PHILIPPINES’ GOVERNMENT will spend up to 80 billion pesos on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of war-torn Marawi City, with groundbreaking slated for mid next month.

MARAWI CITY, Philippines - More than 100 female police and soldiers face the daunting task of helping rebuild Marawi, knowing fully well that some citizens there blame government troops for the distraction in the city ravaged in the ongoing fight against Islamic State-inspired terrorists.