News Update As of June 09, 2017
(Friday) 1. Manila Bulletin
PH Flag to be planted under water at Philippine Rise on June 12
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) said Thursday that it intends to plant the Philippine Flag at the underwater plateau of the Philippine Rise on June 12, the 119th Independence Day celebration.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/06/08/ph-flag-to-be-planted-under-water-at-philippine-rise-on-june-12/
2. Philippine Star
In war-shaken Marawi City, civilians struggle to escape
It was during a lull in the fighting that Rohaina Salic first heard it, the bellow of a distant voice telling civilians trapped in the war-shaken city of Marawi they could finally emerge from their homes.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/06/09/1708303/war-shaken-marawi-city-civilians-struggle- escape
3. Daily Inquirer
Aguirre: ‘Fact-check’ clears Bam of ouster plot vs Duterte
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Friday cleared Senator Bam Aquino of any involvement in the alleged destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903980/aguirre-fact-check-clears-bam-of-ouster-plot-vs- duterte#ixzz4jTwEzSfR
4. Manila Times
Maute patriarch jailed in Taguig
THE military confirmed on Thursday the transfer to a jail in Taguig City of the arrested patriarch of the Maute brothers who attacked Marawi City, because of the possibility militants might try to spring him out of jail in Mindanao.
Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said Cayamora Maute, who is considered a “high-value target,” was transferred to Bicutan in Taguig past midnight on Thursday.
http://www.manilatimes.net/maute-patriarch-jailed-taguig/331718/
