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Read more about the article No humanitarian crisis in Marawi? OCD draws flak
THOUSANDS FLED. Authorities said 140,155 civilians or 28,011 families already left Marawi (the data is based on ARMM-HEART report as of May 31). They are now staying either in evacuation centers or with their relatives in the nearby towns and cities in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. Others evacuees have already reached Davao City and Negros Oriental in the Visayas. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)

No humanitarian crisis in Marawi? OCD draws flak

The existence of a humanitarian crisis in Marawi is real and can be gleaned from the situation of the thousands of residents who were forced to abandon their abodes and are now temporarily settling in various evacuation centers in the area.

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Read more about the article Lorenzana: NPA collects P1.2 billion per year in mining areas in Mindanao
STOP PAYING – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana called on the business sector not to give in to the demand of the NPA rebels by paying them revolutionary taxes that he dubbed as extortion. Lorenzana graced the 8th General Membership Meeting of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Grand Regal Hotel on Friday, August 25. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Lorenzana: NPA collects P1.2 billion per year in mining areas in Mindanao

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana Jr said the New People’s Army is collecting around P1.2 billion in revolutionary taxes every year from various mining areas in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Sison denies link with police, military group? ?seeking Duterte’s ouster
Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said it is premature to talk about laying down of arms in the second round of the peace negotiations. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Sison denies link with police, military group? ?seeking Duterte’s ouster

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said he has nothing to do with the group called the Patriotic and Democratic Movement (PADEM) that is calling for the ouster of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

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