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Over 1,250 families, equivalent to 5,227 people, in Masara and four other barangays of Maco, were evacuated. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] A three-year old child and a two-month old infant were rescued on February 9 after being buried for more than 60 hours by the debris, [ 21 ] prompting a 14-hour extension of rescue operations beyond the 48-hour limit. [ 22 ]
The Moro conflict [38] [39] [40] was an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines which involved multiple armed groups. [41] [30] A decades-long peace process [38] [42] has resulted in peace deals between the Philippine government and two major armed groups, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) [43] and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), [44] but other smaller armed ...
At least 399,765 people from 100,174 families were affected, including 100,533 residents who were left homeless, [30] while Surigao del Sur governor Alexander Pimentel ordered the suspension of classes in the affected areas until December 6 [25] and cancelled all Christmas parties in government offices to encourage donations instead.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير مورو الإسلامية, romanized: Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah) is an Islamist group based in Mindanao, Philippines, which sought an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. [2]
His program is known for spreading good vibes and also cracked jokes on air, rather than focusing on news and commentary. [10] According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Philippines ranked eighth for the world's most dangerous places for journalists as of 2023. [11]
Reuben Canoy, leader of the Mindanao People's Democratic Movement and former presidential candidate had an averted plan to declare the Federal Republic of Mindanao in 1986. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Four years later, the 1990 Mindanao crisis arose where Col. Alexander Noble led a mutiny and proclaimed an independent Federal Republic of Mindanao. [ 12 ]
Marawi is a Muslim-majority city in Lanao del Sur in Bangsamoro, an autonomous region in Mindanao in the southern Philippines, a country whose population is predominantly Catholic. In 2017, over 1,100 people were killed in a five-month siege between Islamic State-affiliated insurgents and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Marawi. [5]
At 16:14 PST (08:14 UTC) on November 17, 2023, the province of Sarangani on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.7 M ww. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. At least eleven people were killed and another 730 were treated for injuries.