The Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) announced that 29 students have qualified for its Bangon Marawi Program in Science and Technology Human Resource Development (STHRD), a scholarship program for those affected by the armed conflict or were displaced...
Marawi City right after the siege over six years ago. (MANILA BULLETIN) The Marawi Compensation Board (MCB) has an estimated 12,000 pending individual appointments seeking either structural or death claims in connection with the 2017 Marawi seige. This was bared by MCB Chairperson lawyer Maisara...
MARAWI CITY – Residents who were displaced when this city became a battlefield between government forces and the militants affiliated with the Islamic State six years ago will finally be compensated following the signing on Tuesday, May 23, of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of...
After seeing scores of voters flocking to precincts, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia believes that they will attain a 92 percent voter turnout in Marawi City's plebiscite on Saturday, March 18. In an interview, Garcia mentioned that it was only during the morning...
Preparations for the Marawi City plebiscites have been completed, the first local electoral exercise since the siege in 2017, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, March 17. In a statement, Comelec stated that it conducted on Friday (March 17) a command conference in the House of...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Tuesday, Aug. 9 pushed for the speedy creation of a compensation board that would process claims from victims of the 2017 Marawi siege. "It has been five years since the Marawi Siege transpired and the victims are still awaiting the implementation of (Republic...
Four and a half years after the end of the five-month long Marawi siege in May to October 2017, Congress has passed Republic Act No. 11696, the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act. The law provides compensation to those whose kin were killed, as well as those whose properties were destroyed in...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday praised the people of Marawi for their fortitude and determination to rebuild their city after the five-month siege in 2017 that nearly destroyed their lives and disrupted their livelihood. That is why, Go said, residents of Marawi would greatly benefit...
House leaders hailed Malacañang for enacting on Wednesday, April 27 the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act. (Photo from House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco's Facebook) "We applaud President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for signing the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act into law, which is a priority...
The residents of Marawi City can finally start rebuilding their homes and their lives now that the measure providing compensation to victims of the five-month long siege has been signed into law, Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Thursday. “Matagal na itong hinihintay ng ating mga...
President Duterte has signed into law a measure providing individuals and businesses affected by the Marawi Siege compensation for their loss during the battle. Marawi City after the 2017 siege (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In signing Republic Act No. 11696 or the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation...
(Photo courtesy of DepEd) A 20-classroom school building located at the Most Affected Area (MAA), Marawi City in Lanao del Sur was inaugurated for the learners under the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd joined Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) in the inauguration of a new school building in...
