The southern city of Marawi now has two new barangays after voters said yes to their creation in the plebiscite held on Saturday.
additional barangays that will cater, address their needs[Translation: They clamored for this plebiscite. So there's no opposition, and they became united to cast their vote and to finally have what they want, which is additional barangays that will cater to and address their needs.]
[Translation: If aid is coming to a barangay, it's not enough. It's better that the barangays would be separated so that everyone would receive aid.] There were no reports of peace and order disturbances, or incidents involving vote counting during the exercise.
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