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Aquino blames Napeñas for Mamasapano debacle
The insurbordination of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) commander led to the clash with Moro rebels that left 44 elite police commandos dead in Mamasapano, Maguindanao...
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Napeñas rebukes Aquino over botched SAF operation
Former President Benigno Aquino III has “no balls.” The post Napeñas rebukes Aquino over botched SAF operation appeared first on Inquirer News.
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Military in Sulu shows Abu Rami’s movements until fateful Bohol clash
The military in Sulu confirmed that Abu Sayyaf leader Muammar Askali alias Abu Rami was one of those killed in Inabanga, Bohol. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of Joint Task Group Sulu, told...
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Supt. Nobleza almost beheaded by Abus, says Dela Rosa
A controversial police official who was caught trying to help Abu Sayyaf bandits in Bohol was almost beheaded by the bandits, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa...
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Gov’t forces kill BIFF bomb expert in Maguindanao
Police and military forces on Monday killed a ranking leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao. The post Gov’t forces kill BIFF bomb expert in...
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Solon slams Aquino ‘downgraded’ raps, seeks new Mamasapano probe
The House of Representatives should revive its inquiry into the 2015 Mamasapano clash in light of the Ombudsman's dismissal of the reckless imprudence complaint against former President Benigno Simeon...
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Marwan student is new ISIS chief in Southeast Asia—PNP Chief
A Malaysian bomber trained by slain terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir or "Marwan" is the new chief of Islamic State (ISIS) in Southeast Asia, top police officials confirmed Monday. The post Marwan student is...
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Ex-President Noynoy to face charges at Sandigan – Senator Bam
Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III would face the charges filed against him before the Sandiganbayan, his cousin, Senator Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, said on Wednesday. The post Ex-President...
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Wife of Marwan arrested in Lanao del Norte
Authorities on Sunday said they had arrested the wife of slain Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir alias Marwan during a raid in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The post Wife of Marwan arrested in Lanao del...
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PNP: Marwan wife’s fall weakened Jemaah Islamiyah
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The arrest on Sunday of the wife of slain international terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, or Marwan, has weakened the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), according to...
View ArticleAquino accountable for SAF 44 deaths – Bongbong Marcos Jr.
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said on Sunday that President Aquino should be held accountable for the deaths of 44 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) during an operation to arrest suspected...
View ArticleFrom as far as the Cordilleras, they came to pray for the Mamasapano dead
Wearing loin cloth (bahag), a spiritual leader from the Cordillera Region walked around the cornfield in the village of Tukanalipao here on Monday. He was performing a ritual (kapya), offering prayers...
View ArticleDuterte: Let truth come out through Enrile probe
“Let (Senator Juan Ponce) Enrile unravel the truth,” Mayor and presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday, when asked about the many questions still unanswered about the Mamasapano clash that...
View ArticleWas Marwan’s death worth bargaining for Mindanao peace?
Just before daybreak on Jan. 25 last year, police commandos killed Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, in his hut in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province— heartland of the once separatist...
View ArticleIn The Know: Valeroso, who claims to have evidence on Mamasapano clash, was a...
Retired Chief Supt. Diosdado Valeroso, 56, was a founding member of the Young Officers Union (YOU), a military fraternity that almost succeeded in toppling the administration of the late President...
View ArticlePurisima: SAF neutralized Marwan
Dismissed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima on Wednesday belied the claims of a police asset that apart from “Oplan Exodus,” there was a separate operation plan (Oplan) that he also...
View ArticleLP spokesman mocks Enrile: Where is explosive info on Mamasapano?
The spokesperson of the Liberal Party-led Daang Matuwid coalition on Wednesday belittled the ballyhooed reopening of the Senate inquiry into the Jan. 25, 2015 Mamasapano debacle, saying it was only a...
View Article‘Oplan Exodus’ vs Marwan missed antiterror lessons
Over the last decade, the protracted peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been replete with lessons on the conduct of counterterrorism initiatives...
View ArticleUS involvement questioned
The Aquino administration should explain why it allowed the United States to play a role in the operation against Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, when it was just a police matter,...
View ArticleMamasapano debacle: All about money
THE HEFTY price tag of $5 million for the capture, dead or alive, of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, has caught the attention of the public in the aftermath of the tragic police...
View Article‘US violated no treaty’
Senate President Franklin Drilon on Saturday said he believed the United States had nothing more to explain regarding its role in the counterterrorism operation in Maguindanao province last year that...
View ArticleWhat it takes to be an elite SAF trooper
Che Gurrobat-Pascual, 32, remembers those words of her cousin, Max Jim Tria, describing his job as an officer in the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) at a family get-together in...
View ArticleIntel officers, survivors in Mamasapano raid feted by Napolcom
The officers who took part in developing the intelligence packet for the mission against terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir or "Marwan" will be awarded with service medals, the National Police Commission...
View Article6 Mamasapano survivors also awarded
One year after the bloody “Oplan Exodus” operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, some of the surviving Special Action Force (SAF) commandos have finally been recognised as heroes. The post 6 Mamasapano...
View ArticleAquino’s stand-down order, cover-up in Mamasapano ‘unspoken but apparent’–...
An executive report by the Independent Minority Bloc (IMB) of the House of Representatives claimed that by his actuations, President Aquino issued a stand-down order in the Mamasasapano encounter in...
View ArticleMarwan killed for money by his aide, group claims
Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, was killed by his aide and not by the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) as claimed by President Aquino, a Mindanao-based...
View ArticleWho really killed Marwan?
Oplan Exodus and the assets’ mission to kill Marwan appear to be parallel operations to get the terrorist, for whose capture dead or alive the US government had offered a reward of $5 million and the...
View ArticleNo stopping operations vs Abu Sayyaf — AFP
The military will not stop its operations to crush the Abu Sayyaf group even after the deaths of 18 soldiers in an encounter in Basilan on Saturday, the Araw ng Kagitingan. Top officials of the Armed...
View ArticleCitizen Noy sued over SAF 44 deaths
An anticrime watchdog filed a criminal complaint on Friday against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano incident that led to the deaths of 44 Special Action Force (SAF)...
View ArticleBIFF leaders ousted by moderate Islamic clerics – Muslim preacher
A group of moderate Islamic clerics has staged a “coup” and “ousted” incumbent leaders of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) and its military arm, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom...
View ArticleLet’s find truth behind Mamasapano operation—Duterte
BEIJING—President Duterte may seek a reopening of the investigation into the Mamasapano massacre, where 44 police commandos were killed in an operation to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir,...
View ArticleBomb suspect with P1.2M bounty killed in North Cotabato
Government soldiers on Monday shot dead a suspected bomber whose capture carried a P1.2 million reward, the Philippine Army said. Colonel Nolly Samarita, 602nd Infantry Brigade commander, identified...
View ArticlePNP’s Benjamin Magalong bows out of service
Upon seeing the outcome of the Philippine National Police-Board of Inquiry’s investigation on the Mamasapano debacle, Police Director Benjamin Magalong knew what his fate would be. The post PNP’s...
View ArticleSAF 44 suit vs Purisima et al. to go on trial
LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET— They are not protected by the legal principle that the state cannot be sued. The post SAF 44 suit vs Purisima et al. to go on trial appeared first on Inquirer News.
View ArticleWidow asks Duterte: Give 42 slain SAF cops Medals of Valor, too
A widow of one of the 44 Special Action Force members who were slain in an encounter with Moro rebels in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Jan. 25, 2015 is planning to ask President Duterte to honor their...
View ArticleSAF 44 kin hold Aquino accountable
The bereaved kin of nine elite troopers killed in the bloody police operation in Mamasapano two years ago still believe the buck should stop with former President Benigno Aquino III. The post SAF 44...
View ArticleBARMM cops arrest suspect in ‘Mamasapano encounter’
COTABATO CITY– Police in the Bangsamoro announced the arrest of one of the suspects in the infamous “Mamasapano encounter” that claimed the lives of 44 elite police forces and 18 Moro gunmen in 2015....
View ArticleCA affirms conviction of 2 Indonesian terrorists
The Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of two Indonesian terrorists who were sentenced to up to 40 years in prison for their role in the February 2003 bombing of Awang Airport in Maguindanao....
View ArticleSandigan defers Aquino’s arraignment over Mamasapano incident
The Sandiganbayan has reset former President Benigno S. Aquino III’s arraignment for graft and usurpation of authority over the 2015 Mamasapano incident. The post Sandigan defers Aquino’s arraignment...
View Article42 SAF commandos receive PNP Medal of Valor
Three years after they were killed in a bloody clash with Moro rebels in Maguindanao, the remaining 42 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) who have yet to receive the Philippine National Police's...
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