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Thursday, November 13th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 13, 2008) – The influential Organization of the Islamic Conference has appealed to the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to end clashes in Mindanao and resume peace talks in the res…
Troops, Rebels Continue Fighting In Southern Philippines
Sunday, October 26th, 2008MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 26, 2008) – Fierce fighting between Filipino troops and Muslim rebels continue in Mindanao as hopes of resuming suspended peace talks in the troubled southern region remains dim.“Fighting is raging…
MILF rebels reject Philippine attempts to revive collapsed peace talks
Saturday, October 18th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 18, 2008) – Philippine rebels rejected government attempts to revive the collapsed peace talks unless President Gloria Arroyo honors a deal that would grant Muslims a separate homeland in the volat…
Cease-fire, Foreign Supports Hold Back Full Blown War In Southern Philippines
Sunday, October 5th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 5, 2008) – A fragile cease-fire agreement and commitments of support by international communities are what is holding a full-blown war from erupting in the southern Philippines, the Moro Islamic Li…
Cease-fire, Foreign Supports Hold Back Full Blown War In Southern Philippines
Sunday, October 5th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 5, 2008) – A fragile cease-fire agreement and commitments of support by international communities are what is holding a full-blown war from erupting in the southern Philippines, the Moro Islamic Li…
Resolve Philippine Moro Insurgency Without External Help, Senator Tells Gov’t
Monday, September 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 29, 2008) - Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. said the Arroyo government should resolve the Muslim insurgency problem in Mindanao through means at its disposal instead of relying too much on ex…
MILF Fighting Erupts In Mindanao
Monday, September 22nd, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 22, 2008) – Government forces clashed Monday with suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in the southern Philippines, as troops continue their hunt for 3 rogue commanders blamed for de…
No Peace Talks With MILF, Arroyo Says
Friday, September 19th, 2008DAPITAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 19, 2008) - Filipino leader Gloria Arroyo on Thursday again campaigned for dialogues and community consultations, focusing on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration as the new peace paradi…
Gov’t Critics On MILF Peace talks Told To Be Part Of Negotiations
Sunday, September 7th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 7, 2008) – Instead of just being “on the outside and looking in,” Speaker Prospero Nograles challenged those who have everything to say against the way the government is handling the peace process to…
Commies Blame Arroyo, U.S. For Renewed Hostilities In Southern Philippines
Saturday, September 6th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 6, 2008) – Philippine communist rebels on Saturday blamed President Gloria Arroyo for the continued skirmishes and humanitarian crisis in Mindanao.Frank Fernandez, a rebel spokesman, also accu…
Fight For Independence, MILF Urged
Friday, September 5th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 5, 2008) – The Moro Resistance and Liberation Organization on Friday urged Muslim rebels to continue their armed struggle for independence in the southern Philippines after Manila scrapped a t…
Philippines Doubles Bounties For 2 Wanted MILF Leaders
Friday, September 5th, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 5, 2008) – The Philippines on Friday doubled its rewards for the capture of two notorious leaders of the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which is negotiating peace with Manila.Inter…
MILF Blames Arroyo For Failed Peace Talks, Territorial Deal In South RP
Thursday, September 4th, 2008MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 4, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels on Thursday blamed Manila for the failed peace negotiations and accused President Gloria Arroyo of reneging on the territorial deal.Mohagher Iqbal, chief peac…
MILF Considers Ancestral Domain Agreement As A Done Deal: Bernama
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama / September 3, 2008) - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Wednesday the dissolution of the Philippine government’s panel on the Mindanao peace talks has little bearing on the ancestral domain agreement as the group con…
War In The Making: Arroyo Dissolves Peace Panel; MILF Pursues Armed Struggle In Mindanao
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo talks with Muslim job-seekers on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the Philippine Trade and Training Center in Pasay City. Arroyo on Wednesday also dissolved the government panel negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Lib…
Philippine Speaker Turns To Mindanao Leaders Over Peace In Troubled Region
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 2, 2008) - House Speaker Prospero Nograles said he would consult with Mindanao leaders to find ways to bring peace and stability in the troubled region.Fighting continues between military and rebel…
MILF Rebels Bracing For Government Offensives In Mindanao
Monday, September 1st, 2008A young Moro Islamic Liberation Front mujahideen waves inside a rebel base in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo / Mark Navales)MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 1, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels are bracing for g…
MILF Holds Crucial Meeting To Decide On Fate Of Peace Talks With Unpopular Arroyo Government
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Villagers with food sacks prepare to return home Sunday, August 31, from a distribution center in Sarangani province in southern Philippines. The humanitarian organization called World Vision distributed more than 2,000 food packs in the villages of Lu…
Philippines Abandons Homeland Deal With Muslim Rebels
Friday, August 29th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 29, 2008) – Manila on Friday said it is abandoning the homeland deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, but would still pursue peace talks with the Philippine’s largest Muslim rebel group, offici…
OIC Steps In To Stop Fighting In Southern Philippines
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 27, 2008) – The influential Organization of the Islamic Conference on Wednesday appealed to Manila to halt military offensives against Muslim rebels in Mindanao as weeks of fighting had killed m…
MNLF Urges President Arroyo To Pursue Peace Talks With Muslim Rebels In Mindanao
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008A female member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front relaxes at a rebel base in Basilan island in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo / Mark Navales)COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 27, 2008) – The Moro National Liber…
El Programa Mundial De Alimentos De La ONU Anunció Que Ha Ampliado Su Asistencia A Los Desplazados Por La Violencia En Mindanao
Sunday, August 24th, 2008MANILA (Diario de Manila / 24 de agosto de 2008) - El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) anunció hoy que ha ampliado hasta las 220.000 personas su asistencia a los desplazados por la violencia en la isla de Mindanao, en el sur de Filipinas, debido a …
MILF Peace Talks Breaking Apart, Fighting Continues In Southern Philippines
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 23, 2008) – Hope of resuming the peace talks between the Arroyo government and the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, remains dim as fierce fighting continued…
La Conferencia de Obispos y Ulemas Ha Hecho Un Llamamiento Tanto Al Gobierno Como Al FMLI Para Cesar Las Hostilidades En Mindanao
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008MANILA (Diario de Manila / 23 de agosto de 2008) - La Conferencia de Obispos y Ulemas de Filipinas (BUC) ha hecho un llamamiento urgente tanto al Gobierno filipino como al Comité Central del Frente Moro Islámico de Liberación (MILF) a cesar las host…
Uphold Peace For Our Generation: Young Moro Professionals Network, Inc.
Friday, August 22nd, 2008We are concerned citizens of peace, sons and daughters of the Bangsamoro, who are grieving over the past weeks’ horrific incidents in Southern Mindanao, and appeal against an all-out war in Mindanao.We are an international network of more than a hundre…
War Or Peace? Arroyo Bares New Peace Strategy
Friday, August 22nd, 2008MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 22, 2008) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has bared a shift in the basic premise of the government’s peace efforts from talking with the armed groups to holding discussions with the communities in …
Clashes Continue In Mindanao, Peace Deal With MILF Canceled
Thursday, August 21st, 2008LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 21, 2008) – Sporadic fighting between government soldiers and Muslim rebels Thursday in the southern Philippines.At least 4 soldiers were injured in the fighting in North Cotabato’s Midsayap …
Philippine Troops Begin Hunt For MILF Raiders
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Government troops patrol Lanao del Norte province in Southern Philippines where Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels killed dozens of civilians in simultaneous attacks. The Philippine military on Tuesday begin the hunt for hundreds of MILF rebels unde…
Philippines-MILF Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain
Saturday, August 16th, 2008IN THE NAME OF GODTHE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFULMEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON THE ANCESTRAL DOMAIN ASPECT OF THE GRP-MILF TRIPOLI AGREEMENT ON PEACE OF 2001The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) …
Fighting Still Continue In North Cotabato, Basilan Clashes End
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 12, 2008) – Sporadic fighting between Philippine troops and Muslim rebels continue on Tuesday in Mindanao, threatening the seven-year old peace talks.The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said t…
UP Student Group To Talk About Bangasamoro And MILF Peace Talks
Friday, August 8th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (August 8, 2008) - The UP Muslim Students Association and the Alliance of Muslim Advocates of Law (AMAL), in cooperation with the UP Portia Sorority, invite everyone to the first session of Moro Talks: “The Narrative of the Bangsamo…
Filipino Bishops “Satisfied” With Halting Of Agreement With Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Thursday, August 7th, 2008MANILA, Philippines (AsiaNews / August 7, 2008) - The Filipino bishops are welcoming with “satisfaction” the Supreme Court’s decision to block the signing of the agreement between the government and troops of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), w…
Peace Advocates In Mindanao Appeal for Sobriety
Thursday, August 7th, 2008The extent to which the intense displeasure over the impending signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has already reached an alarming stage. In the last few days…
Photo: MILF Fighters In Southern Philippines
Thursday, August 7th, 2008An ordinary day for Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters inside a rebel base in the southern Philippines in this photo taken Wednesday, August 6, 2008. The MILF has told its members to respect the cease-fire agreement with the Philippine government a…
Muslim Homeland Is A Done Deal, MILF Says
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 5, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels on Tuesday said the ancestral domain agreement they signed with government peace negotiators was a done deal despite a court order stopping the formal signing…
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