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Zamboanga City Hall resumes operations after three-week siege
(Updated 10:02 a.m.) The Zamboanga City Hall resumed operations Monday after the crisis in the city was declared over, Mayor Beng Climaco announced, according to a report on GMA News TV's News To Go.
Climaco said humanitarian efforts are still ongoing, and the city is now in the recovery stage after three weeks of fighting beween followers of Moro National Liberation Front founder Nur Misuari who attacked parts of the urban center and the military that protected the civilians.
She ordered the Philippine flag flown at half-mast to mourn all those who died during the crisis, radio dzBB's Benjie Liwanag Jr. reported.
Local businesses also reopened but were under tight security, the report said.
The city government posted on its Twitter account a photo of the mayor leading the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council joining hands with top military and police officials to sing "Zamboanga Hermosa," the city's anthem.
It also posted a photo of the flag at half-mast at Plaza Rizal as City Hall reopened.
Earlier, troop commanders at Ground Zero of the crisis paid a courtesy call on the mayor at the City Hall.
On Saturday, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the crisis was over, and that clearing operations would begin in some barangays in the city where the fighting between the attackers and government troops took place.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office Chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said it might take two weeks before residents of affected barangays in Zamboanga City can safely go back to their homes, following the 20-day crisis that resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives.
Meanwhile, the Zamboanga City police said at least 18 soldiers were killed during the fighting and 167 were wounded, while five policemen were killed and 14 wounded.
It also said 12 civilians died while 72 were wounded during the three-week siege affecting heavily populated coastal barangays near the city center.
The TV report noted that more than 100,000 residents were affected by the crisis. Most of them lost their homes to a series of fires during the fighting.
Meanwhile, the dzBB report said the city government received help from various sectors to help a total of 71,265 people affected by the crisis.
As of Monday morning, representatives from Habitat for Humanity, Gawad Kalinga and the Armed Forces of the Philippines engineering brigade have come in to help rebuild the homes destroyed by the fighting, the radio report said. - Amanda Fernandez/KG/AMD/RSJ/YA, GMA News
Climaco said humanitarian efforts are still ongoing, and the city is now in the recovery stage after three weeks of fighting beween followers of Moro National Liberation Front founder Nur Misuari who attacked parts of the urban center and the military that protected the civilians.
She ordered the Philippine flag flown at half-mast to mourn all those who died during the crisis, radio dzBB's Benjie Liwanag Jr. reported.
Local businesses also reopened but were under tight security, the report said.
The city government posted on its Twitter account a photo of the mayor leading the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council joining hands with top military and police officials to sing "Zamboanga Hermosa," the city's anthem.
CDRRMC headed by Mayor Climaco together w/ top military, police officials joined hands to sing Zambo Hermosa pic.twitter.com/kB751wTYbe
— zambocitygovt (@zambocitygovt) September 30, 2013
It also posted a photo of the flag at half-mast at Plaza Rizal as City Hall reopened.
Flag at half mast in Plaza Rizal as City Hall opens today. pic.twitter.com/XBnmSn5n0n
— zambocitygovt (@zambocitygovt) September 30, 2013
Earlier, troop commanders at Ground Zero of the crisis paid a courtesy call on the mayor at the City Hall.
Troop commanders on ground zero from the joint special operations group paid a courtesy visit to Mayor at city hall. pic.twitter.com/NdCfslo8By
— zambocitygovt (@zambocitygovt) September 30, 2013
On Saturday, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the crisis was over, and that clearing operations would begin in some barangays in the city where the fighting between the attackers and government troops took place.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office Chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said it might take two weeks before residents of affected barangays in Zamboanga City can safely go back to their homes, following the 20-day crisis that resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives.
Meanwhile, the Zamboanga City police said at least 18 soldiers were killed during the fighting and 167 were wounded, while five policemen were killed and 14 wounded.
It also said 12 civilians died while 72 were wounded during the three-week siege affecting heavily populated coastal barangays near the city center.
The TV report noted that more than 100,000 residents were affected by the crisis. Most of them lost their homes to a series of fires during the fighting.
Meanwhile, the dzBB report said the city government received help from various sectors to help a total of 71,265 people affected by the crisis.
As of Monday morning, representatives from Habitat for Humanity, Gawad Kalinga and the Armed Forces of the Philippines engineering brigade have come in to help rebuild the homes destroyed by the fighting, the radio report said. - Amanda Fernandez/KG/AMD/RSJ/YA, GMA News
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