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Mindanao State University (MSU) officials and coordination team visited Amai Pakpak Medical Center to check on those injured in Sunday's blast. (Photo from MSU Marawi-OIPP's Facebook page)

What is the motive behind the MSU blast?

Police and military officials are looking at the international terror group ISIS and its local group Daulah Islamiyah in its role in Sunday's bombing in Mindanao State University, but this finding raises concern from a local Moro rights advocate.

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Read more about the article 17 hostages rescued as more Maute members surrender
THE BATTLE GOES ON. Philippine Marines backed by Armoured Personnel Carrier sweep down the streets in Marawi City as the military ground operations against the Maute group entered on its ?ffifth? day on Sunday, May 28. (Alexander Lopez/davaotoday.com)

17 hostages rescued as more Maute members surrender

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – At least eight members of the ISIS-inspired Maute group surrendered to authorities on Wednesday, October 4, as more than 10 hostages were rescued in Marawi on…

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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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