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New MILF proposal follows US federal system
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BY VICTOR REYES –> THE newly-reconstituted peace panel of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will be pushing for the establishment of a sub-state in Mindanao as part of a final peace agreement or comprehensive compact. “It is not stated in our proposal specifically, but the formulation that we have put up is really for the… Read More
Aquino: ‘Not 100% sold’ on De Lima panel findings
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BY REGINA BENGCO –> PRESIDENT Aquino is “not 100 percent” sold on the findings and recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC). Aquino, in an ambush interview in New York late Tuesday (Manila time), said he ordered Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr Read More
Unrealistic
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FRONTLINE 02/20/2010 Can an incumbent president bind her successor to what she agrees to with an Islamic secessionist group, by way of a ?package of obligations?? The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has nixed a peace accord with Gloria Arroyo, apparently thinks so, as the rebel group is now saying that the peace deal it seeks with the government can push through with the incoming government as long as whatever is promised by Arroyo to them before she leaves Malaca Read More
Govt peace panel member quits post, says MILF
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01/13/2010 A member of the government peace panel negotiating with separatist Muslim rebels has reportedly quit his post, it was learned yesterday. In its Web site, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said it received information from an unnamed source that Rep Read More
Military starts providing security aides to poll bets
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01/13/2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has started deploying personnel to act as security escorts to political candidates, particularly in the provinces, as approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and as part of the governments undertaken measures to stem the use of private armed groups (PAGs) by politicians and other bigwigs in the country. AFP spokesman Lt. Read More
Puno firm over MILF tag on Irish priest kidnapping
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MANILA, Philippines Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said Friday that he was standing by his statement that… Read More
GRP-MILF talks hang over 2 contentious issues
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09/02/2009 Peace negotiations between the government and the Muslim secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) continues to hang in the balance with the two panels holding of contradicting positions on at least two issues. “Nothing is definite We are still awaiting word from the Malaysian facilitators Read More
Vexed bus passenger shoots dead dispatcher
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09/02/2009 A bus dispatcher was shot dead by an irritated passenger bound for Albay inside a bus terminal in Pasay City before dawn the other day. Pasay Police Station Investigation and Detective Management System (SIDMS) investigators identified the victim as Epifanio Ricarte, 44, of 143 Malibay, Pasay City, a dispatcher of Bobis Liner Read More
RP-MILF peace talks pressed
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WASHINGTON – Peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic National Liberation Related PostsPhilippine Muslim rebels drop independence demand Globe to hire up to 400 employees by 2011… Read More
US wants MILF peace talks to continue
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By Lito Katigbak WASHINGTON – Peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic National Related PostsRains in Visayas, Mindanao, cloudy in Metro Manila SC nullifies law making Dinagat… Read More
Philippines army pullback to let thousands return home: official
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The Philippine military is to reduce its numbers in several mainly Muslim areas after three months of fighting to allow tens of thousands of civilians to return home, a military… Read More
19 rebels killed in s. Philippines clashes between troops, rebels
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At least 19 rebels were killed Friday in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao when sporadic firefights broke out between government forces and separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels,… Read More
Thousands suffering from shattered Mindanao peace talks: Amnesty
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Thousands of Filipinos have had their lives shattered following the collapse of peace talks between the government and Muslim insurgents, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The London-based… Read More
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