Tag: evacuee students

Air strikes target high-rise snipers in Marawi

(Agence France Presse) — Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied Marawi for more than a month, a military spokesman said Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said this was the reason the government was using air strikes against the militants. “If we do not use air strikes, we will incur more casualties of our troops,” he told reporters in Marawi, which was overrun […]

900 evacuee students mula sa Marawi, nakapagsimula na ng klase

(Eagle News) – Mahigit 900 estudyanteng lumikas mula sa Marawi City ang nakapagsimula na ng klase sa Lanao. Noong Martes, Hunyo 27, nang simulan ang klase para sa mga nasa elementarya at high school gamit ang mga tent na itinayo ng Department of Education-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao upang magsilbi nilang pansamantalang paaralan. Ilan sa mga bayan na tinayuan ng tent school ay ang Saguiaran, Pantar at Balo-i. May feeding program din na isinasagawa para sa […]