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By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- After their latest round of formal negotiations with the government of the Philippines in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mohagher Iqbal, chair of the MILF peace panel, talked briefly with bulatlat.com to share his group’s take of...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Since the Moro Islamic Liberation Front submitted its draft comprehensive compact in February, the government’s counter-proposal has been highly anticipated, because putting the drafts on the table is expected “to lead to substantive talks,” said the MILF.
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Interview with MILF’s Iqbal on the current MILF-GPH ceasefire, peace talks
Ifugao tribesmen play their gongs as they wait for a community meeting to start to discuss the ill effects of foreign mining in their ancestral land. (Alimit, Kasibu, Nueva...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
There can be no ‘Pilipinas Natin’ when majority of the people are poor, when 11 million are jobless and when millions experience hunger. There can be no ‘Pilipinas Natin’ if vast tracts of land are owned by a few families like the Cojuangco-Aquinos.” – Bayan
BAGUIO CITY -- With the strong typhoon veering out of the country and will not be affecting the archipelago anymore, workers at a house construction here double time to finish their jobs before another typhoon comes that will bring rains and stall further them....
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Saying that the ARMM needs reform and (that these) can only be done when Aquino appoints an OIC [officer-in-charge] is an act of chauvinism by Aquino against the Moro people and the constituents of ARMM." – Ba Ali Indayla, secretary-general of KAWAGIB.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Aquino administration has been contented in being a passive spectator, leaving the victims, relatives, human rights defenders and their lawyers on their own.” – National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Economic zone project to evict thousands of farmers, fisherfolk in Casiguran, Aurora CASIGURAN, Aurora – An Agta resident here, who has been living here, tending several coconut trees, fruit trees, and has been doing...
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com One after after his inauguration as the Philippines' 15th president, Benigno Simeon Aquino III has not won any fans from farmers organizations in the country. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas minced no words in describing...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Development does not mean wiping out communities of farmers, fisherfolk and indigenous peoples.” – Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson
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Aurora govt officials sow disunity, fear among indigenous peoples, settlers to grab their lands
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"Instead of making polluters pay, the national government pays polluters. Aquino condoned billions of pesos in terms of tax liabilities and obligations of foreign and private operators of coal plants." – Kalikasan
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