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Read more about the article Marawi residents brave the streets to get belongings
LOADED. Residents from Barangay Datu Saber of Marawi City hire a public utility jeepney to salvage their belongings and transport it outside the city as the fighting goes on against local terrorists and government forces. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Marawi residents brave the streets to get belongings

As military operations intensify here, six families who evacuated from Barangay Datu Saber returned to the ravaged city to get what were left of their belongings.

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Read more about the article 3-day interfaith humanitarian mission to aid victims of all-out war in Mindanao
INTERFAITH MISSION -- Nearly 700 volunteers from various parts of the country will participate the three-day interfaith humanitarian mission that started on Wednesday, June 14. The mission will cover the areas of Marawi City, President Roxas in North Cotabato and Matanao in Davao del Sur. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

3-day interfaith humanitarian mission to aid victims of all-out war in Mindanao

Nearly a thousand volunteers from various parts of Mindanao and from Luzon will take part in a three-day interfaith humanitarian mission that will begin today, June 14.

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Read more about the article Professor says Duterte fulfills promises but gains more enemies
Professor Ramon Beleno III of the Ateneo de Davao University says President Rodrigo Duterte fulfills most of his campaign promises but gains more enemies along the way. Beleno said in a press conference on Monday, June 12, at SM City Davao, that Duterte's war on drugs and anti-corruption campaign earned him a number of oppositions particularly from human rights advocates and liberal minded people.

Professor says Duterte fulfills promises but gains more enemies

Duterte fulfilled most of his campaign promises but gained more enemies along the way, claimed a local professor here.

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Read more about the article NPA declares cop as POW, stages offensive ops vs. military in Paquibato
New People's Army guerillas gather in Paquibato district in Davao City on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 for the celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines' 48th founding anniversary. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

NPA declares cop as POW, stages offensive ops vs. military in Paquibato

The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao took a police officer and declared it as 'prisoner of war.'

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Read more about the article Solon: DND, AFP making a US lackey out of Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Left) and General Eduardo Año (Right), June 11, at the Camp Brig. General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Solon: DND, AFP making a US lackey out of Duterte

“The rightist in the cabinet is making a United States lackey out of President Rodrigo Duterte,” was how Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao described the recent foreign intervention of the US in the Marawi siege.

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