‘Specialty health centers to help medical evacuees’
Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto said the recently passed House bill regionalizing heart, lung, kidney, and 13 ...
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‘Difficult days’: Evacuees recount risky escape from Sudan
Saudi officials are coming under pressure to do more than facilitate evacuations, given their close ties to the two generals ...
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Helping evacuees
Santa Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas (center), Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (3rd from left), and Taguig 2nd District Rep. ...
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AFP: Firefights still break out in Marawi City
Some firefights still break out between government forces and Maute stragglers in Marawi City. Army Colonel Romeo Brawner Jr. says, ...
Read moreUNCHR helps Marawi evacuees get IDs
Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have extended their hand to help evacuees from Marawi City. ...
Read moreReturn of more Marawi residents to be allowed next week
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will resume next week the delicate process of allowing the return of more residents to ...
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Losing the second war in Marawi
Through this column, I sound an alarm that should be obvious to everyone on the ground in Marawi. Our armed ...
Read moreCabinet meeting tackled plight of Marawi evacuees
President Rodrigo Duterte presided over a cabinet meeting on Monday night. During the press briefing in Malacañang, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto ...
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