Members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) of Barangay Loksadatu, in Marawi City, arrested Wednesday, November 1, an Indonesian national whose name is under a government list of people linked to the Maute group.
Instead of requiring displaced Marawi residents to live in transitional shelters, a Moro leader advised government that giving them direct financial assistance would be a better way to facilitate rehabilitation efforts in the war-torn city.
Muslims and Christians alike must work together to ensure that what happened in Marawi City and other areas in Mindanao will not be destroyed by extremists.
Police officials formed a task force to probe the shooting incident that killed two minors in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur over the weekend.
President Rodrigo Duterte is keeping his fingers crossed that China will keep its promise to not build anything on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said if government forces are found guilty of looting residents in Marawi City, homeowners should receive reparations.
President Duterte described his visit to Tokyo as the “most productive and engaging” because was able to clinch $9 billion worth of pledge of assistance and investments worth $6 billion.
The Philippine National Police here are on heightened alert as they conducted on Tuesday, October 31 surprise inspections on cemeteries for “Oplan Kaluluwa” on the eve of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
Evacuees who are returning to Marawi City are urging officials to allow them participate directly in the planning stage and even in the actual rehabilitation.
Anti-narcotics agents from Compostela Valley Provincial Drug Enforcement Ofice arrested a woman during a drug buy operation, the agency said in a statement on Monday, October 30.
