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Article: Military air strike kills more soldiers in Marawi
(I forgot to say who wrote it but)
The article i chose is from Rappler.com, and it is written by Carmela Fonbuena.

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I chose this news/sports article because it's a topic that interests me greatly, and i actually had a chance to try-out for the national team and be in a football camp with these girls so i feel like this is important to me

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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has finished bridesmaid to Thailand once again, settling for a second place spot in the 2017 ASEAN Football Federation U15 girls championship. Coach Marielle Benitez's girls rolled into the final undefeated before stumbling to the Thais 6-2 in the championship game on Saturday, May 20 in Vientiane, Laos.

The Pinays downed Indonesia 2-0, then defeated Cambodia and Singapore 3-0 in their round-robin group to book a semis spot. A gutsy come-from-behind 3-2 semifinal victory against Myanmar got them into the final.

Talking points abound in this accomplishment, the third time that the Philippines has reached the final match of an international girls tournament and lost to Thailand in recent memory.

Preparation. Thailand's team prepared for this tournament for a full 6 months, according to PH midfielder KC Zalamea. That pales in comparison to the 5 weeks the Philippine team had to get ready.

Zalamea says she follows some of the Thai players on social media and she notices that some study in the same school too, which only helps cohesion even further.

But the Filipinas certainly made the most of that month of training. They held a camp in Los Baños, Laguna where they sharpened themselves against boys teams. They lost to Perpetual Help 2-1 and fell to another boy's side coached by Aeyh Fabroada, 5-2.

In the beginning of their camp they met a U13 side of boys from the Makati Football School and were dismantled 8-1. When they tussled with them again before jetting off for Laos the final score was 3-3, an almost night-and-day improvement.

Benitez also got her team to play boys teams from the Football Funatics program. They drew one match 0-0 but can't recall the score of the other one.

The team also played two collegiate women's teams, beating Ateneo 6-3 and FEU 1-0.

Youth players need 30-40 11-a-side matches a year to get the experience to become elite players. These friendlies are a huge boost.

Coaching. This was Benitez's first go at a head coaching job in international competition and she says she learned a lot about "preparing a team tactically, mentally, emotionally, and physically."

The girls had numerous team building activities that the coach felt were key in instilling togetherness in the squad.

One of them involved asked the girls, who were split into groups, to cross an 8 meter area while standing on just two pieces of bond paper. Teamwork was crucial in making it work.

Another had the teams split up into groups and given eggs. They needed to create cushioning for the egg that could protect the egg from an 8 foot drop. One team pulled it off, with their egg surviving the plunge. These "kumbaya" moments helped create an unshakeable bond within the team.

Benitez and the other coaches also noted that many of the provincial girls, so shy in the beginning of the camp, opened up and came out of their shells near the end of the campaign. Benitez singles out Cebuana goalie Riza Mae Ugbaniel as one example of this phenomenon, along with Lorjane Aludos, a center back from Baguio.

Their newfound confidence translated to better character on the park. "Even when we got scored on and Myanmar took the lead, you could see that none of them bowed their heads," said the coach.

"We were more attacking this time, and the chemistry was stronger this year," says Collatos.

Benitez can take plenty of credit.

"She is really good with words. She really knows how to boost our spirits." says Zalamea of the coach's motivational skills.

The American connection. There were 6 Filipina-American girls in the squad. Four of them, Gabi Collatos, Shelon Cruces, Arianna Le Page, and Katelyn Alexander, were veterans of last year's U14 national team.

But newcomers Myria Garcia and Viviana Cera shone as well. Vera deserves special mention. Last year the Nevadan tried out and was cut. This year she came back stronger and faster and easily made the team.

Cera proceeded to score the first goal against Indonesia and get the Man Of The Match award in the win. She also scored against Thailand. Talk about grit and determination.

Garcia notched 3 goals, none better than the audacious long-range game-winner in the semifinal against Myanmar. See it here.

Provincial representation. While most of the Philippine-born players came from Manila, the coaching staff scoured the countryside for talent. There are girls from Baguio, Cebu, and Davao on this team. Althea Rebosura, who comes from Roy Moore's Payatas FC, is also a notable selection. She has made it all the way from a challenging childhood to play for her country.

Different members of the coaching staff made an effort to attend tryouts and Festivals of Football (FOFs) in Dipolog, Bicol, Laguna, San Carlos, and the aforementioned areas.

What's next. The Philippines continues to make strides in girls and women's football. PFF General Secretary Ed Gastanes revealed on Monday's press conference that a PFF U16 girls tournament is likely before the end of this year, involving either schools, clubs, or both. The matches will be 11-a-side and 80 minutes long.

The PFF Women's League, on hiatus since the beginning of the UAAP season, will restart on .

Who knows what the ceiling is for Pinay football. The AFC U16 championships for girls take place next year, a qualifier for the U17 Women's World Cup in 2019. Hopefully this batch can stay together for that.

Like that egg that survived the 8-foot fall in training camp, Philippine women's football seems quite unbreakable at this moment. - Rappler.com
Follow Bob on Twitter @PassionateFanPH.

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PH U15 girls football team inches closer to international gold

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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has finished bridesmaid to Thailand once again, settling for a second place spot in the 2017 ASEAN Football Federation U15 girls championship. Coach Marielle Benitez's girls rolled into the final undefeated before stumbling to the Thais 6-2 in the championship game on Saturday, May 20 in Vientiane, Laos.

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Instead of using her time spending millions of dollars on jewelry, arts, and shoes, she should've spent her time looking at all the horrible things her husband was doing to the country. I'm still trying to understand why she didn't flee from Ferdinand.

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MANILA, Philippines - Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the so-called Iron Butterfly, celebrates her 88th birthday on Sunday, July 2.

Known for her excessive style now dubbed as "Imeldific," Imelda's rags-to-riches story explains her love for orchestrating lavish events and owning an extravagant collection of shoes, clothes, and jewlery.

Her cousin Loreto Ramos revealed that when they were younger, Imelda belonged to the poor side of the family. According to a book on Imelda Marcos' life, Siloy, a family helper, even bought Imelda new shoes, because she could not afford to replace her only worn out pair. This, the book said, eventually led to the obsession of creating a glamorous image for herself.

It was then-Congressman Ferdinand Marcos who gave Imelda the life she could only once dream of. After an 11-day courtship, Ferdinand Marcos married the former beauty queen Imelda in 1954. Eleven years later, Ferdinand was elected President in 1965, making Imelda the 10th First Lady of the Philippines.

During her time in Malacañang Palace, she was appointed governor of Metro Manila and Minister of Human Settlements. Following the downfall of her late husband's dictatorial regime, Imelda resumed a career in politics, serving in the House of Representatives,from 1995-1998, and from 2010 until present.

Throughout the decades, Imelda Marcos has amassed more than 3,000 pairs of shoes, including heels, flats, sandals, boots, and slippers made by both local and international brands. Her locally-made shoes are said to cost up to $11, while imported shoes amount to around $100 each.

Imelda also owned an impressive jewelry collection valued at $8 million. This ranged from antique to modern pieces and included Old Indian diamonds, Burmese rubies, and Colombian emeralds. Three decades after it was confiscated, Imelda's Hawaii jewelry collection was approved for auction in 2016.

When the Marcos family fled the country in 1986, 1,200 pairs of shoes, 800 purses, hundreds of gowns, luxurious jewelry collections, and several paintings of Monet and Picasso were confiscated as well. The Marikina Shoe Museum now displays 800 pairs of Imelda's shoes. Some 150 boxes of her clothes, shoes, and jewelry were also moved to the National Museum in 2010 for protection, but were ironically destroyed due to termites, mould, and storms.

IMELDA MARCOS

"The Iron Butterfly"

Born: 02 July 1929

Father: Vicente Orestes Romualdez

Mother: Remedios Trinidad

Spouse: Ferdinand Marcos

Children: Irene, Bongbong, Imee, Aimee

Political career
- Gari Acolola / Rappler.com Gari Acolola is a Rappler intern.

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FAST FACTS: Imelda Marcos, the 'Iron Butterfly'

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MANILA, Philippines - Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the so-called Iron Butterfly, celebrates her 88th birthday on Sunday, July 2. Known for her excessive style now dubbed as "Imeldific," Imelda's rags-to-riches story explains her love for orchestrating lavish events and owning an extravagant collection of shoes, clothes, and jewlery.

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Duterte Threatens To Jail Martial Law Critics

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Duterte Threatens To Jail Martial Law Critics

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I have a feeling this Martial Law thing is going a bit too far...? Like people and other politicians should have the freedom to talk about it whenever they want and they should have the right to have a say on this

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days before the Supreme Court is set to rule on its legality this week.

Duterte declared military rule across the region of Mindanao, home to about 20 million people, in late May to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there.

The Philippine leader has insisted he would ignore the findings of the court, which has constitutional oversight, vowing only to listen to recommendations from the armed forces.

"It's not dependent on the whim of the Supreme Court. Should I believe them? When I see the situation is still chaotic and you ask me to lift it? I will arrest you and put you behind bars," Duterte said in a speech before local officials on Saturday.

"We can talk of anything else and make compromises maybe but not when the interest of my country is at stake."

Government forces are continuing to battle militants occupying the city of Marawi, with aerial bombardment and ferocious street-to-street combat that has left some 400 people dead and forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee their homes.

Duterte has faced a backlash from opposition lawmakers, who last month asked the Supreme Court to reject the declaration of martial law, which they have slammed as unconstitutional.

The 1987 constitution imposes limits on martial law to prevent a repeat of the abuses under dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was deposed by a famous "People Power" revolution the previous year.

The charter allows the Supreme Court to review the factual basis for proclaiming martial law, which is limited to an initial period of 60 days. If a president decides to extend martial law, congress can review and revoke it.

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Duterte threatens to jail martial law critics

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked south, days before the Supreme Court is set to rule on its legality this week. Duterte declared military rule across the region of Mindanao, home to about 20 million people, in late May to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there.