Emotions ran high in four Lanao del Norte towns and three in Lanao del Sur as relatives on Saturday buried 12 persons who were killed when armed men ambushed the campaign team of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, Mayor Abdulmalik Manamparan on Thursday.
Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co, who has been slapped with an arrest warrant for his alleged role in the Aman Futures investment scam, has been rarely seen in Pagadian these days but he has not been hiding, the executive’s lawyer said on Wednesday.
The Transition Commission (Transcom), the body tasked to draft the charter for the future Bangsamoro government, will be holding its first “en banc” meeting on Wednesday, according to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government.
The Aquino administration wants a balance of voices among the Bangsamoro when it fills up seats in the 15-member Transition Commission (Transcom), the body that would craft the charter of the future political entity designed to address the Moro people’s aspiration for self-governance, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles said.
A 17-year old nanny, kidnapped along with her Filipino-Canadian ward in Pagadian City, has been credited by the toddler’s family for his safe return on Friday.
A negotiated political settlement to the long-running Moro rebellion in Mindanao is only a short-term solution, conceded government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer.
Continued heavy rains early Wednesday flooded Ozamiz City, prompting the local government to suspend classes.
Sustained rains beginning early morning Wednesday caused floods in Ozamiz City, prompting the local government to suspend classes.
The government is optimistic that the final peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will be signed by March, government peace panel head Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said Saturday.
Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators will meet anew in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to complete the crafting of four crucial annexes to a framework agreement that could end the conflict in Mindanao.
Weeks before Aman Futures collapsed, employees of the firm had been warning investors to withdraw their cash placements as soon as they matured to avoid “losing their money forever.”
Top officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) official urged Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on Monday not to sow disunity among the ranks of the Moros, adding the Bangsamoro would never know peace and progress if the Philippine Moros were not united.
The chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Thursday assured Nur Misuari that the framework agreement he signed with the government on Monday was better than the deal the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader signed in 1996.
