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Housing units to be built not enough for displaced Marawi residents

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 12:33 AM

A year and a day after the start of the Marawi siege, Task Force Bangon Marawi admitted it has yet to finalize its plans to reconstruct the war-torn city. Read more »

Lessons learned from Marawi siege, gov't officials say

Kyodo News
Updated as of May 26 04:23 PM

Philippine authorities marked Wednesday the first anniversary of the siege by Islamic State-inspired militants of the southern city of Marawi that disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, underscoring the importance of drawing lessons from it to avoid a repeat. Read more »

1,500 bahay, ipatatayo ng UN-Habitat sa Marawi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 09:55 PM

May 1,500 housing unit ang ipatatayo ng United Nations Human Settlements Programme para sa mga nawalan ng tirahan matapos ang limang buwang bakbakan sa Marawi City. Read more »

Palace seeks second chance for blacklisted Chinese firms tapped for Marawi rehab

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 09:13 PM

Malacañang on Thursday asked the public to give two Chinese firms another chance to prove their capabilities, as critics blasted their inclusion in a consortium that will lead the rehabilitation of “ground zero” in war-torn Marawi City despite being once blacklisted by the World Bank. Read more »

Palace accuses Trillanes of politicizing Marawi rehab

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:40 PM

Malacañang on Thursday accused Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV of politicizing the rehabilitation of Marawi City. Read more »

15 Maute members surrender: military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:09 PM

Fifteen members of the Maute group that laid siege to Marawi a year ago have surrendered to authorities, the military said Thursday.  Read more »

Fr. Soganub, nag-alay ng misa para sa mga biktima ng giyera sa Marawi

Francis Canlas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:19 AM

Sa kaniyang misa, binalikan ng pari ang kaniyang karanasan habang nasa kamay ng mga terorista.   Read more »

Majority of DU30 allies will pick Marawi's ground-zero contractor

Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Updated as of May 24 05:12 AM

A SMALL COMMITTEE of seven persons, including four political appointees and associates of President Rodrigo R. Duterte from Davao City and elsewhere in Mindanao, will decide which business entities will win the multi-billion-peso contract for one of the major components of the rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City. Read more »

Mga bakwit, hangad na makabalik sa Marawi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:18 AM

Hiling nila ngayon na makabalik na sa kanilang lugar. Read more »

Misis na naiwan sa giyera sa Marawi, dumaranas ng trauma

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:15 AM

Sariwa pa rin sa alaala ng mga residente ng Marawi ang giyera sa pagitan ng pamahalaan at ng mga teroristang Maute group. Read more »

Ilang grupo, nanawagan na tanggalin ang batas militar sa Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:02 AM

Isang taon matapos ideklara ang batas militar sa Mindanao bunsod ng sumiklab na bakbakan sa Marawi, nanawagan ang iba't ibang grupo para tanggalin na ang umiiral na martial law doon. Read more »

'Great Wall of Marawi', malaki ang naitulong sa mga sundalo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 06:14 PM

Malaki ang naging papel ng pader na binuo ng mga sundalo para mapasok ang pinagkukutaan ng mga terorista. Read more »

Class opening to push through in Marawi, Briones says

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 02:10 AM

Some teachers expressed concern that some rooms are still used as storage area for undistributed aid. Read more »

BALIKAN: Pag-atake sa Marawi na nauwi sa 5 buwang bakbakan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:47 AM

Tinatayang P80 bilyon ang gagastusin para sa rehabilitasyon ng Marawi City. Read more »

Praying for the Marawi victims

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:30 AM

A young boy prays during the commemoration of the Marawi City siege anniversary at the Marawi Provincial Capitol on Wednesday.  Islamic State-inspired rebels led by the Maute brothers attacked Marawi on May 23, 2017, resulting in 5-month-long gunbattles leaving thousands dead and many missing. Read more »

Tearful commemoration

ABS-CBN NewsJonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:27 AM

A woman weeps during a prayer offered for lost loved ones as they commemorate the anniversary of the Marawi City siege at the Marawi Provincial Capitol on Wednesday.  Read more »

Pangangailangan ng isang paaralan sa Marawi, natugunan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 10:59 PM

Mula sa nalikom na pondo, natugunan ng Lingkod Kapamilya ang mga pangangailangan ng isang paaralan sa Marawi City. Read more »

A year after siege, Marawi families seek closure

Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at May 23 10:31 PM

MARAWI CITY - Mahid Radia's last glimpse of his parents was when he and his children were fleeing their home amid gunfire, explosions and the howl of airplanes bombing the dens of extremists who had taken over Marawi, the Philippines' only Islamic city. Read more »

Concerns linger over martial law in Mindanao

Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo News
Posted at May 23 09:26 PM

Citing allegations of human rights violations, some sectors of the Philippines oppose the government's continued implementation of martial law in the volatile southern island of Mindanao. Read more »

Pakiusap sa mga 'bakwit' ng Marawi: 'Please be patient'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 09:26 PM

Isang taon mula nang unang sumiklab ang gulo sa Marawi City, humingi si Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza sa mga residente ng pasensiya sa paglutas sa mga problemang iniwan ng bakbakan. Read more »