The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front have signed a peace pact in Matalam, North Cotabato following a series of clashes early this month that displaced over 7,000 persons, a military official said Friday
The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front said they expect to conclude a peace accord as early as next month despite unresolved issues, including the delicate task of disarming the 11,000-strong guerrilla force.
Senator Loren Legarda praised President Benigno Aquino III’s visit to a main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao, saying this “will gain the trust and faith of the Bangsamoro people.”
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said its policy against any of its officials seeking elective posts remains.
A comprehensive peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front may not be completed before the year ends due to contentious issues in the annexes of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), according to MILF chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal.
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.
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.
A tentative roadmap to peace in Mindanao announced this week is the first major step in the latest attempt to end a long and bloody insurgency waged by minority Muslims in the predominantly Christian nation. It carries the risk of failure that has been the fate of similar peace agreements, but strong domestic and international backing could boost its chances of success.
The rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said a peace agreement to end over four decades of rebellion in Mindanao could be reached by March this year if the autonomy formula the government will offer will respond to the Bangsamoro right to self-determination.
Zambales Representative Mitos Magsaysay warned the government, on Monday, against causing demoralization among the police with its decision to allot P31 million for the housing and livelihood of families of rebel returnees from the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa Pilipinas-Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPMP-RPA-ABB).
Something has to give in the talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) aimed at ending the decadeslong strife in Mindanao, according to an Irish lawmaker. And a peace agreement need not settle all issues in one sitting, said Deputy Dominic Hannigan, a parliamentarian who chairs a legislative body overseeing [...]
Formal talks to end a deadly separatist conflict in Mindanao resume in Malaysia on Monday with the Aquino administration serving notice it would not sign any peace agreement with Moro rebels unless it was first presented to the people. On the eve of the resumption of the negotiations, administration officials also said they expected a [...]
Malacañang on Sunday pledged that a peace agreement with Moro rebels would not be “done in the dark,” but representatives of the sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo claimed they had been kept out of the loop. They said they were aghast to learn of President Aquino’s secret meeting in Tokyo with Moro Islamic Liberation [...]
