Task Force Marawi presents to the media on Monday, June 19, 11 packs of high-grade shabu weighing a kilo each with an estimated market value of P110 million to P250 million. The Army said the contrabands were recovered from a house used by members of the Maute group as a stronghold but was abandoned after an intense firefight on Sunday, June 18. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
A top health official in Lanao del Sur province confirmed on Monday two cases of death among the evacuees in the area due to diarrhea.
Eleven kilos of shabu contained in 11 packs were recovered by the Philippine Army in one of the conflict areas in Marawi, the Joint Task Force Marawi reported.
He may or may not be fully aware that last Sunday, June 18, when this photo was taken, was Father’s Day, but proud father Saidomar Gibansa, despite their difficult situation inside the evacuation center at the gymnasium in Balo-i town in Lanao del Norte, expresses happiness that his family was able to escape safely from Marawi City when the fighting broke out last May 23. Gibansa is carrying his seven-month-old and youngest son in this photo. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
An aircraft, that resembles a US P3 Orion surveillance and reconnaissance plane, hovers over the skies of Marawi City on Sunday, June 18. The same plane was previously spotted in the skies of Marawi in the past days. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
A total of 172 families or 1,025 individuals, including children, took refuge in a gymnasium here after the Maute Group attacked Marawi last May 23.
Army troopers questioned a civilian of the purpose of his presence in one of the houses in a cleared street in Marawi City on Saturday, June 17 as military ground operations continue for more than three weeks now in the area. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
A soldier clears the second floor of this structure in one of the streets in Marawi City on Saturday, June 17 as military ground operations continue for more than three weeks now in the area. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
In the midst of the continued threats posed by local terrorists, local chief executives in Lanao del Sur want to fortify the security of their respective towns through the formation of local defense forces.
Davaotoday.com witnessed the loading of the unclaimed dead bodies in wooden coffins from the funeral parlor, their transport that passed through the city proper of Iligan and their burial at Dalipuga Public Cemetery on Thursday, June 15.
