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FIGHTING GOES ON. More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Marawi crisis continues to affect nearby Lanao del Sur towns

The local town officials in Lanao del Sur are asking help from the regional and provincial government to help them address livelihood ?problems brought by the crisis in Marawi City that has dragged on to its 80th day since the siege laid by extremists started on May 23.

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Read more about the article Año’s bounty vs. NPAs dangerous?, solon says?
Armed Forces ?C?hief?, ?Gen. Eduardo Año? and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate (davaotoday.com)

Año’s bounty vs. NPAs dangerous?, solon says?

A member of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives expressed deep concern on Thursday over the recent announcement of Armed Forces ?C?hief?, ?Gen. Eduardo Año? of putting a monetary reward for every New People’s Army killed or captured by state forces.

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Read more about the article Lumad to hold protest in Manila anew
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. Members of Lumad group Kalumaran Mindanao hold a picket at San Pedro Street in observance of the International Day of the Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, August 9. The group also announced the Lakbayan 2017, where thousands of Lumad and Moro people will travel to the capital for a protest caravan. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Lumad to hold protest in Manila anew

Around 1,500 Lumad?s? and Moro people from Mindanao will be travelling to Manila this year to join a protest caravan of national minorities from ?across the country, a Lumad group announced on? ?Thursday here.

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Read more about the article Officials fear increase of evacuees in Misamis Oriental as fighting between NPAs, gov’t intensifies
?Families from the rural villages in Opol, Misamis Oriental arrive at the town’s evacuation center on Tuesday, August 8, after seeing armed group believed to be members of the New People's Army in their communities. The local government said more civilians are expected to flee their homes in the coming days. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Officials fear increase of evacuees in Misamis Oriental as fighting between NPAs, gov’t intensifies

More rural villagers are expected to arrive at the evacuation center in the municipality of Opol, Misamis Oriental after a group of armed men ?believed to be ?members of the New People's Army were seen in the town’s four hinterland communities since last week, the mayor said Wednesday.

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