Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has renewed his call for fair and just compensation for the victims of the 2017 Marawi siege, as the Senate Committee on Finance reviews the proposed 2026 budget of the Marawi Compensation Board (MCB). During its budget briefing in the Senate on Tuesday,...
Marawi Compensation Board (MCB) chairperson lawyer Maisara Dandamun-Latiph expressed the need for more plantilla positions in a bid to expedite the processing and issuance of claims to the victim-survivors of the Marawi siege. Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros presides over the Finance...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla urged the government to take every possible course of action in looking for ways to fund compensation programs for victims of the 2017 Marawi Siege. During his interpellation on Tuesday night, November 14, on the budget of the Marawi Compensation Board, Padilla said...
House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-List Rep. Marcelino Libanan highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 3 the additional P1 billion in compensation funds meant for the victims of the 2017 Marawi siege. “There is another P1 billion...
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...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed the new chairperson and eight members of the Marawi Compensation Board. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos has designated Maisara C. Dandamun-Latiph as the new chairperson of the Marawi Compensation Board on Jan. 30, Malacañang said...
The Senate leadership has prioritized a resolution filed by Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla to fast-track the process that would allow victims of the 2017 Marawi siege to get their compensation. During the plenary session Monday, Aug. 15, Padilla, a Muslim, thanked Senate President Juan Miguel...
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...
Senatorial aspirant and former Quezon City Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Monday urged Congress and Malacañang to ensure the passage of the Marawi Compensation Bill into law before President Duterte’s term ends. “I call on our lawmakers and the President to already pass the Marawi...
Opposition Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday lauded the Senate for approving on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expedite the proposed compensation law for those whose homes and properties were destroyed during the five-month siege in Marawi City. The Senate...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday renewed his push for the immediate passage of Senate Bill No. 2420, or the proposed Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act which is expected to fast track the rehabilitation and recovery of the city and its people. The Senate approved the measure on second...
