PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said the military would have to wait out the crisis in Marawi City as around 300 civilian hostages were still being held in the area.
"The Maute group has 300 hostages in Marawi. When I was there I heard 16 explosions," Duterte said in his State of the Nation Address (SONA).
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