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Tag: Marawi City

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    Categories FACT CHECK PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Image ALTERED to show ‘Run Sara Run’ tarp on vehicle in Marawi City

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 12, 2021 11:42 AM

    A reverse image search, however, revealed that the original copy of the photo showing a convoy was taken over three years ago. There was no tarpaulin attached to the vehicle’s bumper.

    Marawi City, run sara run, sara duterte

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Tearing down and rebuilding Marawi: 2 years after the siege

    By Text and photos by Johnna Villaviray Giolagon  |  May 25, 2019 11:54 PM

    MARAWI CITY – Barefoot children screamed in glee as they played tag on the one-lane road. The adults huddled in one side, exchanging bits of gossip and looking on curiously at local government officials who came to visit their community in Sagonsogan Village.

    ISIS, Marawi City, Maute group

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    One year after the liberation of Marawi, Islamic State PH still alive

    By Rommel C. Banlaoi  |  Oct 17, 2018 2:15 PM

    A year after the liberation of Marawi City on October 17, 2017 from what the Islamic State calls as the “Soldiers of the Caliphate in East Asia,” the Philippines still confronts the virulent threats of terrorism. The Islamic State still has significant numbers of local followers in the Philippines represented by armed groups associated with the siege of Marawi City on May 23, 2017.

    Islamic State PH, Marawi City

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    Categories Commentary

    In the name of drugs again

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Nov 03, 2017 9:54 PM

    President Duterte is simplifying the root cause of five-month war in Marawi by attributing it to drugs.

    isnilon hapilon, Marawi City, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: CBCP DID NOT condemn killings of Maute, Hapilon

    By VERA FILES  |  Oct 20, 2017 5:33 PM

    These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.

    CBCP, fake news, isnilon hapilon, Marawi City, Maute group

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: War in Marawi NOT YET over

    By VERA FILES  |  Oct 06, 2017 4:06 PM

    These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.

    fake news, Marawi City, Martial Law Mindanao

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    Categories News

    PHOTOS: ​Mass graves for the nameless victims of the Marawi crisis

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jul 01, 2017 5:56 PM

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

    Marawi City, mass burial

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    Categories ARMM Watch Editor's Pick News

    PHOTOS: Marawi City, 30 days of misery

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jun 23, 2017 5:30 PM

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

    Marawi City, Maute group

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    Categories News

    PHOTOS: PH flag flies bravely in war-torn Marawi City on Independence Day

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jun 14, 2017 11:55 PM

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

    Independence Day, Marawi City

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    Categories News

    Duterte allies in Congress support martial law; opposition calls for vigilance

    By Verlie Q. Retulin  |  May 24, 2017 9:39 PM

    Malacanang allies in Congress supported the President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao Tuesday while the opposition called for the public to remain vigilant.

    Marawi City, Martial Law

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