Tag: marawi
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Categories FACT CHECK News
THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Lascanas did NOT say he regrets trusting Trillanes, airstrike video NOT clear if Hapilon is dead
These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.
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Categories News
PHOTOS: Robredo shares evacuees’ hope for end of war in Marawi
Some 264,000 have been displaced by the war between government forces and elements of Maute and Abu Sayyaf Groups.
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Categories Editor's Pick News
PHOTOS: Prayers of thanks in the midst of war
Photojournalist Luis Liwanag shares images of how the beleaguered people of Marawi observed Eid’l Fitr.
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Categories Commentary
Prayers for Marawi as we celebrate 119th Independence Day
The announcement of AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año that by today, as we celebrate our country’s 119th anniversary of independence, the Philippine flag will be flying in Marawi City, tells us of the challenges in keeping our country safe while maintaining a vibrant democracy. That a part of our country is not in the control of government shows how serious the challenges are.
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Categories News
Martial law in Mindanao: A timeline
These are the events leading to the declaration.
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Categories Top Stories
PNoy campaigns in Lanao but message delivery suffers technical problems
BY CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews
MARAWI CITY – It was his first visit to the province of Lanao del Sur in his nearly three-year old administration and he was supposed to have campaigned for his “Team PNoy” – the Liberal Party candidates for the Senate, the province and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) – but the message he wanted to deliver could hardly be understood due to technical problems.
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Categories Vote 2013
Fearing for their lives, election officers in Lanao Sur town pull out
By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews MARAWI CITY – Fearing for their lives, the entire team of election officers assigned in the municipality of Butig in Lanao del Sur pulled out dawn Wednesday after unruly supporters of warring local politicians fired shots in the air and fought each other at the town market. The election officers, mostly […]