President Rodrigo Duterte is not giving any assurance that the crisis in Marawi City will be over this month.
Kamir, Sarip and Akir are among the Maranaw contingents who joined this year’s Lakbayan of National Minorities.
A top leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said the standing injustices committed globally and domestically against the Moro people are luring the young Muslims to embrace violent extremism.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) warned there will be more tactical offensives to be waged by its armed wing to counter what they described as “tyrannical rule” of President Duterte.
The talks between the Philippine government and the Communists is still on a deadlock as President Rodrigo Duterte insisted that negotiations with the revolutionary movement will only resume if the New People's Army (NPA) will declare a ceasefire.