A close vote by the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the constitutionality of Republic Act 10153 for the synchronization of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections with the national and local elections in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
SC rules synced ARMM polls constitutional in split vote
October 19, 2011
SC rebuffs Aquino
September 14, 2011
Stops synchronized ARMM polls
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday stopped President Benigno Aquino 3rd from appointing new officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as it issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the implementation of a law synchronizing the ARMM elections with the 2013 national polls. Read the rest of this entry »
MILF wants new pact on ancestral domain
September 12, 2011
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) submitted to the government panel a new proposal to keep the peace process going, along with a demand that may again stall negotiations—a new agreement on ancestral domain. Read the rest of this entry »
Peace talks with MILF doomed
September 6, 2011
No sub-state, no deal – Ibrahim
ZAMBOANGA CITY: THE MORO Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Monday it will not sign a peace agreement with the Aquino government unless its demand for a sub-state in Mindanao is granted. Read the rest of this entry »
GRP talks with MILF fails despite P5-million ‘sweetener’
August 23, 2011
After pocketing P5 million in a government check handed out by the government’s chief peace negotiator Dean Marvic Leonen, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front negotiating panel flatly rejected yesterday the government’s counter-proposal on how to resolve the conflict between the government and the MILF, ending the resumption of the peace talks a day ahead of the actual negotiation schedule. Read the rest of this entry »
Nothing less than substate for peace deal, says MILF
August 18, 2011
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) insisted yesterday that any agreement less than its proposed Bangsamoro substate will not address the decades-long Mindanao conflict as the group indicated that the substate proposal would be the least it can offer at the bargain table in terms of autonomy when it negotiates peace with the government in Kuala Lumpur late this month. Read the rest of this entry »
Renegade chief ousted; lawmakers nix sub-state
August 18, 2011
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Wednesday the expulsion of renegade commander Ameril Umbra Kato meant he no longer was covered by a truce shielding the group’s fighters from military assault. Read the rest of this entry »
Do not question failed MOA-AD in SC, says MILF
August 16, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday urged former North Cotabato governor Emmanuel Piñol not to push through with his plan to question before the Supreme Court (SC) the continued reference to the failed memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) in its proposal to form a sub-state. Read the rest of this entry »
Erap: BangsaMoro substate a mistake
August 16, 2011
Former President Joseph Estrada yesterday said that entertaining the idea of a Bangsamoro sub-state, if not handled with caution, may borderline on treason.
“Peace must be attained but not at the cost of our territorial integrity,” Estrada said.
Estrada clarified that he never gave the Aquino adminis-tration any advice on this issue, stressing that he is not in the habit of giving unsolicited advice but was only answering questions from the media regarding his stand on this issue as a former president who achieved peace in Mindanao by wiping out the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Read the rest of this entry »
Nur: MILF proposing a quasi-independent state
August 14, 2011
“THIS is asking for a quasi-independent state.” This is the reaction of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari on the proposal of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to form a sub-state for the Bangsamoro people. Read the rest of this entry »
