The Filipino military continues to launch airstrikes and artillery shells on rebels positions and it claims there are at least hundred militants left in Marawi City.
Padilla made the response when asked by a local reporter about the role of US troops in the battle zone in Marawi
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the incident is being treated by police as a potential terrorist attack.
Duterte says the presence of fighters from the Middle East had made it a brutal conflict.
The Japan media said all seven of the sailors who had been reported missing were found dead.
Police reported that there were no casualties reported since the police did not fight back.
Vo was seized last November along with five other Vietnamese crew members of a vessel that was boarded by the militants off Sibago island.
Based on the military intelligence reports, the detainee is one of the bomb experts of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
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The potatoes will be sealed in a small cylinder that is referred to as a mini-ecosystem, along with silkworm larvae.
The authorities expect wide-spread thundery showers with occasional gusty winds Between the pre-dawn hours and morning on one or two days.
The police said investigations are going on. If convicted, the man might be fined up to S$1,000.
Filipino Laws empower the Filipino President to declare the Martial law that will last for 60 days and Congress will determine whether or not to extend it.
The collision between the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal took place southwest of Yokosuka, Japan at about 2.30 am on Saturday.
This comes a few months after the conservative premier was forced to deny connections to a controversial director of a school.