By JOSEPH HINCKS / Marawi City On ... allegiance to ISIS and its flag, is to transform Mindanao into an Islamic state,” said Jose Calida, solicitor-general of the Philippines.

Nearly 300 people have died in fighting between Philippine forces and the Islamic State-linked Maute group which seized the southern city of Marawi on May 23. The attack by Maute and its allies on ...

On the other hand, the consciousness among the Christians of their linkage to the wider Christian majority in Mindanao and the Philippines as a whole gives them a certain level of influence in these ...