TITLE: A different kind of Bayot
AUTHOR: SibEx News (Community News of Zamboanga Sibugay)
DATE: June 8, 2017

KEY CONTENT: The late 24-year old Private First Class Dhan Ryan Bayot’s patriotism during the Marawi siege is a symbol of justice in our SDG which is Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. It is a symbol of justice because in the end, mr. Bayot’s patriotism paid off when the Philippine military won against the terrorists. 

TITLE: Troops Foil Roadside Bombing in Sulu

AUTHOR: Sunstar Zamboanga

DATE: April 17, 2022

KEY CONTENT: Troops recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Abu Sayyaf bandits in Indanan, Sulu. Major General Ignatius Patrimonio, 11th Infantry Division (ID) commander, said the IED was discovered around 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

TITLE: Duterte Declares Martial Law in Mindanao

AUTHOR: Yvette Morales, CNN Philippines

DATE: May 24, 2017

KEY CONTENT: President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, amidst the clashes between government forces and armed Maute group in Marawi City. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says that Martial Law will help the government control terrorists’ movements.

TITLE: Philippines: ‘Battle of Marawi’ leaves trail of death and destruction

AUTHOR: Amnesty International (News Organization)

DATE: November 17, 2017

KEY CONTENT: International news organization Amnesty International interviewed 48 survivors and witnesses during the surge of the war.

TITLE: Visit to the bomb victims 9/3/2016.

AUTHOR: RTVMalacanang

DATE: September 3, 2016.

KEY CONTENT: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte visited the bomb victims in San Pedro Hospital and Davao Medical Center in the wake of the bomb blast that ripped through the crowded night market in Roxas Street, leaving 14 people dead and 66 injured.

TITLE: Islamic State take extremist mission to Philippines

AUTHOR: 60 Minutes Australia

DATE: July 23, 2019

KEY CONTENT: Allied forces have been effective in wiping out the extremists in Syria and Iraq, but many ISIS fighters have escaped and are relocating. The worrying news is that they’re moving into our region, specifically into areas of Indonesia and the Philippines.

TITLE:Terrorist-tagging posters in Davao cause alarm among groups

AUTHOR: Joahna Lei Casilao

DATE: July 24, 2020

KEY CONTENT: Posters displayed in Barangay Maa, Davao City tagging nine individuals as terrorist recruiters have caused alarm among several groups.The posters were a huge threat to individuals who express their opinions on national issues, especially with the  Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 in place.

TITLE: Nun Demands Stop the Killings in Mindanao

Author:Sister Stella Matutina

Date: Dec 12, 2012

KEY CONTENT: Sister Stella Matutina, OSB speaks for PANALIPDAN MINDANAO, a network of advocates for the environment and patrimony during the Human Rights Day protest against AFP's Oplan Bayanihan and mining corporate greed that victimize indigenous peoples, farmers and environmental defenders.

Quotes from Sister Stella M:

"The church cannot be neutral in (the issue of) human rights violations."

"To foreign corporates, leave us alone! We don't need your money. What we need is Mindanao, our land."

TITLE : A 'Civil War' Is Being Waged Against Indigenous Tribes in the Southern Philippines, Rights Groups Say

Author: Lisa Spear

DATE:  SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 

Key content: Human-rights groups are accusing the Philippine military of harassing and killing members of indigenous farming communities, who are caught in the crossfire of a long-running communist insurgency on the archipelago’s southernmost island, Mindanao.

TITLE: PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN MINDANAO, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 

AUTHOR: Naoyuki Ochiai

DATE: December 2020

KEY CONTENT: The author reveals how ISIS encouraged the terrorists, inspiring them to revolutionize our country. Terrorists now fly the ISIS banner in order to get more strength and be adequately structured in exchange for providing supplies to improve their status in battling the security forces.

TITLE: Hunting For Terrorist in the Philippines

AUTHOR: VICE News

DATE: Jan 7, 2018

KEY CONTENT: After the tragic events that happened in Marawi, the government ordered a military task force to locate the remaining terrorists who escaped from the event. This relates to our issue of "terrorism," because the government must keep a lookout for those terrorists who escape so that they will not be able to gain superiority in their influence.

TITLE: Terrorism in the Philippines: Examining the data and what to expect in the coming years

AUTHOR: Anton Alifandi

DATE: March 09, 2021

KEY CONTENT: The Author of that article provides data on a number of NPA attacks in the Philippines, particularly in areas of muslim-majority parts of Mindanao. The five-month siege of Marawi City in 2017 that claimed hundreds of Filipino lives is also mentioned by the author. To better understand the disparity between these two pillars of the Philippines terrorism risk and to help analysts predict the future risk environment, analysts uses analytics that use metadata from a huge collection of security incidents.

TITLE: PH Joins Forces with the UN to Fight Terrorism

AUTHOR: Department of Foreign Affairs

DATE: October 2018

KEY CONTENT: Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Enrique A. Manalo met with UN Office of Counter-Terrorism undersecretary-general Vladimir Voronkov. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Philippines Undersecretary-General for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Ramon Manalo met Russian counterpart Igor Voronkov in New York on Tuesday to discuss ASEAN-United Nations Counter-Terrorism Joint Efforts (CTED), among others.

TITLE: STATEMENT: All-out Peace rather than All-out War

AUTHOR: MindaNews STATEMENT

DATE: February 15, 2017

KEY CONTENT: The AOP speaks on behalf of its constituency, which includes women, children, indigenous peoples, peace activists,youth, even spouses and relatives of soldiers, as well as the other most vulnerable groups during times of war especially in Mindanao. They said NO TO ALL-OUT WAR! YES TO ALL-OUT PEACE! 

 

AUTHOR: Shiela Cornepillo

DATE: June 15

KEY CONTENT: Message to the children who were affected by the Marawi Seige. That after all the children’s suffering experiences, comes peace and justice.

 

 TITLE: MARAWI: 153 days of War

 AUTHOR: Rappler

 Date: October 24, 2017

 KEY CONTENT: Showed how the Philippine military fought Marawi insurgents for over 153 days. The documentary also demonstrated the devastation and suffering that Marawi's residents endured as a result of terrorism. 

TITLE: The Philippines: Counter-insurgency vs. Counter-terrorism in Mindanao

AUTHOR: INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP

DATE: MAY 14, 2008

KEY CONTENT: The government is boosting its armed forces in order to minimize the difficulties of countering terrorism and also to reduce the nation's fatalities. A stronger army may be able to reduce the amount of damage done in the case of conflict.

 

TITLE: Black Flags Over Mindanao: Terrorism in Southeast Asia

AUTHOR: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives

DATE: September 17, 2017

KEY CONTENT: “The threat of transnational terrorism in Asia has been at best, a secondary consideration and, at worse, an afterthought. The policy making community doesn't seem to consider terrorism in Asia with the same seriousness as it does in the Middle East.”

 

TITLE: Counterterrorism in the Philippines: Review of Key Issues

AUTHOR: Ronald U. Mendoza, Rommel Jude G. Ong, Dion Lorenz L. Romano and Bernadette Chloe P. Torno

DATE: February 2021

KEY CONTENT: In order to provide law enforcement personnel with a better legal weapon to prevent terrorist acts in the country, President Duterte declared a new anti-terrorism bill, and Congress immediately adopted and approved the Senate version.