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5 years after siege, only 72 pct of Marawi rehab projects completed

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 09:09 PM

About 72 percent of rehabilitation projects in Marawi have been completed five years after a war between government troops and Islamist extremists erupted and reduced the city to rubble, an official said. Read more »

Pag-IBIG to defer hike as fund posts strong performance

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 06:42 PM

Pag-IBIG said it will defer the monthly contribution increase which was supposed to start this year, as the fund posts strong performance despite the pandemic. Read more »

95 pct completion of Marawi rehab eyed when Duterte steps down

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 07:04 PM

Government eyes completing 95 percent of Marawi's rehabilitation by the end of President Rodrigo Duterte's term in June, an official said. Read more »

Housing chief says he 'has done his job' to secure 2021 funding as Drilon scores 'meager' budget

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 11:53 AM

Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said Thursday he has "done his job" for his agency's P3.87 billion proposed 2021 budget after senators grilled him for supposedly not fighting for its original spending plan worth P76 billion. Read more »

Drilon hits Housing chief for allegedly being unprepared to discuss 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 08:02 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday reprimanded Housing Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario for allegedly coming to a Senate budget hearing unprepared to answer queries from lawmakers. Read more »

Palace says Marawi folk can return home, no truth to reported bar on displaced

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 08:52 PM

Residents of Marawi can return home, Malacañang said Tuesday, after a non-government organization claimed that the war-torn city's people have yet to find true liberation 3 years since its terrorist siege.  Read more »

Duterte says 'might take some time' more to rebuild Marawi

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 10:12 PM

Three years since the liberation of Marawi from terrorists, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the government "might take some time" more before it could rebuild the southern city, the pace of which was criticized by some residents.  Read more »

Palace: Duterte 'satisfied' with Marawi rehab but faster pace will be 'appreciated'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 07:54 PM

While President Rodrigo Duterte is "satisfied" with the ongoing rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi, he will "appreciate" a quicker pace, his spokesman said Monday, following complaints from some residents of the southern Philippine city, 3 years after its liberation from terrorists.  Read more »

Marawi rehab projects to be completed by December 2021: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 01:41 PM

The Philippine government's rehabilitation projects in Marawi, which was flattened after a five-month battle between Islamic State-inspired militants and state forces in 2017, are "on-track" and will be completed by December next year, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Senate eyes housing allowance, free living quarters for teachers in rural areas

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 11:03 PM

A Senate panel on Wednesday discussed proposals that seek to provide a free on-site living quarters for public schools teachers in far-flung areas to ease the educators' transportation burden. Read more »

Gov't confident it could meet 2021 deadline for Marawi rehab

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 02:03 PM

Construction in Marawi City will be on "full blast" starting next month, Task Force Bangon Marawi head Eduardo del Rosario said Read more »

Human settlement's dept commits P261 million for coronavirus response

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 11:31 AM

The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development said Tuesday it is committing P261 million for the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. Read more »

Soldiers pay tribute to heroes on 2nd Marawi siege liberation anniversary

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 08:41 PM

Soldiers laid wreaths and flowers at the memorial wall inside the 103rd Brigade headquarters, where names of hero soldiers were etched, in commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of the liberation of Marawi City on Thursday. Read more »