US adds Maute to list of terror groups

THE United States has included the Islamic State-inspired Maute terrorist group on its list of terrorist organizations, a move hailed by Malacañang on Wednesday.

The US State Department and the Department of Treasury designated the Maute group and the Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik as “foreign terrorist organizations” on Tuesday, blocking US-based assets belonging to them or their supporters and barring Americans from dealing with them.