It’s a break from an intense firefight against the ISIS-inspired Maute Group in Marawi City, some 30 kilometers south of Iligan City where military vehicles join the civic military parade to commemorate the annual city fiesta celebration on Thursday, September 28. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
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A soldier stands guard along the street in Iligan City as participants of the the Diyandi Street Dancing are coming. Local officials assure of a safe celebration, amid a war going on in Marawi City, some 30 kilometers away from Iligan. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – She was supposed to deliver their firstborn next month. But upon hearing that the father of…
The girlfriend of PFC Jaime Inventor is comforted by the fallen soldier’s colleague. Inventor was killed in an encounter with the ISIS-inspired Maute group on September 17, as the troops recapture the Bato Mosque, one of the militant’s strongholds inside the main battle area in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
It was supposed to be his follow-up vaccine, but health workers in this town visited Baby Rex June Laride in his wake instead. He was killed in a bloody police operation, 4 am in the morning on September 11, at their residence in Barangay Taguranao here.
The city government here has provided livelihood to some internally displaced persons from Marawi City who the city is hosting.
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson was called out Tuesday, September 12, for reportedly visiting a…
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – Despite their hesitance to give a date on when the crisis in Marawi City will end,…
On May 24, Sittie Lainie Decampong Asum woke up early to prepare for her graduation day. The night before, she and her classmates had their final practice.
Criminology student Hamdoun Cosain attends his graduation rites on Monday, September 11, in Iligan City, wearing only his white shirt, tattered denim pants, the school’s sablay (sash). Cosain left his graduation toga and cap in Marawi City when he fled with his family after the ISIS-inspired Maute group attacked last May 23. Their graduation was supposedly set on May 24. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)