A civilian Maranao spokesperson will be appointed by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to discuss updates on the ongoing offensive against the Maute Terror Group in Marawi City. Designating a Maranao spokesperson was part of the PCOO’s Mindanao Hour Communications Center in Davao City, which will serve as the main source of information on the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. “All processed information from conflict areas will be relayed to the Mindanao Hour Communications Center in Davao and to Malacañang for the regular press briefings in Manila and Davao,” the PCOO said. The Mindanao Hour Communications Center in Davao will be headed by Andanar while the Iligan Mindanao Hour Communications Center will be headed by Philippine Information Center Director General Harold Clavite, the PCOO said. The PCOO said that “The Mindanao Hour” and “The Maranao Hour Segment” updates will be available online through PIA’s Mindanao Hour microsite and Mindanao Hour Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts and are scheduled to air by the first week of June.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 28, 2017 06:22 UTC