Cost to rebuild war-shattered Philippine city could surpass US$1 billion
Security forces have engaged in ferocious street to street combat and launched air strikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from the city of Marawi
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said 50 billion pesos (US$975 million) would not be enough to rebuild the southern city of Marawi, citing massive damage caused by the conflict between government troops and Islamic State-linked militants that’s been running for almost four months.
He had accused the human rights chief of being a spokesman of his political opponents, who he alleged want him ousted as president.
Duterte said his drug war will continue and that big-time personalities will be hunted down even as the campaign has led to killings of teenagers, inflaming public indignation.
“There are some people who died, even teenagers, it doesn’t mean to say that you have to stop. We cannot stop.”
