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(Eagle News) — Around 800 temporary shelters are set to be turned over to displaced residents in Marawi on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a televised press briefing in Marawi City. “We targeted to transfer 500 units but instead of just 500, we are actually transferring 800,” he said. According to Roque, of the 800, the 500 are in Sagonsongan, and the 300 in Matungao, in Lanao del Norte. The scheduled turnover–which […]
(Eagle News) — Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., advised residents of Marawi City to patiently wait until the military has finished clearing operations in the city, saying there were many explosive devices left by the Islamist militants in the area. Padilla said that military’s priority is still the clearing of Marawi City and other affected localities of unexploded ordnance before the government can start a full-blown recovery and rehabilitation. […]
The government is already developing an 11-hectare location in Marawi that will accommodate transitional shelters for persons displaced by the armed conflict in the city, an official from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Monday, July 31. During the Mindanao Hour press briefing in Malacañan, OCD Assistant Secretary Kristoffer James Purisima said the proposed area is located in Barangay Sagunsungan, Marawi City. “Now, meron na hong ground development na ginagawa ang DPWH […]
Hundreds of Syrian families displaced by armed conflicts returned to their homes in south Damascus on Wednesday as part of a truce between the government and local rebels reached last year. About 4,000 residents of Qadam Municipality, who fled the fighting in the last three years, returned to their hometown on the buses provided by the government. “I feel so happy. How I wish that all Syrians could go back to their homes and that […]
