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Marines patrol a deserted street somewhere in Marawi City. Government forces are engaged in a bitter house-to-house battle with the ISIS-inspired Maute Group and its allies. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

Marines patrol a deserted street somewhere in Marawi City. Government forces are engaged in a bitter house-to-house battle with the ISIS-inspired Maute Group and its allies. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

Young Maranaw women join the consultation meeting with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in Iligan City on Sunday, 23 July 2017 on the plan of internally displaced residents to march back to Marawi. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA

Marines prepare to fire their 81mm mortar somewhere in Marawi City. Government forces are engaged in bitter house-to-house battle with the ISIS-inspired Maute Group and its allies. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

Students repaint the graffiti anchored on the life of national hero Jose Rizal outside the Jose Rizal Memorial State University in Dapitan City on Sunday, July 23, 2017. Rizal was exiled in Dapitan City for four years (1892 to 1896) before

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) — How did Mindanao’s 64 representatives in the House of Representatives and three in the Senate vote on the extension of martial law and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus

(Paliwanag ni Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate sa Botong “No” sa Pagpapalawig ng Proclamation 216 o Martial sa Mindanao, Hulyo 22, 2017 Joint Special Session ng Kongreso. Tatlo lang sa 64 na Kongresista na taga Mindanao ang bumoto ng ‘No’)

(Explanation of “No” Vote para sa Extension of Martial Law in Mindanao by Anakpawis Rep. Ariel “Ka Ayik” B. Casilao, Hunyo 22, 2017. Tatlo lang sa 64 na Kongresista na taga Mindanao ang bumoto ng ‘No’) Bilang kinatawan ng Anakpawis Party-list,

(Samira Ali Gutoc delivered this brief speech at the Joint Session of Congress to deliberate on the extension of martial law on Saturday, 22 July 2017 when Senator Grace Poe called on her to give a situationer on the Marawi




