President Rodrigo Duterte is looking at an "alternative solution" as his plan to appoint Armed Forces Chief General Eduardo Año as Interior Secretary faces a setback, Malacañang said.
It remains unclear when the Marawi crisis will end, but military officials see it coming soon. Fighter jets dropped bombs on Maute strongholds this morning, ahead of what the military calls the final assault on the terrorists.
As the battle between government troops and Maute rebels rages on, authorities are having a hard time recovering bodies. Lanao del Sur's provincial rescue units are now preparing for retrieval operations inside the war zone.
Stray bombs hit a town just outside Marawi City where the battle between government forces and the ISIS-inspired Maute group continues. The military is pointing the finger at the Maute group.
