REHABILITATION of conflict-affected areas in Zamboanga City has to wait for quite sometime, pending a total clean up of remaining bombs and other improvised explosive devices, which was delayed by floods that hit the affected villages.

Director Adriano Fuego, chief, Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 9, on Monday said that at least one to two weeks were needed before the area could be declared safe and turned over to the city government.

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