Task Force Bangon Marawi
Task Force Bangon Marawi (transl. Task Force Rise Up Marawi) is a government inter-agency task force group organized to facilitate the rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Marawi after the battle between ISIL-linked militants and government forces in the city left the locality in ruins.
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Formed | June 28, 2017 |
Jurisdiction | Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines |
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History
The Marawi crisis which saw government forces and combined forces of the ISIL-linked Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups left the city in ruins.
President Rodrigo Duterte through Administrative Order no. 3 dated June 28, 2017 created the Task Force Bangon Marawi to facilitate the rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Marawi. At that time the conflict is still ongoing. Task Force Bangon Marawi is an inter-agency task force with its members affiliated to several executive departments.[1] The creation of the task force was made known to the media on July 3, 2017.[2]
Administrative Order no. 9 dated October 27, 2017 designated the Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council as the chairperson of the task force replacing the Secretary of National Defense who became the vice-chairman along with the Secretary of Public Works and Highways.
Composition
- Heads
- Chairperson: Eduardo del Rosario (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council)
- Vice Chairpersons: Delfin Lorenzana (Department of National Defense) and Mark Villar (Department of Public Works and Highways)
- Members
- Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Department of Education Secretary
- Department of Health Secretary
- Department of Energy Secretary
- Department of Budget and Management Secretary
- Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary
- Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary
- Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary
- Department of Science and Technology Secretary
- Department of Trade and Industry Secretary
- Department of Transportation Secretary
- Chairperson of the Local Water Utilities Administration
- Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority
- Chairperson of the National Electrification Administration
- General Manager of the National Housing Authority
- Cabinet Secretary
- Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
- Director-General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
- Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense
- Chief of the Philippine National Police
- Representative from the Office of the President
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References
- Placido, Dharel (3 July 2017). "Duterte orders creation of 'Task Force Bangon Marawi'". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- Ranada, Pia (3 July 2017). "Duterte creates task force in charge of Marawi rehab". Retrieved 3 July 2017.