Militant group: P300M presidential intel fund used in Mamasapano operation?

Was some P300 million in discretionary presidential intelligence funds used for last week's operation that killed 44 Special Action Force policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao?

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LOOK: Police sympathy walk, sign on wall for Fallen 44

Tributes to the 44 Special Action Force policemen killed in last week's clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao continued to pour in over the weekend from the victims' colleagues.

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Last 2 fallen SAF men on way home to Zamboanga Sur

The remains of the last two Special Action Force policemen killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25 were brought out of Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City before dawn Sunday.

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FBI says it had no prior knowledge of Philippine raid that killed 44 police

The FBI had no prior knowledge of a police raid in the Philippines last Sunday to arrest wanted militants that went awry and left more than 44 police dead, an FBI spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.

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Board begins probe of bloody Mamasapano clash

The police Board of Inquiry tasked with investigating the Mamasapano clash where 44 elite lawmen, 18 Moro Islamic Liberation Front members, and at least two civilians were killed has started its probe of the incident.

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Palace allays human rights watchdog's concerns on police brutality

Malacañang on Saturday allayed concerns raised in a report by an international rights group over alleged abuses by Philippine security forces.

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Want to help the kin of the Fallen 44? Here's how

In their honor, civic-minded citizens may go through the following methods to ensure the future of the Fallen 44's loved ones.

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Bare all you know on Mamasapano clash, Palace appeals to parties concerned

Help the truth come out. This was Malacañang's appeal Saturday to all parties concerned in the Mamasapano, Maguindanao clash that killed 44 Special Action Force policemen last Jan. 25.

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Palace: Burial ground not an issue for fallen SAF 44

Whether the 44 Special Action Force personnel killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25 will be buried at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani does not seem to be a concern for their kin, Malacañang said Saturday.

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San Francisco cops pay tribute to Fallen 44 with black tape

Police in California over the weekend placed black tape over their badges in tribute to the 44 Special Action Force police personnel who perished in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25.

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GPH, MILF, Malaysia: Mamasapano clash catalyst for continuing peace process

Representatives from the GPH, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and Malaysia recognized the "unwanted, unexpected" Mamasapano incident, citing it as a catalyst to continue on the peace process between all parties.

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Govt chief negotiator: Mamasapano clash should be last ugly turn on road to peace

The bloody clash that killed 44 Special Action Force police personnel in Mamasapano in Maguindanao last Jan. 25 should be the last ugly turn along the road to peace, government peace negotiators said Saturday.

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LOOK: White balloons, messages seek justice for fallen SAF 44 men, reassure PNP

White balloons with messages seeking justice were among the most recent tributes brought to Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame for the 44 Special Action Force personnel killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25.

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Tributes continue pouring in for fallen SAF 44, even after day of mourning

Even after the day of mourning President Benigno Aquino III decreed had passed, tributes continued to pour in for the 44 Special Action Force policemen killed in a firefight in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25.

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PNoy leaves Camp Bagong Diwa past midnight after condoling with slain SAF members' kin

President Benigno Aquino III left Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City before dawn Saturday, after spending more than 14 hours meeting with families of the 44 Special Action Force police personnel killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao Jan. 25.

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SAF trooper on fallen colleagues: They were young, they were the best

"Sila 'yung mga magagaling, pero mga bata pa sila." This was how one of the members the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) described his colleagues who died in a clash with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, last Sunday.

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Dead man in photo spreading online not Marwan – MILF commander

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PHOTO GALLERY: Where the Mamasapano clash happened

Last Sunday, 44 elite policemen were killed in a firefight with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). Here are photos from the scene at Brgy. Tukanalipao, Masapano, where the clash occured, several days later.

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PROFILES: Beyond the names and faces of the Fallen 44

Here are short profiles of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force's fallen heroes. They were killed in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao last Sunday during a clash with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). The elite cops' mission was to serve arrest warrants to two suspected terrorists—Malaysian Jemaah Islamiyah leader Zulkifli bin Hir also known as Marwan and Filipino bomb maker Abdulbasit Usman.

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MILF says Marwan dead, Usman still alive

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One of 44 slain SAF men known for ‘tiger-like’ bravery

Senior Inspector Max Jim Tria has been described by a military offiical as a “tiger” in the battlefield who may have been “the last man standing” during the bloody January 25 encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, that left him and 43 of his colleagues dead.

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Kin of SAF men killed in Mamasapano clash to get up to P2M in benefits

The families of the 44 elite police officers killed during an operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao will get from P1.5 million to P2 million in death benefits, the Philippine National Police said Friday.

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Mother grieves for fallen PNP-SAF son: 'Managot na dapat ang managot!'

"Ang masasabi lang namin, hustisya talaga, hustisya talaga ang kailangan namin. Managot na ang dapat managot! Ang anak ko!"

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DSWD opens bank account to receive cash donations for kin of 44 slain cops

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has opened a bank account for the cash donations to the families of the 44 policemen killed in Sunday's clash with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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PNP OIC only informed 'after the fact' of Mamasapano operation

The officer-in-charge of the Philippine National Police said he didn't know until "after the fact" about the operation in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao that claimed the lives of 44 elite commandos this past weekend.

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PNoy confers bravery medals on 44 fallen cops

Medals recognizing their bravery in performing their duty "in the face of superior enemy force" were given posthumously to the 44 elite policemen killed in Sunday's encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.

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Mamasapano clash a massacre, not misencounter, says ex-DILG Sec. Alunan

The government calls the clash between PNP-SAF forces and the MILF and BIFF a “misencounter,” but former Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan thinks it’s a massacre.

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Bloody Mamasapano clash leaves 2 soon-to-be-born babies fatherless

Two soon-to-be born babies will never get the chance to see their respective fathers in person following last Sunday's bloody clash between elite policemen and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao.

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Another former commander-in-chief pays respects to fallen 44 SAF men

Another former commander-in-chief on Friday went to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City to pay respects to the 44 Special Action Force policemen killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last weekend.

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FULL TEXT: Transcript of the speech of Erica Pabalinas, one of the widows of the Fallen 44

Erica Pabalinas, the widow of Sr. Insp. Ryan Pabalinas, spoke in behalf of families of the members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force killed this past weekend in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao. Below is the full transcript of her speech.

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FULL TEXT: Transcript of PNP-SAF OIC Noli Taliño's eulogy for the Fallen 44

Below is the full transcript of Philippine National Police-Special Action Force officer-in-charge Chief Supt. Noli Taliño's eulogy at the necrological service for the elite policemen killed in the Mamasapano clash.

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CHR sets independent probe on Mamasapano clash

The Commission on Human Rights is set to conduct its own investigation on Sunday's bloody clash in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, which resulted in the deaths of 44 elite policemen in the hands of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

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For dad of one of Fallen 44, a painful end to seven-year wait

For the father of one of 44 elite policemen slain in Mamasapano in Maguindanao last weekend, it is a painful end to a seven-year wait.

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Worse than massacre, slain SAF men’s kin from N. Luzon say of killing

Worse than a massacre. This was how relatives of some of the Special Action Force police personnel slain in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last weekend described their loved ones' deaths.

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We'll get Basit Usman, PNoy tells kin, colleagues of fallen cops

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Senator pushes special assistance to kin of PNP members killed in line of duty

As the country mourns the death of 44 members of Philippine National Police-Special Action Force, Senator Sonny Angara on Friday called for the passage of a bill seeking to grant special financial, scholarship, and employment assistance to the families and beneficiaries of PNP members who were killed in the line of duty.

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Widow of slain SAF member tells PNoy: We seek your help to attain justice

That was the message of a widow of one of the 44 elite policemen killed in a clash in Mamasapano town to President Benigno Aquino III during the necrological services on Friday in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig.

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SAF OIC on deaths of 44 elite policemen: 'Was it worth it? Yes'

The OIC of the PNP-SAF said Friday that the fate of the 44 policemen at the hands of the MILF "is worth it," noting that they died in pursuit of an international terrorist.

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Scenes of heartbreak at necrological services for Fallen 44

On Friday morning, the cries of a young girl, about six years old, grabbed the attention of people inside the Camp Bagong Diwa multi-purpose hall in Taguig, where necrological services for the 42 elite policemen were being held.

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Creation of Truth Commission urged to probe Mamasapano clash

Senator Teofisto Guingona III on Friday called for the creation of a Truth Commission to conduct a thorough and impartial probe on the killing of more than 40 members of Philippine National Police-Special Action Force Unit in an encounter with Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Sunday.

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Colleagues remember Fallen 44: ‘We share the pain’

"We know your names, we know your faces, we will never forget how we fought together." This was what Col. Danilo Pamonag of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Special Operations Command said at the eulogy during the necrological services Friday for the 42 elite policemen killed in a "misencounter" in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao last Sunday.

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PNoy arrives at Camp Bagong Diwa for necro services of slain SAF men

President Benigno Aquino III arrived at the Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Friday for the necrological services of the 42 elite policemen who were killed in what authorities called a "misencounter" in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao last Sunday,

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VP Binay to Purisima: Magsalita ka naman

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Friday dared suspended Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima to comment on controversies linking the former police chief to the "misencounter" of elite policemen with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Sunday.

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Napoles brought to Sandiganbayan in armored vehicle

Businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, a key figure in the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam, was brought to the Sandiganbayan Friday in an armored vehicle.

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Cops in PHL, abroad hold sympathy walk for slain SAF men

Police personnel in the Philippines and the United States on Friday held a sympathy walk to honor the 44 Special Action Force members killed in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last weekend.

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LOOK: Mourners pack Camp Bagong Diwa to pay respects to fallen SAF men

Several mourners trooped to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City before dawn Friday to pay their respects to 44 elite Special Action Force police personnel killed in a clash in Mamasapano in Maguindanao last weekend.

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President's sister Kris Aquino visits slain SAF men's wake

Hours before President Benigno Aquino III is slated to pay his respects to more than 40 Special Action Force police personnel killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last weekend, his sister, Kris Aquino showed up at the SAF wake.

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CAAP: Plane that skidded runway in Tacloban had permission to fly

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines on Thursday said the private plane that skidded off runway at the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City just minutes after Pope Francis left the city had clearance to fly.

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Carpio calls for stronger defense alongside diplomacy in West PHL Sea dispute

The Philippines should build up its defenses even as it waits for a UN tribunal to decide on an arbitration case in a maritime dispute with China over parts of the West Philippine Sea, a Supreme Court magistrate said.

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Details of 'decommissioning' of MILF arms, forces approved in talks in Kuala Lumpur

While Filipinos mourn the 44 police Special Action Force officers who died in a clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, government and Moro Islamic Liberation Fund negotiators approved on Thursday the details of how the MILF members' weapons will be decommissioned through a process by which the arms will be “turned in...kept and put beyond use.”

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