Duterte hopes to end Marawi crisis by 'end of the month'

FOUR months after Islamic-State linked Maute terrorists laid siege to Marawi City, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was hoping that the conflict would finally be over by "end of the month".

In a speech during the 116th commemoration of the Balangiga Encounter Day in Eastern Samar on Thursday, Duterte admitted that the government underestimated the capabilities of the Maute terrorists.