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- With 44,000 people crowded at Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex, some tents have reached the edge of the ground. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees have to take turns at a water source for their bath. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas (left) and Social Welfare Dinky Soliman (second, left) listens to evacuees who ask for food and other relief at the evacuation center. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- President Aquino had to shout to make himself clear as he was mobbed by evacuees at the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex Saturday (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Teachers and volunteers provide play and relief for children. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Children at play. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Vendors still find time to sell their wares at the evacuation center. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees pitched tents along the shoreline. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- A woman cooking dinner along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- A mother hangs clothes to dry along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees find respite in the Zamboanga sunset along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
by JOHN RIZLE. L. SALIGUMBA
Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said 62,000 people have fled from barangays affected with the standoff between government troops and the Moro National Liberation Front in the last seven days.
The Crisis Management Center recorded 6,024 families living in 26 evacuation centers all over the city, the biggest among which is the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex which hosts 44,000 evacuees.
The evacuees came from the villages of Rio Hondo, Talon-Talon, Mampang, parts of Tugbungan and of Sta. Barbara and Sta. Catalina where houses and buildings were burned.
President Benigno Aquino III assured evacuees on Saturday to provide them with relief packs and rebuild razed or damaged houses.
But there is still no certainty as to when the fighting will stop.
On Saturday night, authorities denied reports of a ceasefire between the MNLF and the government as military strikes continued.
The only certainty now is for evacuees to survive by temporarily living in makeshift tents and thrive on rationed food. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
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- With 44,000 people crowded at Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex, some tents have reached the edge of the ground. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees have to take turns at a water source for their bath. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas (left) and Social Welfare Dinky Soliman (second, left) listens to evacuees who ask for food and other relief at the evacuation center. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- President Aquino had to shout to make himself clear as he was mobbed by evacuees at the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex Saturday (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Teachers and volunteers provide play and relief for children. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Children at play. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- A woman cooking dinner along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees pitched tents along the shoreline. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Vendors still find time to sell their wares at the evacuation center. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Children at play. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- A mother hangs clothes to dry along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
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- Evacuees find respite in the Zamboanga sunset along RT Lim Boulevard. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)
