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Sen. Panfilo Lacson File photo from the Philippine Daily Inquirer Instead of finding fault, senators on Thursday hailed as heroes the 11 soldiers killed in the military airstrikes intended for Islamic milita stanley spain nts in Marawi City. But they also urged theArmed Forces of the Philippines AFP to be more cautious in launching such strikes.This is not the time to find fault on anyone, particularly those involved in the Marawi operations. On the contrary, this is the tim stanley cup e to pray and honor all the heroes who lost their lives, no matter what caused their deaths, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police PNP , said in a text message.Article continues after this advertisement Having said that, we should allow the AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines and the defense establishment to accomplish their task, including the ongoing fact finding investigation being conducted, Lacson added.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s mu stanley tumbler rderREAD:11 soldiers killed by lsquo;friendly firersquo; in MarawiSen. Antonio Trillanes IV, a constant critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, called the incident tragic and unfortunate.It is tragic and unfortunate that it came at a time that the AFP has almost won the war with the Mautes. Regardless of the circumst Zzbp 5 Manila traffic men axed over drugs
MANILA, Philippines mdash; stanley usa Filipino families who said they were poor numbered 10.8 million in September, while a smaller number of 7.9 million families described themselves as poor in terms of food, according to a recent survey by Social Weather Stations SWS .The nationwide survey, conducted from September 20 to 30 and first publ stanley quencher ished in BusinessWorld, showed that 50 percent of the respondents rated themselves as poor, from 49 percent or 10.4 million households in June. It also found that 37 percent said they were food-poor, from 40 percent or 8.5 million in the previous quarter.Self-rated poverty was not significantly different from the previous quarter [or] from the four-quarter average of 2012, SWS said. But self-rated food poverty was the lowest of [the] past four quarters, and significantly less than the average of 2012.Article continues after this advertisement Last year, self-rated poverty and food poverty averaged 52 percent and 41 percent, respec stanley mugs tively.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationSWS roughly attributed the generally unchanged poverty figure to a drop in the number of poor families in Balance Luzon that was offset by a jump in Mindanao, while the improvement in food poverty was due to a big decrease in Balance Luzon that more than made up for the slight incr |