Panic struck the city center earlier this night. People flocked to the City Hall for protection by military forces stationed there. Text messages soon followed warning of imminent MILF attacks. Much of the rest of the populace is now in anticipatory mood. General Luna of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has issued his [...]
I’ve just received a new text message that purports to be originally from someone who was told by concerned Muslims: Ayaw jd pglaag2 ugma.ny moboto na bomb 2mrrw.pls lng jd. Don’t go loitering tomorrow. A bomb will blow up tomorrow. Please.
This news hasn’t been confirmed yet, but I recently received another text message. It goes like this: Curfew hours for all ages will be implemented starting tonight: 10pm-5am. Classes are suspended in all levels for public and private schools tomorrow. Regular working day for government employees… I’ve just confirmed that this message is true. No [...]
The government has recognized the Muslim rebel attack against residents in Lanao del Norte. The President herself has sanctioned the military and police forces to “defend every inch of Philippine territory against MILF forces and immediately restore peace in the affected areas in Lanao del Norte”. Yet sadly, the MILF has already done much damage [...]
A recent text message has recently been circulating warning of another bombing. The gist of the message goes like this: MILF are planning to bomb schools in Iligan. The first school to be bombed would be MSU-IIT. In other news, A 71 year old man, a victim of the ongoing battle in Kolambugan has arrived [...]
Online news haven’t picked this out yet, but at least two municipalities in Lanao del Norte have been captured by Muslim MILF rebels. Kolambugan’s Central School has been torched. Hostages, all of them Christian, have been lined up by the rebels to stand on the edge of the highway. Houses in Kauswagan are burning. People [...]
Several bombs have just exploded in Iligan. Of the 7 rumored to blow up, 2 have been reported so far to have succeeded in blowing up budget hotels in the city. I don’t know what the current situation is. The radio stations have signed off. Local and most international channels from our Cable operator have [...]
Last I heard, 4 bombs have just exploded in Iligan. The first one blew up this afternoon on 5:45 pm. It was followed by 3 more as of 8pm. People here, however, are not that surprised. Text messages warning Muslims from visiting certain places had been circulating since about 2 weeks ago. Somehow these messages [...]
The average resident of Iligan (Iliganon) doesn’t know that one of the major personages in the consultations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a fellow Iliganon. He goes by the name of Prof. Rudy Rodil. Currently, however, Iliganons who know about his part in [...]
We have been sold to rebels! Secretly, the President brokered a deal with Muslim rebels and has granted them land. The deals were so secret that I’ve just heard that 3 barangays in my city, and about 3 municipalities in my province have been included in the deal. Yet those are only small cuts of [...]
