The United States ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday said an additional $6 million through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) would be allocated to assist the most vulnerable members of the population in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.

Sung Kim said the fund would be used to help the children and the elderly who have been greatly affected by the five-month Marawi conflict that ended in October 2017.|

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