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LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines (Reuters) — Wearing white hijabs to assimilate better with those in the Muslim community, about 100 Philippine female soldiers are helping to rehabilitate hundreds of children displaced or made homeless by the conflict in Marawi City. Since last week, the teams of soldiers have spent every morning between 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with over 100 children in each evacuation center around the area, encouraging them to play as well as draw as […]
At least 100 enlisted and non-commissioned female personnel coming from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be deployed to Marawi City. AFP public affairs chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo said the deployment of an all-female group of military and police is to give a “feminine touch” to the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. He also said the battle area is predominantly male already so the Armed Forces and the PNP […]
