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CRAMPED. A Maranao mother rocks her infant child to sleep inside a ?three feet by four feetclassroom at the Al Noor Madrasah School in Barangay Tomas Cabili, Iligan City on Thursday, July 27. At night time, four to five families cramp ?the rooms such as this to sleep, often with the men opting to stay outside to give the women and children more space. The lack of ventilation and personal space has caused common illnesses to spread among the evacuees of the Marawi siege. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

CRAMPED

A Maranao mother rocks her infant child to sleep inside a ?three feet by four feetclassroom at the Al Noor Madrasah School in Barangay Tomas Cabili, Iligan City on Thursday, July 27. At night time, four to five families cramp ?the rooms such as this to sleep, often with the men opting to stay outside to give the women and children more space. (More...) (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Former soldier: Military solution will not solve Marawi crisis
VETERAN. Retired Technical Sergeant Amer Macaantal Ali, 63, fought for five ?Presidents. However, he believes the military solution will not solve the Marawi crisis. He now lives with 500 families in an evacuation center in Barangay Tomas Cabili, Iligan City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Former soldier: Military solution will not solve Marawi crisis

Retired Technical Sergeant Amer Maca-antal Ali, 63, fought for five ?P?residents during his career in the army --- Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, and Arroyo, before retiring from military service in 2002.

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Read more about the article Duterte reiterates stand to ‘destroy’ lumad schools to ?save ?lumad children from ‘perdition’
President Rodrigo Duterte visits government troops who are engaged in a battle with the Maute terrorist group in Marawi City on July 20, 2017. During his speech, Duterte told the troops that after the Marawi crisis, the government will launch offensives against the New People's Army next.(ACE MORANDANTE/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Duterte reiterates stand to ‘destroy’ lumad schools to ?save ?lumad children from ‘perdition’

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his stand to destroy ?L?umad schools which he ?insisted are not licensed to operate under the Department of Education.

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Read more about the article Davao’s CHR laments lack of investigators
Commission on Human Rights Region 11 office in Davao City (davaotoday.com)

Davao’s CHR laments lack of investigators

Now that Martial Law has been extended until the end of the year, the regional office of the Commission on Human Rights, an office that is mandated to monitor the human rights condition in the country, is facing a challenge.

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Read more about the article SWS: Filipinos “neutral” on possible effects of ML to PH economy
TAKE OVER. More strongholds of ISIS-linked Maute Group were overran by government ground forces on Monday. Joint Task Force Marawi commander Brig. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista said it will just be a matter of time and soldiers will fully liberate Marawi from terrorists and criminal gangs. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

SWS: Filipinos “neutral” on possible effects of ML to PH economy

Filipinos stand “neutral” on the possible effects of the declaration of martial law in Mindanao to the economy of the country, the Social Weather Station said in its recent survey.

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