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Burial held for unclaimed bodies in Marawi City siege

Unclaimed bodies of people killed in the middle of clashes between government forces and Maute group in Marawi City have been buried. Twenty seven (27)...

AFP: Maute has taken P 500M worth of money from Marawi homes

Hostages rescued by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recount that Maute terrorists had forced them to loot and steal from the abandoned...

Keep out of harm’s way, Duterte exhorts civilians

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday told the military to kill all the terrorists holed up in Marawi City, even at the risk of harming...

Six BIFF men killed in firefight

SIX members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were killed in a clash with government troops in Barangay Malagakit, Pigcawayan, North Cotabato on Wednesday,...

At least 600 residents remain trapped in Marawi City

About six-hundred (600) residents remain trapped in Marawi City amid the fighting between government forces and Maute group. This was disclosed by Armed Forces of...

Desperate search goes on for trapped civilians

MARAWI—Camalia Baunto keeps a desperate vigil for news of her husband, trapped just a short walk away in brutal fighting between Islamist militants and...

Desperation builds for civilians in war-torn Marawi City

Camalia Baunto keeps a desperate vigil for news of her husband, trapped just a short walk away in brutal fighting between Islamist militants and...

The fight against terrorism

The government’s battle against the Maute terror group in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur has been going on for more than three weeks. Fifty-eight...

4 more civilians rescued in Marawi

VOLUNTEERS from the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front retrieved four more civilians trapped in war-torn Marawi city, bringing the total to 221. The...

Freedom run amid bombs, gunshots

Marawi—Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military airstrikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday, nearly two weeks after being trapped in...

‘Friendly fire’ kills 11 troops; probe sought

MARAWI—Airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in Marawi City killed 11 soldiers, authorities said Thursday, as they conceded...

Clerics seek end to airstrikes

MARAWI CITY"•Muslim clerics on Monday appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the aerial assault on the terrorist Maute group in Marawi City to...

Terrorists kill 27 civilians in 5-day siege

MARAWI­­—Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in Marawi City have killed 27 civilians, the military said Sunday, bringing the official death...

2,000 people send SOS amid fighting, airstrikes

MARAWI—Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside Marawi City where troops have been battling Islamist militants for almost a week, authorities said. The...
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