FIVE senators allied with the Duterte administration have jointly filed a bill providing monetary compensation to qualified residents for loss or destruction of residential, cultural and commercial structures, and other property during a siege of Marawi City in southern Mindanao in 2017.

The five senators who authored Senate Bill (SB) 1395 pointed out that the affected Marawi residents need the government’s urgent assistance to help get them back on their feet and return their lives to normal.