Delayed compensation prolongs nightmare of displaced Marawi families

Delayed compensation prolongs nightmare of displaced Marawi families

MARAWI CITY, Philippines — Displaced residents in the country’s Islamic City spent the eighth anniversary of the devastating 2017 siege bewailing a recent cutoff in government aid and a slow compensation process blocking their capacity to rebuild lost livelihood.  Different groups of internally displaced persons and advocates under the Reclaim Marawi Movement held a brief protest rally in front of the new Rizal Park, just across pockmarked ruins…