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Read more about the article Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi
LISTEN TO US. Traditional Maranao leaders are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire and allow them to intervene and talk to the families of the extremists involved in the attack in Marawi City. The leaders including sultanates and imams from Lanao del Sur province signed a petition addressed to Duterte on Thursday, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi

The sultanates and Imams of Marawi City and the nearby towns in Lanao del Sur are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire in the embattled city that is continuously being ravaged by the ongoing fighting between the government forces and Islamic radicals.

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Read more about the article Body of a young girl, 10 others from Marawi City buried in Iligan 
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. Unclaimed bodies of 11 civilians recovered from Marawi City are prepared to be transported from Capin Funeral Homes in Iligan City to Dalipuga Public Cemetery for a mass burial on Thursday morning, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Body of a young girl, 10 others from Marawi City buried in Iligan 

Eleven unidentified dead bodies were buried at a public cemetery here on Thursday.  

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Read more about the article Marawi makes do with a single fire truck
A fire guts a portion of a residential building in Barangay Datu Saber in Marawi City on Wednesday morning, June 14. Based on the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection the cause of the fire was electrical in nature. (Photo by the Marawi City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office)

Marawi makes do with a single fire truck

When a fire broke out Wednesday morning at the second floor of an unoccupied building in Barangay Datu Saber, the city had to make do with a single fire truck.

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Read more about the article 85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao
TURNOVER OF ARMS. Senior officers hand over M-16 rifles to the 85 newly-graduated Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit - Active Auxiliary Category 2 who graduated from their basic military training course on Wednesday, June 14 at the Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

85 SCAAs add to anti-terror personnel in Davao

Eighty five recruits graduated as Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) and were issued firearms on Wednesday to replenish those who were enlisted into the regular forces of the Philippine Army.

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