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TIGHT SECURITY. A checkpoint manned by the Philippine Army and Philippine National Police implements strict security measures at the entrance of Marawi City on Thursday morning, June 22. Military ground operations and air assaults against the ISIS-linked Maute group in the area continue since the siege took place last May 23. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

TIGHT SECURITY

A checkpoint manned by the Philippine Army and Philippine National Police implements strict security measures at the entrance of Marawi City on Thursday morning, June 22. Military ground operations and air assaults against the ISIS-linked Maute group in the area continue since the siege took place last May 23. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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FIGHTING GOES ON. More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

FIGHTING GOES ON

More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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ANTI-TERROR MOVES. Committee on Rules Chairperson Councilor Bernard Al-ag and Committee on Peace and Public Safety Chairperson Councilor Nilo Abellera Jr., listen to inputs by the military and police during the joint committee hearing of two ordinances meant to beef up security measures in response to the ongoing Marawi siege on Wednesday, June 21. The two councilors convened the hearing in order to flesh out the details of the ordinances that will penalize individuals who leave unattended bags in public, as well as the act of recruiting and professing support to the Maute-Isis group. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

ANTI-TERROR MOVES

Committee on Rules Chairperson Councilor Bernard Al-ag and Committee on Peace and Public Safety Chairperson Councilor Nilo Abellera Jr., listen to inputs by the military and police during the joint committee hearing of two ordinances meant to beef up security measures in response to the ongoing Marawi siege (More...) (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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NOWHERE TO GO. Brig. Gen. Ramiro Manuel Rey, commander of Task Force Ranao tells reporters in a press briefing at the Provincial Capitol in Marawi City on Wednesday, June 21 that the Maute group are now confined in four barangays. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

NOWHERE TO GO

Brig. Gen. Ramiro Manuel Rey, commander of Task Force Ranao tells reporters in a press briefing at the Provincial Capitol in Marawi City on Wednesday, June 21 that the Maute group are now confined in four barangays. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

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REQUEST. Operations Officer of the 11th Regional Community Defense Group Lieutenant Colonel Noli Kanashiro says they need the requested 20-hectare army reservation inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Mindanao in Barangay Mintal, Davao City as they expect an influx of Reserve Officers Training Corps after President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for its revival. Kanashiro made the comment in a press conference on Wednesday in response to the opposition of the UPMin student council, who fear that the continued presence of the army inside the campus will result to campus militarization and surveillance of student activists. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

REQUEST

Operations Officer of the 11th Regional Community Defense Group Lieutenant Colonel Noli Kanashiro says they need the requested 20-hectare army reservation inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Mindanao in Barangay Mintal, Davao City as they expect an influx of Reserve Officers Training Corps (More...) (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

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