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Read more about the article Pacman: I’m ready to fight with gov’t troops in Marawi
PACMAN IN MARAWI. Boxing champ and Filipino Sen. Manny Pacquiao, who is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army's reserved command, visits troops at the Camp Ranao in Marawi City, Saturday morning, July 29 as the government operations against the ISIS-linked Maute group. Pacquiao is the first senator who visited Marawi City since the siege started last May 23. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Pacman: I’m ready to fight with gov’t troops in Marawi

Filipino boxing champ and Senator, Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao visited government troops here as the fighting between the military and ISIS-backed Maute group drags on for more than two months on Friday, July 29.

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Read more about the article Marawi woman evacuee: Arafat is not a terrorist
A WIFE'S GRIEF. Noraidah Lala, 35, forces back her tears while telling interviewers the fate of her husband, Arafat, who was arrested by authorities on July 23 for being suspected as a member of the Maute group. In a separate interview with Davao Today on Friday, July 29, Noraidah vehemently denied that her husband is a terrorist, saying that Arafat works as a mechanic. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Marawi woman evacuee: Arafat is not a terrorist

Noraidah Lala, 35, insisted that his husband, Arafat, who was recently arrested and charged with a rebellion by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, was not a member of the Maute group.

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Read more about the article AFP spokesman says teaching communism is OK, but
NO BOMBS. Designated spokesperson for the implementation of Martial Law, Brigadier General Restituto Padilla says they are extra careful not to bomb Marawi City to avoid further collateral damage. Padilla says they are merely making "surgical airstrikes" against the Maute group in a press conference on Friday, May 26 at a hotel in Davao City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

AFP spokesman says teaching communism is OK, but

Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said teaching communism in the country is not bad.

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Read more about the article Children idolizing ISIS show gov’t unattached to people – Adiong
NO HUNGER. Spokesperson Zia Alonto-Adiong of the Provincial Crisis Management Committee denies earlier reports that some displaced families from Marawi City have already experienced hunger inside evacuation centers. Adiong made the clarification in a press briefing at the Provincial Capitol in Marawi on Wednesday, June 21. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Children idolizing ISIS show gov’t unattached to people – Adiong

If reports that some children in Marawi City idolize the Islamic State are true, then such is a classic case that some people in Mindanao have no attachment to the government.

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