It is still possible for the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to sign a final peace agreement within the next five weeks, the Aquino administration’s chief peace negotiator said on Sunday.
Peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have reached deadlock, but leaders of the secessionist group are urging their ground commanders to be patient to avoid a resurgence of violence in Mindanao.
The story hit home.
Actor-businessman Marvin Agustin was moved by Russell Molina’s “Tuwing Sabado,” which he read before kids on the Inquirer Read-Along session on the eve of Father’s Day.
Commission on Elections Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. has threatened to file criminal charges against Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia and other survey firms unless they submit their list of subscribers to the Comelec.
Search and rescue teams on Saturday failed to find the seven missing passengers of the two days after the roll-on roll-off vessel sank off Burias Island in Masbate.
The Department of National Defense (DND) plans to acquire anti-aircraft guided missiles, which will be positioned in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) as part of the country’s first-ever missile defense system.
To help address the problem of long queues at the immigration counters of the international airport, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Saturday created a reserve pool of immigration officers who may elect to work during their days off.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has told the government it is “frustrated” with the slow progress of peace negotiations, warning that its ground commanders are losing faith that the decades-long separatist insurgency would be resolved soon.
Certainly, he was terrified, said Navy Ensign Marlon Bo when the Cebu Pacific flight 5J-971 overshot the runway at Davao City Airport.
A Cebu Pacific Airways plane skidded on the runway at Ninoy Aquino International Airport and damaged edge lights on Thursday, less than two weeks after another airplane belonging to the airline veered off the runway and fell into a ditch at Davao International Airport, leaving 165 passengers shaken.
The spokesperson of the National Democratic Front (NDF) on Friday accused Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles of sabotaging the peace talks between the government and the leftist insurgents.
The perennial flooding in Metro Manila is back on the agenda of President Benigno Aquino III following Thursday’s downpour that triggered flash floods and snarled traffic for hours across the capital.
Many Philippine universities are suffering in terms of quality and academic reputation because of the less-than-stellar elementary and high school education they provide, according to Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan.
