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Read more about the article Marawi evacuees now more open to share experiences
SOLIDARITY. In an evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, a visiting Catholic nun talks to a Muslim evacuee to better understand the conflict and its effects on the residents. The Marawi crisis have caused damages to lives and property. But it also fostered stronger relationships between Muslims and Christians who showed compassion and solidarity to each other. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Marawi evacuees now more open to share experiences

In the second wave of the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NHIM), ?the ?internally displaced persons from Marawi City have opened to facilitators on their experience as the conflict there has stretched for more than two months, said a civil society organizer.

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Read more about the article Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids
BUSTED. Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog, her brother Reynaldo, Jr., and others were supposed to be presented to the media in a press briefing, Sunday afternoon. The presentation did not push through as the, but the CIDG, who was the applicant of the search warrant did not show up. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids

Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog urged President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the series of raids carried out by the joint team of police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agents in the family’s residences that led to the death of her parents and 13 others on Sunday.

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Read more about the article Mindanao bishop hopeful of resumption of talks between gov’t, Reds
PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao bishop hopeful of resumption of talks between gov’t, Reds

Despite the setback in the peace negotiations, church leaders are optimistic the government and the Communists will go back to the negotiating table as it urged the present administration to be relentless in its endeavor to put an end to the decades-long conflict in Mindanao and not be swayed by those who are trying to obstruct the peace negotiations.

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Read more about the article Parojinog kin says ‘They killed the wrong man’
Ozamis City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog (Photo grabbed from Ozamis City's Facebook page)

Parojinog kin says ‘They killed the wrong man’

They killed the wrong man. This was the reaction of a relative of the late Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog Sr. who was killed, along with his wife and brother, inside his home during a series of police raids in Barangay Baybay San Roque early Sunday morning.

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Read more about the article Lanao del Norte lawmaker calls Congress to probe Napolcom order
Lanao del Norte 1st District Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo (Photo grabbed from Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo's Facebook page)

Lanao del Norte lawmaker calls Congress to probe Napolcom order

A Lanao del Norte lawmaker has urged appropriate committees in the Lower House to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the order of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) to remove the deputation power of some local chief executives over the police in their jurisdiction in Mindanao.

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