This handout photo taken and released on July 20, 2017 by the Philippine Army shows President Rodrigo Duterte (center) examining seized weaponry from Islamist militants during a visit to a military camp in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise visit to the war-torn city of Marawi on July 20 where troops are still engaged in a brutal fight to crush Islamic State-inspired extremists.
President Rodrigo Duterte will wear a Marawi City-inspired barong Tagalog made by designer Bonie Adaza for his second State of the Nation Address on Monday.
On Thursday, Adaza shared with ABS-CBN News a sketch of the outfit, which he said pays tribute to the residents of the war-torn Mindanaoan city with its vines and geometrical patterns.
Thousands of Maranaos remain displaced after Islamic State-linked Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups laid siege on Marawi City in a bid to establish an ISIS province in the Philippines.
The long-drawn conflict in Marawi has left at least 556 dead, most of whom were terrorists. -- with a report from Vina Araneta, ABS-CBN News
