Martial Law in Mindanao

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MARTIAL LAW UPDATES. Eastern Mindanao Command Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Gilbert Gapay speaks during the Mindanao Hour Press Conference in a hotel in Davao City on Thursday, June 8. With him are Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and Chairperson of the MILF-GPH Peace Accord, Irene Santiago. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Maute bomber nabbed in Cagayan de Oro

A military official on Thursday said that a suspected bomber of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-linked Maute group was arrested in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, June 15.

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Read more about the article Gov’t releases P84-M aid for 66,738 families displaced from Marawi
AWAY FROM HOME. At the evacuation center, families will have to go through the daily discomforts, far from what they used to live in their homes and communities. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)

Gov’t releases P84-M aid for 66,738 families displaced from Marawi

A total of P84 million worth of assistance was provided by government agencies to 66,738 families or 324,406 individuals displaced from the besieged Marawi City, an official said on Thursday.

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UNCLAIMED. Eleven unclaimed bodies of civilians put inside plywood coffins are placed in apartment-type tombs at the Dalipuga Public Cemetery in Iligan City for a mass burial on Thursday morning, June 15. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

UNCLAIMED

Eleven unclaimed bodies of civilians put inside plywood coffins are placed in apartment-type tombs at the Dalipuga Public Cemetery in Iligan City for a mass burial on Thursday morning, June 15. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi
LISTEN TO US. Traditional Maranao leaders are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire and allow them to intervene and talk to the families of the extremists involved in the attack in Marawi City. The leaders including sultanates and imams from Lanao del Sur province signed a petition addressed to Duterte on Thursday, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi

The sultanates and Imams of Marawi City and the nearby towns in Lanao del Sur are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire in the embattled city that is continuously being ravaged by the ongoing fighting between the government forces and Islamic radicals.

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Read more about the article Body of a young girl, 10 others from Marawi City buried in Iligan 
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. Unclaimed bodies of 11 civilians recovered from Marawi City are prepared to be transported from Capin Funeral Homes in Iligan City to Dalipuga Public Cemetery for a mass burial on Thursday morning, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Body of a young girl, 10 others from Marawi City buried in Iligan 

Eleven unidentified dead bodies were buried at a public cemetery here on Thursday.  

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