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MOMENTARY DISTRACTION. A visiting Catholic nun facilitates a psychosocial intervention with the children in an evacuation center in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28. The nuns were part of a delegation of the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission, a relief operation organized by volunteer network Kalinaw Mindanao. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

MOMENTARY DISTRACTION

A visiting Catholic nun facilitates a psychosocial intervention with the children in an evacuation center in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur on Friday, July 28. (More...) (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Marawi woman evacuee: Arafat is not a terrorist
A WIFE'S GRIEF. Noraidah Lala, 35, forces back her tears while telling interviewers the fate of her husband, Arafat, who was arrested by authorities on July 23 for being suspected as a member of the Maute group. In a separate interview with Davao Today on Friday, July 29, Noraidah vehemently denied that her husband is a terrorist, saying that Arafat works as a mechanic. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Marawi woman evacuee: Arafat is not a terrorist

Noraidah Lala, 35, insisted that his husband, Arafat, who was recently arrested and charged with a rebellion by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police, was not a member of the Maute group.

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Read more about the article Children idolizing ISIS show gov’t unattached to people – Adiong
NO HUNGER. Spokesperson Zia Alonto-Adiong of the Provincial Crisis Management Committee denies earlier reports that some displaced families from Marawi City have already experienced hunger inside evacuation centers. Adiong made the clarification in a press briefing at the Provincial Capitol in Marawi on Wednesday, June 21. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Children idolizing ISIS show gov’t unattached to people – Adiong

If reports that some children in Marawi City idolize the Islamic State are true, then such is a classic case that some people in Mindanao have no attachment to the government.

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Read more about the article “Peace talks will solve Lumad issues, not martial law”
'Papers, not bombs'. More than 200 lumad children have been camping since July 20 at the International Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte to speak with them and listen to their plight. (Lorie Ann Cascaro/davaotoday.com)

“Peace talks will solve Lumad issues, not martial law”

Lumad leaders and children from Mindanao, along with progressive groups, called on today for the continuation of peace talks between the government and communist revolutionaries, saying it is the only solution to their issues.

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