Celebrities react to the current situation in Marawi City

Joan Leary

<p style='text-align: center;'><img src='' alt='052417-Marawi_POTD.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p>Celebrities took to social media to ask for prayers and unity because of the current situation happening in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur in Mindanao. The Maute Group, an ISIS-inspired local terrorist group, had a firefight with the military after invading Marawi City yesterday, May 23. This prompted </p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte to declare Martial Law in Mindanao for 60 days.</p><p>The president is currently in Russia for a state visit but had to cut the trip short because of the crisis. </p><p>Anne Curtis, Bianca Gonzalez, Julie Anne San Jose, Ogie Alcasid, BB Gandanghari, Karylle, Jake Ejercito, Iñigo Pascual and Matteo Guidicelli posted their messages on social media.</p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi1_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi1_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='312' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi2_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi2_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='258' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi3_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi3_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='264' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi4_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi4_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='248' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p></p><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUdPvg4ltol/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>#prayersformarawi????</a></p> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Ogie Alcasid (@ogiealcasid) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-24T01:39:40+00:00'>May 23, 2017 at 6:39pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi5_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi5_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='321' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi6_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi6_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='257' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi7_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi7_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='254' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi8_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi8_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='307' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi9_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi9_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='889' align='center' border='0'><br/></p>

<p>The president is currently in Russia for a state visit but had to cut the trip short because of the crisis. <p>Anne Curtis, Bianca Gonzalez, Julie Anne San Jose, Ogie Alcasid, BB Gandanghari, Karylle, Jake Ejercito, Iñigo Pascual and Matteo Guidicelli posted their messages on social media.<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi1_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi1_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='312' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi2_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi2_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='258' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi3_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi3_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='264' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi4_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi4_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='248' align='center' border='0'><br/><p><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUdPvg4ltol/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>#prayersformarawi????</a> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Ogie Alcasid (@ogiealcasid) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-24T01:39:40+00:00'>May 23, 2017 at 6:39pm PDT</time></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi5_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi5_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='321' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi6_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi6_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='257' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi7_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi7_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='254' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi8_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi8_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='307' align='center' border='0'><br/><p style='text-align: center; '><img src='https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/archive/features/00-2017/05-May/052417/POTD/052417-Marawi9_POTD.jpg' alt='052417-Marawi9_POTD.jpg' width='550' height='889' align='center' border='0'><br/>

<p style='text-align: center;'><img src='' alt='052417-Marawi_POTD.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/><p>Celebrities took to social media to ask for prayers and unity because of the current situation happening in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur in Mindanao. The Maute Group, an ISIS-inspired local terrorist group, had a firefight with the military after invading Marawi City yesterday, May 23. This prompted <p>President Rodrigo Duterte to declare Martial Law in Mindanao for 60 days.

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