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CIVIC PARADE.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)

CIVIC PARADE

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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ALERT. 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)

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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)

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Read more about the article Fallen soldier’s grieving partner loses pregnancy
COMFORT. 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)

Fallen soldier’s grieving partner loses pregnancy

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – She was supposed to deliver their firstborn next month. But upon hearing that the father of the life inside her womb was killed in Marawi City,…

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COMFORT. 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)

COMFORT

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)

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Read more about the article Baby killed by bullet was scheduled for vaccine shots
Rural health workers visit the wake of a 5-month old Rex June Laride who was killed in a police operation in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The baby was killed with his father, Bebino and his mother, Virginia when police were supposed to serve a warrant of arrest against Junel Laride, Bebino's brother. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Baby killed by bullet was scheduled for vaccine shots

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.

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