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.
Contrast is a compelling tutor. Compare the track records of talks for peace by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Both were intractable insurgencies. In Sultan Kudarat, MILF, World Bank and UN signed Fasttrac or Facility for Advisory Support for Transition Capacities. Based in Cotabato City, this three year [...]
The Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Thursday ended their 37th exploratory talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, without completing the much-touted annexes on normalization, wealth-sharing and power-sharing that would pave the way for the crafting of a basic law that envisions a new Bangsamoro entity.
The government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have finally come to an agreement on the first of the four annexes to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro that would pave the way for a final peace accord and the establishment of an autonomous political entity by 2016.
President Aquino has named the 15 members of the Transition Commission that will craft the basic Bangsamoro law.
The government won’t be distracted by the standoff in Sabah, Malaysia, from implementing its socioeconomic development program in Moro rebel communities in Mindanao, Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras said on Wednesday.
TRUST is an important factor in the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said this yesterday during a forum at the University of the Philippines Cebu Campus’ Cultural Center. “Trust is an element we can produce and something we do and what [...]
President Aquino on Monday paid a historic visit to the stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) here and said the peace talks must be speeded up.
It’s all green and yellow from here to Barangay (village) Simuay in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao, where President Aquino is visiting the main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Monday to promote peace in Mindanao.
The influential Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has intervened to patch up the kinks hindering efforts to unify the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for Bangsamoro empowerment.
Except for discredited Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari, majority of Muslim and Christian leaders representing different sectors hailed the so-called Framework Agreement between the Philippine Government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The agreement for the new political entity in Muslim Mindanao spells out the general principles that would guide [...]
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes says the poll body is delisting at least six prominent party-list groups that have representatives in Congress.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago questioned the peace framework agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine Government because it requires amendments to the Constitution that were specified by foreign entities.
