Duterte’s martial law

Ricky Poca 06/05/2017

Two weeks into the Marawi City siege and opposition lawmakers and militant groups are still making noise and pursuing their bid to end the government’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao. This despite the public seeing for…

Marawi kids enroll in Cebu schools

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/05/2017

Waffie Naim sat down and calmly surveyed the quadrangle of the Cebu City Central School at past 7 a.m. yesterday. The 12-year-old Naim is one of the few students who transferred from Marawi City that is besieged…

New US weapons to be used by PH Marines in Marawi

Inquirer 06/05/2017

The Philippine Marines received new counter-terrorism weapons and equipment from the United States on Monday, a boost to its operations in Mindanao especially on the ongoing conflict in Marawi City. The weapons and equipment donated by the…

‘Humanitarian ceasefire:’ AFP halts offensive for four hours in Marawi

Inquirer.net 06/04/2017

THE military on Sunday declared a four-hour “humanitarian ceasefire” in Marawi City to allow relief distribution, rescue trapped civilians, and reach out to those in need. “It’s a humanitarian pause initiated and led by Chairperson Irene Santiago…

DSWD-7 sends third batch of food aid to Marawi evacuees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/03/2017

  About 10,000 food packs were on their way to Marawi City on Saturday, the third batch sent by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) to the families who have fled from…

Three towns near Marawi inaccessible to relief efforts

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2017

Three municipalities near Marawi City are currently cut off from relief operations because of the ongoing clashes between state troops and the Maute Group. There are around 15,000 evacuees there in dire need of food, water, clothing,…

DepEd can retrieve Marawi transferee pupils’ data online

Intern, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2017

ENROLLMENT IN CEBU THE Learner Information System (LIS) of the Department of Education (DepEd) will help track the Marawi pupils who have left their home city and will enroll in Cebu City public schools. At a press…

Marawi evacuees find refuge in Cebu City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2017

Public school teacher Alaina Macabato sat quietly at the backseat of a Cebu City–owned bus. She was actually relieved that she and her family finally arrived in Cebu City after fleeing her native Marawi City, the capital…

Prayers, aid for Marawi

Jason A. Baguia 06/02/2017

Several individuals and organizations are administering donation drives for the survivors of the battles between terrorists and the Philippine government in the Islamic City of Marawi. Here are some I have culled from my social network. Let…

MAO BA?

06/02/2017

AND WHY NOT? The arrival in Cebu City yesterday of at least 14 families, or 62 internally displaced persons, who escaped from the raging gun battle in Marawi City between state troops and the Maute-IS terror group,…

More survivors arrive from Marawi City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/02/2017

CEBU CITY—At least 14 families, or 62 individuals, arrived in Cebu City to escape from the ongoing gun-battle in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, where government troops were fighting members of Maute-ISIS terror group. The evacuees came…

DSWD delivers relief supplies to Marawi

06/01/2017

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has sent a total of 20,000 family food packs to Mindanao to respond the need for food of the families affected by the armed conflict in…

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