Eleven more members of the Dawlah Islamiya surrendered to the Philippine Army on Friday and promised to help convince their former companions to come out and avail of the government's reconciliation program for violent religious extremists.
The group first turned in assault rifles, fragmentation grenades and components for improvised explosive devices before they pledged allegiance to the government in a surrender rite at the headquarters of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Camp Leono in Barangay Kalandagan in Tacurong City, in the presence of senior Army officials and representatives from the provincial governments of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat.
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The Marawi Compensation Board is eyeing the award of the first batch of claims of victims of the Marawi siege by Oct. 16. A barangay chairman was electrocuted while setting up a street light in a secluded area in Midsayap town in Cotabato province...
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