ILIGAN CITY – For the first time in its 56-year history, the Mindanao State University of Marawi City held its commencement exercise outside the main campus there. On Thursday, 1,700 MSU main campus graduates received their diplomas at the MSU’s Iligan Institute of Technology in Barangay Tibanga here and at the La Salle Academy in Pala-o here. He said they reasoned out that they had either moved to the city anyway and to nearby areas and that holding the graduation in Marawi City would have been more cumbersome. Marawi had been deserted by its more than 200,000 residents since May 23 when fighting erupted between government forces and Maute-led gunmen there. For donation from overseas:Inquirer Foundation Corp account:Inquirer Foundation Corp. Banco De Oro (BDO) Current Account No: 007960018860Swift Code: BNORPHMM

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 13, 2017 14:37 UTC