The funds intended for the rehabilitation of Marawi City in central Mindanao from the rubbles of the continuing war is now ready for release.
A partylist lawmaker said the latest mishap of troops who died in a friendly fire in Marawi City on Wednesday noon is proof that government’s air strike operations could also be killing civilians.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines discovered some four to six individuals on Wednesday, July 12 in a place which the troops believed to be an “execution site” used by the Islamic State-linked Maute group in Marawi City.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines discovered several human remains who are believed to be civilians executed by the Islamic State-linked Maute group and the Abu Sayyaf in Marawi City.
An official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said rebuilding the war-torn city of Marawi should also include the city’s cultural and historical structures.
Two government troops were killed while 11 were wounded in Marawi City after a bomb missed its target during an airstrike Wednesday noon.
An official of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Crisis Committee who is directly monitoring the situation of affected residents after the siege in Marawi City is appealing to the national government to extend more help to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced individuals.
While 92 percent of Filipinos said they are fully aware of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, a high percentage of residents in the country also expressed disagreement on expanding the imposition of the said measure to Luzon and Visayas.
Department of National Defense Secretary and Martial Law Administrator Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday assured the Filipino people that they can trust the country’s defense and security establishments if the imposition of martial law is extended.
President Rodrigo Duterte will try, for the third time, to land in Marawi City to be with the fighting soldiers who continue to push against the remaining positions of Islamic State-linked Maute group.
