Slideshow: Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
Slideshow: Muslims in Mindanao Mark End of Ramadan
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‘Bakwits’ Stay at Evacuation Centers Despite Suspensions of Hostilities Between Gov’t Forces, MILF
‘Bakwits’ Stay at Evacuation Centers Despite Suspensions of Hostilities Between Gov’t Forces, MILF
By SITTIE SUNDANG Bulatlat.com DATU PIANG, Maguindanao- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) or “bakwits” have chosen to stay at the evacuation centers despite declarations of a suspension of offensive military operations (Somo) and a suspension of military actions...
Slideshow: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Maguindanao
Slideshow: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Maguindanao
A Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Maguindanao
AFP ‘Test Missions’ during Ramadhan Slammed
AFP ‘Test Missions’ during Ramadhan Slammed
“It is difficult for our brothers and sisters in the war-torn areas of Basilan to observe one of the important pillars of Islam when the guns and bombs of the Philippine Army are aimed at them,” said Amirah Ali Lidasan, national president of the Suara Bangsamoro...
Marine General’s ‘Detention’ Provoked by Peace Pact Violations
Marine General’s ‘Detention’ Provoked by Peace Pact Violations
The “detention” by Moro rebels of a military group led by Muslim convert Brig. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino last week stemmed from the repeated postponement of a proposed tripartite meeting with the government and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). The...
Random Arrests, Repeat of 2000 ‘All-Out War’ Feared in Basilan
Random Arrests, Repeat of 2000 ‘All-Out War’ Feared in Basilan
The specter of random arrests in connection with the July 10 beheading of 14 Marines in Al-Barka, Basilan following an encounter between the AFP and the MILF looms over the people of the said town. This is because the warrants of arrest issued for 130 suspected...
Peace Talks Nearing Dead End, Says MILF Panel Chief
Peace Talks Nearing Dead End, Says MILF Panel Chief
Real movement in the peace talks is possible only if both parties–especially the GRP–can find “a way forward,” MILF Negotiating Panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal said. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 1, February 3-6, 2008 The peace negotiations...
U.S. Dangling Aid in Exchange for Signing of Bogus Peace Pact with GRP, Says MILF
U.S. Dangling Aid in Exchange for Signing of Bogus Peace Pact with GRP, Says MILF
The U.S. government agenda in the resolution of armed conflict in Mindanao is for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to sign a bogus peace pact with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) in the tradition of the Autonomous Region of Muslim...
Peace Advocates Brand Esperon’s Appointment as Peace Czar ‘Ironic, Tragic, and Outrageous’
Peace Advocates Brand Esperon’s Appointment as Peace Czar ‘Ironic, Tragic, and Outrageous’
Senators, human rights, and peace advocates questioned the appointment of former AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon as Peace Adviser. Inpeace Mindanao called it “ironic, tragic, and outrageous.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 16, May...
Baguio Not Ready for Migrating Moros
Baguio Not Ready for Migrating Moros
As the armed conflict between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues in Mindanao, the Baguio City government is anticipating a possible influx of Muslim migrants to the city. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch...
Formula for Failure
Formula for Failure
There is nothing new in the so-called policy shift in dealing with Moro rebels of “disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation” (DDR) recently announced by de facto President Gloria Arroyo. It is simply a rehash of the old, discredited and failed policy of...
Satur: Domain Pact Could Lay Trap for MILF
Satur: Domain Pact Could Lay Trap for MILF
The Memorandum of Agreemment on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) that was supposed to be signed by the GRP and the MILF has a trap laid by the U.S. for the Moro revolutionary group, a progressive legislator said. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No....
Critics Tell GMA: Don’t Use BJE Issue to Push for Cha-Cha
Critics Tell GMA: Don’t Use BJE Issue to Push for Cha-Cha
Critics say that it is saddening that a landmark agreement, like the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), is now being used as a tool to...
GMA Spoiling GRP-MILF Pact – Mindanao peace group
GMA Spoiling GRP-MILF Pact – Mindanao peace group
By Bulatlat.com August 18, 2008 - 12:39 p.m. An ecumenical group of peace advocates slammed the ‘political machinations of the Arroyo regime’ in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation...
Bayan Muna to GRP, MILF: Resume Peace Talks with Human Rights, Humanitarian Law as Top Agenda
Bayan Muna to GRP, MILF: Resume Peace Talks with Human Rights, Humanitarian Law as Top Agenda
By Bulatlat.com Posted 1:10 p.m., Aug. 21, 2008 A progressive party-list group has urged the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resume their peace negotiations, placing respect for human rights and...
As GRP, MILF Clash over Aborted Agreement, Peace Deals with MNLF Remain Unimplemented
As GRP, MILF Clash over Aborted Agreement, Peace Deals with MNLF Remain Unimplemented
While the conflict between the GRP and the MILF has escalated with the aborted signing of the ancestral domain agreement, previous agreements signed with the MNLF have yet to be properly implemented. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29,...
Benjie Oliveros | The Grand Deception
Benjie Oliveros | The Grand Deception
By engaging the MILF in a controversial agreement and now in an escalated armed conflict, the Arroyo government has been diverting the public's attention from the numerous issues haunting it. It is now making it appear that the most urgent and serious problem...
Arroyo Regime Renders Impossible Formal Talks Between GRP And MILF
Arroyo Regime Renders Impossible Formal Talks Between GRP And MILF
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Contrary to the propaganda issued by the psywar experts of the Arroyo regime, I am not...
Student Group Launches Campaign vs Mindanao War
Student Group Launches Campaign vs Mindanao War
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 5:30 p.m., Aug. 27, 2008 Student groups led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) today kicked-off campus campaigns against the escalation of the conflict in Mindanao, for which they blamed the Arroyo administration. According to the LFS,...
Arroyo’s Policy Shift in Peace Negotiations Will Intensify Conflict in Mindanao
Arroyo’s Policy Shift in Peace Negotiations Will Intensify Conflict in Mindanao
BY ATTY. BEVERLY SELIM-MUSNI Initiatives for Peace In Mindanao DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 30, August 31 – September 6, 2008 Mrs. Arroyo's policy-shift in her administration's peace negotiations to 'disarmament, demobilization, and...
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