COTABATO CITY: The Marawi evacuees on Saturday accepted a donation of beef from a Turkish foundation. This after they turned down the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) offer of thousands of dressed chicken from Pampanga where a bird flu outbreak was declared last month.

The Integrated Center for Alternative Development (ICAD) donated live cows which were slaughtered according to Halal procedures then the beef was distributed to those at the Saguiaran evacuation centers in Lanao del Sur during the second day of the Eid’l Adha celebration.

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