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Pentagon may boost Duterte’s counter-ISIS ops

The United States is weighing additional support to the Philippine military as it fights an Islamist insurgency in the south, a US defense official said Tuesday.

Duterte’s goal is martial law nationwide when all opposition has fallen – Trillanes

President Rodrigo Duterte plans to extend martial law in the southern Philippines to defeat Islamist militants who have seized a major city, his administration said Tuesday, as critics warned the country could be edging towards a dictatorship.

Duterte vows to eat Islamic militants after beheadings: I’m not a picky eater

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and beheadings of two Vietnamese sailors in a furious reaction to the killings.

Marawi as ISIS ‘province?’ Palace: AFP won’t let that happen

It is unlikely for Marawi City to become a “wilayat” or province of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) even if the military has yet to retake it from the clutches of the Maute group, Malacanang said Tuesday (June 20).

Pag gipit, sa kaibigan kakapit! Robredo thanks US for help in Marawi

Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed gratitude to the United States for extending assistance to Philippine troops battling the terrorist Maute group in Marawi City.

Bawal bumaril! Ping, Gringo, Chiz welcome US help in Maute fight– as long as it’s just intel

Senators Panfilo Lacson, Gringo Honasan and Francis “Chiz” Escudero see nothing wrong with the assistance being given by the United States to the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Marawi City as long as they don’t fight alongside troops.

Duterte won’t fight China over Benham Rise but will allow Navy to bump Chinese ships out of ‘lambing’

President Rodrigo Duterte will not fight China for sending its ships to Benham Rise even if it has been declared by the United Nations as part of Philippine territory.