KOTA KINABALU: Filipino relief and health workers are facing an uphill task reaching displaced families trapped in the battle zone as fighting intensifies between government troops and a faction of the Moro rebel group on Jolo island.
Jolo officials fear for the lives of the families there as there is no immediate ceasefire in sight after a weeklong aerial and ground assault on the mountainous base of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) faction.
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