoted to brigadier general while leading the Naval Reserve Command prior his assignment as commander of the 1st Marine Brigade in 2016.
The incoming PMC chief held various key positions which honed him to become one of the finest generals of his time.
He has proven his leadership skills and prowess in fighting separatist and terrorist groups in Mindanao and received numerous medals and various commendations for gallantry and dedication to service.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/philippine-marines-gets-new-commandant/20503
US provides P730 million for recovery of Marawi City
From Update Philippines (Sep 6): US provides P730 million for recovery of Marawi City
The United States government, through US Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed emergency relief and recovery assistance amounting to approximately PHP730 million ($14.3 million) for communities affected by the ongoing conflict in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and its surrounding areas.
“The United States is deeply committed to this relationship and remains ready to support our friend and ally as we face the challenges and opportunities,” US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said during a media interview on September 5.
“We all look forward to the end of the crisis, and the end of the fighting and suffering. We have been and will continue to support the Philippine government’s efforts to deal with the crisis.”
US will deliver critical relief supplies such as safe drinking water, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, and shelter materials in coordination with the Philippine government and humanitarian organizations
USAID will also help restore basic public services such as health care, water, and electricity.
USAID will support Marawi’s longer-term stabilization and rehabilitation by jumpstarting livelihoods, promoting community dialogue, rebuilding resilient health systems, and offering skills training and psychosocial counseling for youth.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/us-provides-p730-million-for-recovery-of-marawi-city/20513
The United States government, through US Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed emergency relief and recovery assistance amounting to approximately PHP730 million ($14.3 million) for communities affected by the ongoing conflict in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and its surrounding areas.
“The United States is deeply committed to this relationship and remains ready to support our friend and ally as we face the challenges and opportunities,” US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said during a media interview on September 5.
“We all look forward to the end of the crisis, and the end of the fighting and suffering. We have been and will continue to support the Philippine government’s efforts to deal with the crisis.”
US will deliver critical relief supplies such as safe drinking water, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, and shelter materials in coordination with the Philippine government and humanitarian organizations
USAID will also help restore basic public services such as health care, water, and electricity.
USAID will support Marawi’s longer-term stabilization and rehabilitation by jumpstarting livelihoods, promoting community dialogue, rebuilding resilient health systems, and offering skills training and psychosocial counseling for youth.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/us-provides-p730-million-for-recovery-of-marawi-city/20513
China donates P5 million for Filipino soldiers fighting in Marawi
From Update Philippines (Sep 6): China donates P5 million for Filipino soldiers fighting in Marawi
The Chinese government has donated PHP5 million for Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops fighting against terrorists in Marawi City.
“The amount will go a long way as it has already been deposited yesterday after the hand over to the AFP Chief General Eduardo Año and now form part of the running tally of around P38.1M donations for the soldiers killed or wounded in Marawi,” AFP Public Affairs Office chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo.
The donation was handed over by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua AFP Chief-of-Staff General Eduardo Año on September 5 at the Hall of Flags, General Headquarters Building, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The Chinese envoy said PHH15 million will be donated before 2017 ends to help in the rehabilitation of Marawi, particularly in the delivery of engineering equipment.
General Año expressed gratitude to the Chinese government.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/china-donates-p5-million-for-filipino-soldiers-fighting-in-marawi/20520
The Chinese government has donated PHP5 million for Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops fighting against terrorists in Marawi City.
“The amount will go a long way as it has already been deposited yesterday after the hand over to the AFP Chief General Eduardo Año and now form part of the running tally of around P38.1M donations for the soldiers killed or wounded in Marawi,” AFP Public Affairs Office chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo.
The donation was handed over by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua AFP Chief-of-Staff General Eduardo Año on September 5 at the Hall of Flags, General Headquarters Building, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The Chinese envoy said PHH15 million will be donated before 2017 ends to help in the rehabilitation of Marawi, particularly in the delivery of engineering equipment.
General Año expressed gratitude to the Chinese government.
https://www.update.ph/2017/09/china-donates-p5-million-for-filipino-soldiers-fighting-in-marawi/20520
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