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Read more about the article Mindanao lawmakers support Marawi rehab budget
Maranao leaders urge government to extend financial assistance to business owners in Marawi ?City so they can recover from their losses due to the fighting there between state forces and armed extremists. In the photo are Sultan Nasser Sampaco (left), chairman of the Marawi Sultanate League, and Sultan Ysmael Ali, the sultan of Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, and member of the Sixteen Royal Sultanate of Lanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao lawmakers support Marawi rehab budget

Some Mindanao lawmakers have expressed their support for the rehabilitation of the besieged Marawi City through allocation of funds as the Lower House has started deliberating the budget for next year.

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Read more about the article Preparations for week-long Kadayawan 75% OK
OPTIMISTIC. City Tourism Operations Officer Generose Tecson says the tourism industry remains positive despite the 20 million total revenue loss within the period from May 24-27, days after the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao during the iSpeak Forum on Thursday at the City Hall. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Preparations for week-long Kadayawan 75% OK

Less than two weeks before the Kadayawan festival officially opens, the Davao City Tourism Office is already 75 percent done with overall preparations, an official said.

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Read more about the article Duterte yet to issue formal document terminating talks with communists

Duterte yet to issue formal document terminating talks with communists

Two weeks since President Rodrigo Duterte announced he does not want to talk to the communists anymore the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said ?it ha?s not yet received a formal notice from the Philippine government.

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Read more about the article FULL TEXT | Second National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission Report on Human Rights situation of Marawi evacuees

FULL TEXT | Second National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission Report on Human Rights situation of Marawi evacuees

The two National Interfaith Humanitarian Missions, especially the recently-concluded second wave, were able to open venues for the victims’ demands. These were venues that even the poorest, and in social heirarchies normally voiceless, evacuees were able to access. This allowed the fleshing out cases of human rights violations under Martial Law beyond the common narrative of the effects of the aerial bombings.

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Read more about the article Marawi evacuees to take part in constructing transition houses
Displaced residents who are housed in evacuation centers are commissioned by the Task Force Bangon Marawi in constructing temporary shelters in Barangay Sagongsongan, Marawi City through a cash-for-work program. (Divina M. Suson/davaotoday.com)

Marawi evacuees to take part in constructing transition houses

Internally displaced residents will be given role in constructing the transition houses here, an official said over the weekend.

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