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)
Since every citizen has the prime duty to defend the state, the Reserve Officers Legion of the Philippines (ROLP) is pushing to bring back the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), an official said.
Police Officer 1 Alfredo Basabica Jr was scheduled to marry his fiancee Saturday, July 29.
Boxing champ and Filipino Sen. Manny Pacquiao, who is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army’s reserved command, visits troops at the Camp Ranao in Marawi City, Saturday morning, July 29 as the government operations against the ISIS-linked Maute group. Pacquiao is the first senator who visited Marawi City since the siege started last May 23. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)
Filipino boxing champ and Senator, Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao visited government troops here as the fighting between the military and ISIS-backed Maute group drags on for more than two months on Friday, July 29.
Senator Manny Pacquiao visits government troops in Marawi City on Saturday, Juyl 29.
A visiting Catholic nun facilitates a psychosocial intervention with the children in an evacuation center in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28. (More…) (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Noraidah Lala, 35, insisted that his husband, Arafat, who was recently arrested and charged with a rebellion by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, was not a member of the Maute group.
Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said teaching communism in the country is not bad.
If reports that some children in Marawi City idolize the Islamic State are true, then such is a classic case that some people in Mindanao have no attachment to the government.
