COTABATO CITY: After fleeing Marawi City at the height of the war between government forces and terrorists from the Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf Group, residents are returning to their homes and slowly rebuilding their lives amid devastation of the only Muslim city in the country.

Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong, who represents Marawi City in the 24-seat Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said authorities have allowed evacuees to return to areas declared safe by security advisers, among them bomb disposal experts.

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