Lorenzana: Gov’t should pay reparations if looting claims are proven
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said if government forces are found guilty of looting residents in Marawi City, homeowners should receive reparations.
Internally displaced persons from villages in Marawi City flee to Saguiaran town in Lanao del Norte province because of the ongoing conflict. They have been here for almost three weeks already, as of June 12, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Marawi ‘bakwits’ offer help in gov’t rehab efforts
Evacuees who are returning to Marawi City are urging officials to allow them participate directly in the planning stage and even in the actual rehabilitation.
THOUSANDS FLED. Authorities said 140,155 civilians or 28,011 families already left Marawi (the data is based on ARMM-HEART report as of May 31). They are now staying either in evacuation centers or with their relatives in the nearby towns and cities in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. Others evacuees have already reached Davao City and Negros Oriental in the Visayas. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com photo)
Gov’t lacks Maranao-speaking social workers to lead psychosocial therapy of evacuees
A high-ranking official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said language barrier could be a problem of the department once they start conducting psychosocial intervention among hundreds of thousands of evacuees.
Moro groups oppose ID system for Marawi evacuees
Civilians displaced by the siege in Marawi City have expressed their opposition to the plan of the government to implement an identification (ID) system to the evacuees calling it a discrimination and a violation of their human rights.
The area in Lower Dansalan, Marawi City near the lake after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated from terrorists’ influence last October 17, 2017. (Divina M. Suson / davaotoday.com)
OPAPP chief: Marawi conflict a ‘wake-up call’ for Filipinos
What happened in Marawi City should be a wake-up call not just for its residents, but also for everyone living in Mindanao, a government official said over the weekend.
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