By AMIRAH ALI LIDASAN Davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY — For the nth time, the Philippine government has declared an all-out war against the kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayaff. This came about after International Committee on the Red Cross volunteer Eugenio Vagni was released by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu after 60 days in captivity. Department of Defense…
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Bayan Condemns Spate of Bombings in Mindanao
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned the four explosions that rocked Mindanao, particularly Jolo in Sulu, the city of Iligan and Lanao del Norte. “The explosions that resulted in civilian deaths are condemnable and cannot be justified. We condemn in the strongest terms the spate of bombings that have hit Mindanao over the…
Independent Probe Urge on Mindanao Bombings
Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao PRESS STATEMENT July 7, 2009 InPeace calls for independent probe on bombings InPeace Mindanao calls for an independent probe on the bombings in Mindanao that will also look into a military plot intended to stage emergency rule. We urge the authorities to look beyond the ‘Muslim terrorist’ propaganda fanned by…
Slideshow: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Maguindanao
A Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Maguindanao
Moro Groups Urge OIC to Junk Philippines’s Bid for Observer Status
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of members of various Moro groups flocked today to the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) here to protest the Arroyo government’s application for permanent observer status in the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). The protesters also called…
Video: US War on Terror Devastates Mindanao — Luz Ilagan
US War on Terror Devastates Mindanao
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Fil-Ams Say Arroyo’s Prayer for Peace Sham
BY BULATLAT Filipino-Americans in the United States called President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s prayer for peace a sham. Arroyo attended the interfaith forum of the United Nations in New York. In a statement sent through email, the US chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance) said, “Although Arroyo attended to put forth this notion that she…
Witness Insists Bombing That Killed 4 Children, 2 Adults was Deliberate
Mohalidin Unsi insists that the bombing attack by an OV 10 aircraft that killed four children, his wife and father-in-law, September 8, while they were fleeing on a boat was deliberate. He said they were even fired upon by soldiers while they were retrieving the bodies of the dead children. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN…
‘Arroyo’s Agenda: Power, Not Peace in Mindanao’
BY Bulatlat.com August 12, 2008 – 5:18 p.m. “Power, perpetuation in power, not peace in Mindanao is Mrs. Arroyo’s true agenda in the renewed bid to change the charter.” This is how the party list representatives of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela deemed the renewed bid of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies in Congress…
Arroyo Gov’t Destroying Peace, Causing Poverty in Mindanao – Solon
BY BULATLAT Posted 4:53 p.m., July 29, 2008 Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday her government’s failure to alleviate poverty in Mindanao due to the ‘endless conflict in the island.’ But a congresswoman from Davao attributed poverty to the Arroyo government itself. In a statement, Gabriela Women’s Party…
MILF Chief Negotiator: Hopes of Peace Diminishing by the Day
For Mohagher Iqbal, MILF chief negotiatior, Malaysia’s pullout from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in the peace talks with the GRP means the negotiations are “shaky on the ground.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 For Mohagher Iqbal, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Negotiating Panel, Malaysia’s…