The role of the United States Special Forces in Marawi fighting is not a big deal, a military official here said Tuesday.
Author Archives: ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Police officers and civilians trapped for 22 days inside the center of the embattled city of Marawi were rescued early morning Tuesday.
A kid trapped somewhere inside the city of Marawi died of hunger recently, the spokesperson of the provincial government crisis committee operational center said Monday.
Lanao del Sur Provincial Vice Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. is in tears after he addressed provincial government employees and evacuees during the flag-raising ceremony held at the grounds of the provincial capitol in Marawi City on Monday, June 12. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Loud bombs and gunshots marred the solemn observance of the country’s 119th year of Independence day in this war-torn part of the country.
Life is on a standstill, literally, on a cardboard for hundreds of thousands of civilians affected by the May 23 terrorist attack here.
Rohane Daya-an, 35, a resident of Pantar town in Lanao del Sur joins the town parade to commemorate the Philippine Independence Day, Monday, June 12. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The government’s operations against the Maute group resulted in 50 casualties among the Philippine Army troops on Friday, 17 days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao.
A tranquil view of a Mosque in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur, a municipality before Marawi City from Iligan City where government troops and local terrorists continue fighting. Saguiaran was among the municipalities and cities near Marawi City where hundreds of residents evacuated due to the conflict. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Some 84 government troops who were wounded in action in the fighting in Marawi City against local terrorists await for the arrival of President Rodrigo Duterte who will meet them at the military hospital inside Camp Brig. General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday afternoon, June 11. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
