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(File photo) MANILA The Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) on Thursday assured that the implementation of all the infrastructure projects in Marawi City will continue even beyond the term of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration on June 30. TFBM chief and housing czar, Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, said the government expects the estimated 85 percent of the overall completion rate of the Marawi rehabilitation in the first week of December last year. "So we expect that by June 30, within the administration of the President, 95 percent na ang matatapos natin. Iyong remaining 5 percent itutuloy na lamang dahil ang pondo naman ay nakapaloob sa mga implementing agencies (we can complete the 95 percent. And the remaining 5 percent will be continued since the funds are already given to the implementing agencies)," del Rosario said in an interview at the Laging Handa briefing. Del Rosario is confident that 95 percent of public infrastructure projects will be completed in the ....
GROUND ZERO. The Task Force Bangon Marawi-led rehabilitation has transformed the Islamic city into a promising tourism site and made it habitable more than four years after government forces brought down Islamic State-linked militants. The Grand Mosque, health centers, housing units, major roads and bridges, and police and fire stations are among the finished projects as of December 2021.(Photo courtesy of TFBM) MANILA -Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) will see to it that at least 95 percent of Marawi City's recovery projects from the 2017 siege will be completed by June. TFBM chief and housing czar Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said former displaced families residing within the most affected (MAA) or the so-called "ground-zero" are now experiencing normalcy. "I can say that 2021 has been a fruitful year for TFBM, the Marawi City local government, and especially for our Maranaw brothers and sisters who are now enjoying the initial fruits of the ongoing rehabilitation, ....