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Read more about the article IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege
AT PLAY. Children spend time playing in a covered court turned evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28, 2017. They are the children of the 370 families staying inside the evacuation center for more than two months now. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

IN PHOTOS | Images of Marawi evacuees two months after the siege

When the fighting broke ?out ?two months ago, many of Marawi’s residents refused to give up their homes, certain that the military would be able to handle the Maute --- a previously small, ragtag band of extremists who pledged allegiance to the ISIS by occupying an abandoned municipal hall in nearby Butig town.

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Read more about the article Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids
BUSTED. Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog, her brother Reynaldo, Jr., and others were supposed to be presented to the media in a press briefing, Sunday afternoon. The presentation did not push through as the, but the CIDG, who was the applicant of the search warrant did not show up. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Parojinog daughter asks Duterte to probe Ozamiz raids

Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog urged President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the series of raids carried out by the joint team of police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agents in the family’s residences that led to the death of her parents and 13 others on Sunday.

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Read more about the article No reason to remove leftists from Cabinet – Malacañang
Leftist members of the cabinet Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano, Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and Anti-Poverty Commission Chair Liza Maza

No reason to remove leftists from Cabinet – Malacañang

Malacañang on Monday clarified that there is no reason to remove leftist members of the cabinet Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano, Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and Anti-Poverty Commission Chair Liza Maza from their respective post.

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Read more about the article Peace group hits ‘arbitrariness’ of military rule in Marawi
VOID PERMIT. Amirah Lidasan, convenor of Kalinaw Mindanao shows the permits secured by the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission that would have granted them entry to the city of Marawi to distribute relief goods. In a press conference on Monday, July 31 in Cagayan De Oro City, Lidasan said they were stopped by the military saying their permit was no longer valid when they were about to enter the city last Friday, July 28. The permit was issued by the Office of Civil Defense the previous day. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Peace group hits ‘arbitrariness’ of military rule in Marawi

A humanitarian mission that was barred entry to Marawi despite securing the necessary permits a day earlier, criticized what they call as "arbitrariness" of military rule in the city.

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