Politics

Indigenous children from Mindanao want to stop Martial Law

Indigenous children from Mindanao want to stop Martial Law

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Jul 24, 2017

Hours before President Duterte arrived at the House of the Representatives on a white helicopter on Monday to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), children from the hinterlands in Mindanao, Southern Philippines, dressed in their tribal clothes, ​called on government ​to stop Martial Law at a nationwide protest.

State of the ‘Bakwit’ Address: Marawi evacuees call on Duterte to stop the war

State of the ‘Bakwit’ Address: Marawi evacuees call on Duterte to stop the war

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Jul 24, 2017

When the battle between government troops and extremists in Marawi City erupted two months ago, 33 year-old Rosemina Mocsana, a mother of two children aged 11 and 12, evacuated with her family walking an estimate of four kilometers from the Mindanao State University​-​Marawi City compound going to Saguiaran town in Lanao del Norte to flee ​from ​the conflict area. They left their place at 8​:00 ​am and arrive in Saguiaran at 3​:00 ​pm. They had to pause ​every now and then to let ​t​he​i​r mother, who was suffering arthritis, rest.