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Read more about the article Gov’t claims to continue to gain foothold in Marawi
NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. Solicitor General Jose Calida says law abiding citizens have nothing to fear of the Martial Law imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte in Mindanao. Behind him are Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and designated spokesperson for the implementation of Martial Law, Brigadier General Resituto Padilla in a press conference in Davao City on Friday, May 26. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t claims to continue to gain foothold in Marawi

Of the 96 villages in Marawi City, only four villages remain “problematic” areas and are now the focused of military operations, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Wednesday during Wednesday’s “Mindanao Hour.”

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Read more about the article US, AFP ‘exaggerated’ collaboration worsens Marawi crisis—Moro group
ON FIRE. Black smoke billowed from the area of Sarimanok in Marawi City on Saturday morning, May 27 as attack helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines pounded the area where members of Maute group are believed to be holding their position. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

US, AFP ‘exaggerated’ collaboration worsens Marawi crisis—Moro group

The collaboration between the US forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines only worsens the crisis in the besieged Marawi City, a Moro leader said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Read more about the article ‘Kapagugopa’: Groups initiate community kitchen for Marawi evacuees
Photos by Rural Missionaries of the Philippines-Northern Mindanao Region (RMP-NMR)

‘Kapagugopa’: Groups initiate community kitchen for Marawi evacuees

As the crisis in the besieged Marawi City enters on the 23rd day, several religious groups initiated a community kitchen to feed the thousands evacuees. 

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Read more about the article NPA declares cop as POW, stages offensive ops vs. military in Paquibato
New People's Army guerillas gather in Paquibato district in Davao City on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 for the celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines' 48th founding anniversary. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

NPA declares cop as POW, stages offensive ops vs. military in Paquibato

The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao took a police officer and declared it as 'prisoner of war.'

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Read more about the article Solon: DND, AFP making a US lackey out of Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Left) and General Eduardo Año (Right), June 11, at the Camp Brig. General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Solon: DND, AFP making a US lackey out of Duterte

“The rightist in the cabinet is making a United States lackey out of President Rodrigo Duterte,” was how Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao described the recent foreign intervention of the US in the Marawi siege.

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