Philippine government discusses plans to rebuild devastated southern Philippine city

Record ID: 905299

  • Title: Philippine government discusses plans to rebuild devastated southern Philippine city
  • Date: 4th August 2017
  • Summary: MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS FIRING RIFLES WHILE TAKING COVER SOLDIER LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS SOLDIER LOOKING OUT BEHIND COVER / SOLDIER AIMING RIFLE DAMAGED BUILDING SEEN THROUGH HOLE IN WALL, WITH RIFLE POINTING OUT OF IT VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS ESCORTING CIVILIANS VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING FROM DAMAGED BUILDINGS
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2017 06:18
  • Keywords: Marawi City Islamic militants rebuilding ASEAN
  • Location: MANILA, MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MANILA, MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026SQQNNP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Philippine government officials on Friday (August 4) discussed plans to rebuild the southern Philippine city of Marawi devastated by almost daily artillery shelling and aerial bombings in the fight against Islamic militants.
    Kristoffer Purisima Assistant Secretary at the Office of the Civil Defence told a forum plans have been drafted to build temporary shelters and to fund infrastructures and aid for the thousands affected by the ongoing conflict. More than 600 rebels and soldiers have been killed in the unrest and at least 400,000 have been displaced.
    Pro-Islamic State fighters swept through Marawi City on May 23 prompting fears the conflict could spread in other parts of Asia. The fighting is dragging on, and President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for it to end.
    The forum was held ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers meeting and the Asia Regional Forum (ARF) which officially kicks off on Saturday (August 5), with talks on security being high on the agenda.
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