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)
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.
Eleven unidentified dead bodies were buried at a public cemetery here on Thursday.
Moro and Lumad leaders in Mindanao decried the all-out war campaign of the Duterte administration, especially as it is targeting their communities.
When a fire broke out Wednesday morning at the second floor of an unoccupied building in Barangay Datu Saber, the city had to make do with a single fire truck.
Of the 96 villages in Marawi City, only four villages remain “problematic” areas and are now the focused of military operations, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Wednesday during Wednesday’s “Mindanao Hour.”
The Davao Investment Conference (ICON) will push through in July despite the proclamation of Martial law in Mindanao.
The collaboration between the US forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines only worsens the crisis in the besieged Marawi City, a Moro leader said in a statement on Wednesday.
As the crisis in the besieged Marawi City enters on the 23rd day, several religious groups initiated a community kitchen to feed the thousands evacuees.
A Philippine Navy ship was spotted patrolling the bay of Iligan City on Tuesday afternoon, June 13. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
