TERROR leaders heading the Islamic State (IS)-linked Maute group are alive and still inside Marawi City, a military official said on Monday.

Col. Edgard Arevalo, public affairs chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), however, is unfazed as he considers this piece of information “good news”.

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