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Read more about the article Photo Essay : Rubbles of Zamboanga City villages
A bath amidst the ruins in Sta. Barbara. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Photo Essay : Rubbles of Zamboanga City villages

photos by ACE R. MORANDANTE DAVAO TODAY Zamboanga City - Two months after the Zamboanga siege, the ruins of Santa Barbara and Santa Catalina villages both stir and remind the…

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Read more about the article Conflict wouldn’t have lasted long, and could have saved lives, in Zamboanga City
A government soldier takes ready aim at a Zamboanga civilian while his comrade holds the latter down. The person came out of Lustre Street where government troops were pursuing off MNLF rebels. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Conflict wouldn’t have lasted long, and could have saved lives, in Zamboanga City

Prof. Ali Ayub, the secretary-general of the National Ulama Conference of the Philippines in the Zambasulta Region said his group and civil society organizations offered viable options to the Crisis Management Committee to break the standoff sooner between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) followers of Chairman Nur Misuari, and state security forces in Zamboanga.

Continue ReadingConflict wouldn’t have lasted long, and could have saved lives, in Zamboanga City