

A Marawi resident raises a complaint during a dialogue between Task Force Bangon Marawi and affected residents at the Provincial Gym in Marawi City on Tuesday, March 19,2019. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – Residents of the 24 barangays in the 250-hectare ‘Ground Zero,’ the former battleground between government forces and the Maute Group in 2017, can finally return to their villages to repair or rebuild their homes by the first week of September 2019 after the debris clearing is done by August 30, Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, chair of the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) said at the consultation dialogue held at the provincial gym here Tuesday.

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday declared the entire Mindanao as “Category Red Election Hotspot” in the run-up to the mid-term elections in May.

MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) — Clearing of debris and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) at Marawi’s Ground Zero “will be finished by August 30” that will pave the way for the start of repair works at the main affected area (MAA), Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, chair of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TBFM) on Tuesday told over a thousand residents who have yet to return home almost two years after Islamic State-inspired militants invaded the city.

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) – From March 11 to March 21, to March 25, to March 29.

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) — It pays to be the biggest pre-election campaign spender and to always be physically present in the sorties of President Rodrigo Duterte even after resigning as Special Assistant to the President (SAP).




