Maranao leader to Duterte: What really happened in Marawi?

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:00:24 +0000

Maranao leader to Duterte: What really happened in Marawi?

A Moro leader whose family was displaced by the government’s five-month battle with terror groups in Marawi in 2017

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US gives additional $4.5M for Marawi aid

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:48:39 +0000

THE United States will provide an additional $4.5 million (P234 million) worth of humanitarian assistance for persons displaced by the five-month siege in Marawi City. The US Embassy in Manila…READ

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Marawi folk get livelihood, humanitarian aid from US gov’t

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:03:24 +0000

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over some P1.95 million worth of community grants that the US government had earlier committed for humanitarian and recovery work in war-torn Marawi City.

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Police arrest 2 men linked to Marawi siege

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:04:25 +0000

Two men who allegedly took part in the five-month terror siege of Marawi City two years ago were arrested by police intelligence agents in Quezon City on Saturday.

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Duterte to COA: Hajj more important than housing

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:31:58 +0000

President Duterte warned COAnot to meddle in the move to redirect the housing funds to the pilgrimage of Muslims affected by the Marawi Siege.

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Scarcity of land delays Marawi housing projects

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:18:37 +0000

Scarcity of land delays Marawi housing projects

MANILA, Philippines — The National Housing Authority (NHA) has finished only 25 percent of the target number of houses for residents who were displaced when Islamic State-linked armed groups laid siege to Marawi City two years ago. In a press conference on Tuesday, Roderick Ibañez, chief of the Marawi Project Management Office, said that as […]

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HUDCC may face malversation raps over Marawi fund diversion

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:06:05 +0000

HUDCC may face malversation raps over Marawi fund diversion

The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) may face technical malversation charges if proven that it had diverted P5 million Marawi fund

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Robredo hits delay in release of Yolanda, Marawi funds

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:46:50 +0000

Robredo hits delay in release of Yolanda, Marawi funds

What has been delaying the distribution of relief funds for survivors of Supertyphoon Yolanda and the Marawi siege? Vice President Leni Robredo raised the question on Sunday after the Commission on Audit (COA) hit the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) for its poor use of funds for both Marawi and Yolanda survivors.

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COA report shows OCD’s funds for Yolanda victims were all from donations

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 10:10:29 +0000

COA report shows OCD’s funds for Yolanda victims were all from donations

The government has not provided a budget for Yolanda victims. All of the Office of Civil Defense budget for Yolanda victims were borne out of donations, according to a recent report from the Commission on Audit.

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5 police officials conferred Medal of Valor, 57 promoted after Marawi siege

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 07:30:51 +0000

THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) conferred the Medalya ng Kabayanihan (Medal of Valor) on and promoted police officials and personnel who fought during the siege of Marawi City two years…READ

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