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It’s an uneasy calm around Taal volcano almost a week after it spewed enormous ashes that blanketed surrounding towns forcing thousands of families to flee to ash-covered but safer grounds.

Residents of Batangas were startled when the Taal, which has been quiet for more than four decades - suddenly rumbled and spewed ashes that enveloped nearby towns and cities, reaching as far as Quezon City and Antipolo.

The aborted release of convicted rapist, former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez, has opened a container of worms that smell of corruption, so abominable that the President and his men are scrambling to find all means to divert the issue.

​Rain didn't stop thousands from lambasting the Duterte government's disregard of human rights in its war against drugs and its docility to China.

The military has regained control of Marawi City, where it has been battling the Muslim extremists the past six weeks.

Some 264,000 have been displaced by the war between government forces and elements of Maute and Abu Sayyaf Groups.

Photojournalist Luis Liwanag shares images of how the beleaguered people of Marawi observed Eid’l Fitr.

Photojournalist Luis Liwanag captures Marawi City today, on the 30th day of the crisis.​

​There is no overstating the emotional boost of the raising of the Philippine flag in devastated Marawi City on June 12, Philippine Independence.

What happens around the city hours before the curfew? Journalist Luis Liwanag took this video from Iligan City.

The city’s vibe has changed since President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao.

Uncertain about when the war will end, over 2,000 of them have been temporarily enrolled in different schools all over the country.