MARAWI City should be the center of the government’s grand infrastructure program to speed up the recovery of the area, a lawmaker said on Monday. Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara said Marawi City, which was devastated by the five-month war with the Islamic-State-inspired Maute group, could recover faster if it would become the ground zero of the government’s “Build, Build, Build” program. “From center of fighting, let Marawi be the center of reconstruction in the country,” said Angara, who recently visited the city. The senator also said that apart from physical infrastructure, Marawi rehabilitation must also include the redevelopment of human capital by ensuring the provision of safe shelters, adequate jobs, sustainable livelihood, and improved well-being to all internally displaced individuals. The Senate adopted in August 2017 a resolution creating a special committee on Marawi tasked to study, review, assess, examine, investigate, and inquire into matters relating to the rebuilding of Marawi City.

Source: Manila Times January 29, 2018 03:33 UTC