Duterte: Gov’t doing its best to speed up Marawi rebuild

Duterte: Gov’t doing its best to speed up Marawi rebuild 4 years after city’s liberation

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said government is speeding up restoring Marawi City, 4 years after it was liberated from allegedly Islamic militants.

"I congratulate and commend the Task Force Marawi as well as the local officials and also the partners for working together to rehabilitate the city," the president said in a speech. "This place holds cultural significance in the lives of the Maranaos." He also paid tribute to the members of the police force and the military who won back the city from the heavily armed terrorist militants belonging to the Abu Sayyaf Group, Maute Group, as well as foreign and local fighters that had pledged their allegiance to ISIS.

However, the armed conflict that also involved aerial bombing of the city displaced approximately 300,000 people leaving many of them homeless and without property. The Asian Development Bank estimated the total losses from the siege to be about $348 million, while at least $1.5 billion is needed to rehabilitate Marawi.

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