Read more about the article Seven convicted of murder in Roxas Night Market blast
President Rodrigo Duterte visits the blast site early morning Saturday, September 3. Duterte declared a state of lawlessness following the blast that killed at least 13 individuals in Davao City’s Roxas night market on Friday night, September 2, 2016. (Robinson Ninal/PPD)

Seven convicted of murder in Roxas Night Market blast

Seven suspects of the September 2016 Roxas Night Market bombing were convicted by the Taguig Regional Trial Court for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Read more about the article CRYING FOR MARAWI
CRYING FOR MARAWI. A Muslim woman cries after seeing photos of the current situation in Marawi City displayed at the Mini-Forest Gym in Davao City on Friday. Moro organizations held an interfaith 'Duyog Ramadan' in Barangay 23-C where the gym is located for a forum-discussion where evacuees from Marawi and other neighboring towns in Lanao del Sur were gathered. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

CRYING FOR MARAWI

A Muslim woman cries after seeing photos of the current situation in Marawi City displayed at the Mini-Forest Gym in Davao City on Friday. Moro organizations held an interfaith 'Duyog Ramadan' in Barangay 23-C where the gym is located for a forum-discussion where evacuees from Marawi and other neighboring towns in Lanao del Sur were gathered. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

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Mindanao lawmaker sees nothing wrong with proposed mechanism of Maranao traditional leaders

A Mindanao-based lawmaker believes the traditional conflict? resolution proposed by Maranao traditional leaders might do the trick in the current crisis faced by Marawi City.

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Read more about the article Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi
LISTEN TO US. Traditional Maranao leaders are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a ceasefire and allow them to intervene and talk to the families of the extremists involved in the attack in Marawi City. The leaders including sultanates and imams from Lanao del Sur province signed a petition addressed to Duterte on Thursday, June 15. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Maranao traditional leaders plead to Duterte: declare ceasefire, stop airstrikes in Marawi

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.

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