Eight years in limbo: Marawi siege survivor still waiting for home, hope

Eight years in limbo: Marawi siege survivor still waiting for home, hope

FOR 52-year-old Johary Naga Pacasum, eight years at a temporary shelter has felt like a lifetime. He had long given up hope that he and his family would ever return to their ancestral home in what is known as Marawi City’s “Most Affected Area.”Clutching a thick folder of papers, Pacasum said the documents were proof of his application for government compensation promised to residents whose homes were destroyed and who were displaced during the f…