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COMFORT. The girlfriend of PFC Jaime Inventor is comforted by the fallen soldier's colleague. Inventor was killed in an encounter with the ISIS-inspired Maute group on September 17, as the troops recapture the Bato Mosque, one of the militant's strongholds inside the main battle area in Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson)

Fallen soldier’s grieving partner loses pregnancy

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – She was supposed to deliver their firstborn next month. But upon hearing that the father of the life inside her womb was killed in Marawi City,…

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(Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

MILF to assist in Marawi rehab

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front ?on Wednesday ?expressed interest in assisting the rehabilitation of the war-torn Marawi City? soon after the government military would declare the area secured from the presence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-linked Maute Group?.

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President Duterte meets the troops battling against the terrorist in Marawi City. (Malacañang file photo)

Troops claim enemy’s hold in Marawi ‘decreasing’

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – Despite their hesitance to give a date on when the crisis in Marawi City will end, the military claims the government is winning the war. Major…

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It was never too late for more than 100 students of Khadijah Mohammad Islamic Academy in Marawi City to hold their graduation rites on Monday, September 11 in Iligan City. The school's graduation day was supposedly set on May 24, a day after the ISIS-inspired Maute group attacked Marawi City. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

When dreams are born in a time of war

On May 24, Sittie Lainie Decampong Asum woke up early to prepare for her graduation day. The night before, she and her classmates had their final practice.

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