3,000 flee as war looms between Moro reb factions
Close to 3,000 people from three villages here have fled their homes as clashes between rival Moro rebel groups continued despite a truce.
Close to 3,000 people from three villages here have fled their homes as clashes between rival Moro rebel groups continued despite a truce.
Four people were killed, including an Army officer, in a clash between government soldiers and members of Abu Sayyaf Group in Al Barka in Basilan Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Saturday reiterated the “hands off” policy on the May midterm elections among its political and military leaders but its members would be allowed to vote.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front believes the ceasefire agreement between it and the government was violated during Monday’s skirmishes involving private armed groups and government forces.
The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have finally agreed on a detailed roadmap for setting up the Bangsamoro autonomous political entity by 2016.
The head of the government peace panel in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has called on members of Moro royalty to unite and come up with a paper on the kind of roles they would like to play under the future Bangsamoro government.
Former president Joseph Estrada was never anti-Muslim as his critics claimed, even though he launched an all-out war against Muslim rebels in 2000 that caused numerous deaths and massive displacements among Moro communities, his son, San Juan Representative Jose Victor “JV” Ejercito said.
President Benigno Aquino will next week make a historic visit to the stronghold of the country’s main Muslim rebel force in an effort to push forward peace talks, Malacañang said Thursday.
The head of the Moro National Liberation Front’s Islamic Council called Tuesday for an end to fighting between MNLF guerrillas and Abu Sayyaf fighters on the island of Jolo in which in which up to 26 people have been reported killed.
Two rival Moro factions embroiled in a land conflict clashed in Central Mindanao on Tuesday, leaving four combatants killed and six others wounded, and driving hundreds of other people out of their village.
The 33rd round of formal exploratory talks of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is set to wrap up Saturday, a day earlier than what was initially expected by both parties.
Pending a clearly defined wealth-sharing arrangement between the proposed Bangsamoro autonomous region and the central government, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is asking that the bidding for and awarding of oil and gas exploration contracts in the region be put on hold.
At least four people were killed when rival Moro groups clashed in Maguindanao as a result of a long-standing land dispute, military and civilian officials said Saturday.
