Debris clearing in Marawi stopped due to firm’s lack of permits

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:16:43 +0000

SUSPENDED WORKDebris clearing in Marawi City had been put on hold pending submission of permits. —DIVINA M. SUSON

The contractor clearing debris from a portion of a 250-hectare area in Marawi City destroyed by the war on terror last year was ordered to stop its work in the absence of two key permits—environmental and demolition.

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House ready to extend martial law if Duterte wants it

THE House of Representatives is willing to extend martial law in Mindanao if President Rodrigo Duterte wants it, a leader at the House of Representatives said on Thursday. “The declaration of martial Law is the call of the Executive. The President declares or extends [it], [and]Congress concurs.  If the President will ask for it, then it will […]

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Marawi folk grow impatient over slow pace of city rebuilding

Marawi folk grow impatient over slow pace of city rebuilding

MARAWI CITY—Norodin Lucman, a Muslim leader who lived in one of the villages here flattened by the five-month war between government troops and gunmen loyal to the Islamic State last year, is getting impatient.

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DBM releases over P2B for Marawi rehabilitation

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released over P2 billion for the implementation of programs, projects and activities in line with the rehabilitation and recovery of Marawi City. In a statement on Wednesday, the DBM said a total f P2.286 billion was released to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), which is chargeable […]

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Robredo checks on temporary shelters for displaced Marawi families

Leni Robredo in Marawi

MARAWI CITY — Barely a year and two months old, Saliya Macadaya, has been left with seven of her siblings to the care of her grandmother in an evacuation tent in Baloi, Laao del Norte. Her mother, Nihara Ibrahim, and father, Saidamen Azis Macadaya, had to leave for Laguna where they work as vendors. The […]

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Negrense volunteers boost food campaign for Marawi children

Negrense volunteers boost food campaign for Marawi children

BACOLOD CITY — The campaign of the Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation (NVCF) to provide nutritional support for children in resettlement areas in war-torn Marawi City has been given an added boost through a donation of more than P1.7 million from Sunlife Foundation. The donation will provide 623 children of Marawi with daily nutritious Mingo […]

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