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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte maintained his stand to pursue Bangsamoro Basic Law in a press conference on Wednesday evening. “I am committed to give the Moro people what they promised. Tanggalin muna ang constitutional issues sa BBL,” he said. President Duterte was known to have talks with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari. A government panel has also started its initial talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). “Sana bago […]
By Teresa Jopson, ANU Courtesy East Asia Forum — Securing a lasting peace in the southern Philippines has been an ongoing problem for the Philippine government. Marginalised Moros in the southern Philippines have legitimate grievances against the Philippine government. This much the Philippine government has recognised in signing peace agreements, most recently with the insurgent group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Muslim indigenous peoples or Moros have organised themselves and fought in a war that has […]
COTABATO CITY, Mar. 3 — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) recently addressed in a joint assembly the Bangsamoro issue and called for unity and solidarity amidst the uncertainty brought by the non-passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “The joint effort of the two Moro revolutionary fronts to assemble and unite is reflective of MNLF’s commitment to the agreed convergence of the two peace tracks of […]
DATU SAUDI AMPATUAN, Maguindanao, Feb. 26 — The military wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have repositioned more than a thousand of its fighters in several barangays to avoid a mis-encounter as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues its law enforcement operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and other terrorist groups operating in the province. Last February 5, the AFP’s 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade initiated a law enforcement operation against […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The head of the Philippines’ main Muslim rebel group on Thursday urged his followers to maintain a ceasefire with the government despite failure to pass a bill implementing a peace accord. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Murad Ebrahim made the appeal in a statement carried on the group’s Facebook page. “In spite of the non-passage of the (bill), the MILF will continue to uphold the peace process and ensure that all […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Three civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in a remote Philippine region where the army and Muslim rebels have engaged in sporadic fighting for days, police said Wednesday. Muslim insurgents booby-trapped a highway to target military convoys, but it detonated when a van with six people aboard drove through late Tuesday, according to a report from the provincial police office that was sent to AFP. Three of the van’s passengers […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 12 (OPAPP) — The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), together with the various peace structures working under the Bangsamoro peace process, are meeting in the city to re-assess means of moving forward in light of the 16th Congress’ failure to pass the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before it adjourned last week. “Today could have been a much happier occasion, if only we […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang welcomed the statement of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal assuring the United Nations that the separatist group remains committed to peace despite the non-passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III said that Iqbal’s pronouncements were reassuring. Iqbal said the MILF will continue to engage in peace initiatives despite the security challenges on the ground. “We welcome this […]
Statement of GPH Chief Negotiator Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on the Closing of the 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines 3 February 2016 Let me state the fact: The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, in whatever shape or form, did not make it out of the 16th Congress. The sheer indifference and chronic absenteeism of majority of the legislators manifested in the lack of quorum almost on a daily basis in the House of Representatives, and the prolonged […]
QUEZON CTY, Feb. 4 — Government of the Philippines said that the Bangsamoro peace process will continue even though the 16th Congress closed sessions Wednesday (3 Feb) without passing the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “The collective inaction of our legislators to complete the deliberation on the BBL did not, and will not, stop the momentum of the Bangsamoro peace process,” Ferrer said in a statement on Wednesday. “At this low point, we call for […]
Government peace panel chair Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer believes there is still a chance, however slim, that the proposed basic law on the Bangsamoro will be passed by Congress under this administration. “We better much prefer to pass on a solution rather than a problem to the next President,” Ferrer said Monday during the launching of a book documenting the peace process. “So we are still trying very hard to get our legislators on board.” Ferrer […]
The Department of Justice finally starts preliminary investigation on the case of complex crime of multiple murder and theft against more than 90 individual members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) as well as other private armed groups in connection with the armed encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that resulted in the death of 44 Philippine National Police – Special Action Force commandos. The widows of the 44 fallen PNP-SAF […]
