Tag: Moro Islamic Liberation Front

OIC conducts dialogue with Senate leadership, backs peace talks

MANILA, Philippines, April 20 (Eagle News) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation or OIC held a dialogue with the Senate leadership regarding the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani met with Senate officials to convey the OIC’s support for the successful implementation of the peace agreement in Mindanao.   (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

DOJ hopes for MILF support to file cases regarding the Mamasapano incident

MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is hoping that the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will cooperate to ensure that the members of said group would be surrendered to face justice regarding the Mamasapano incident. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

AFP hopes for MILF cooperation regarding arrest warrants

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is hoping that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not hinder the serving of the warrant of arrests against its members who were involved in the Mamasapano incident, since such provisions were included in the peace agreement with the said group. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Iqbal’s real name revealed

Mohagher Iqbal’s real name was finally revealed when records show him using the name “Lubis Abas” before joining the first batch of members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), before disaffiliating with the said group and joining the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

MILF, uurong din sa pagsuko sa mga armas

Nag-aalangan na umano ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) na i-decommission ang kanilang mga armas matapos na maging kuwestiyunable ang pagpasa ng Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) kasunod nang trahedya sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Ayon kay MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, hindi masisi ang MILF kung hindi maisusuko ang mga baril dahil malaki ang pagpapahalaga ng mga miyembro nito sa kani-kanilang mga armas. Ang pagsuko aniya ng kanilang armas ay ang sakripisyo ng MILF kapag naipasa na […]

MILF walang planong i-renegotiate ang BBL kung sasabihing un-constitutional ng SC

Walang plano ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF na makipag-renegosasyon sa pamahalaan sa pinasok na kasunduang pangkapayapaan sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas sakaling pasyahan ng Korte Suprema na unconstitutional ang Bangsamoro Basic Law o BBL. Sa editorial na naka-post sa website ng MILF na luwaran.net, binatikos ng MILF ang mga kritiko nito sa Kongreso na inakusahan nilang nagga-‘grandstanding’ kasabay ng babalang ang mga hakbang ng mga ito ay maaaring magresulta sa dangerous consequences. Kung magiging […]

BBL muling rerepasuhin ng Senado

Muling bubuksan ng Senado ang deliberasyon upang repasuhin ang ipinapasang kasunduan na Bangsamoro Basic Law o BBL. Ang gagawing pagdinig ay upang lutasin ang mga pagdududa ng ilang mambabatas sa pagkakakilanlan ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF na nasa likod ng paglagda ng kasunduan. Ang proposed measure ay muling rerepasuhin matapos itong masuspinde ng halos dalawang buwan ng Senate Committe on the Local Government, ang pagkakasuspinde ng kasunduan ay upang bigyang daan ang imbestigasyon […]

GPH-MILF peace process seeks to address root causes of Mindanao conflict – Deles

MANILA, PIA –The ongoing peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is among the measures being pursued to substantially reduce threat to security and peace and order in Mindanao from armed groups that foment lawlessness and instability in the South, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said on Saturday (April 11). “Peace between government and MILF means peace with the largest, most organized armed […]

House continues hearings on Mamasapano probe

The hearing on the Mamasapano debacle of the House of Representatives resumed on Tuesday (April 7) attended by the family members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos. Among those invited for the hearings as resource persons were sacked SAF Director Getulio Napeñas, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, resigned Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima. Philippine National Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Benjamin Magalong, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, government […]

Malacañang assures independence on National Peace Council

Malacañang on Tuesday (April 1) assured the independence of the National Peace Council convened by President Benigno S. Aquino III to discuss the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). The National Peace Council is composed of five citizen leaders namely Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle, businessman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, civil society leader Howard Dee, and peace advocate Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in an interview that this council aims to entice the […]

President Aquino appeals for public understanding over Mamasapano incident

(SILANG, Cavite) President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday (March 26) appealed for public understanding over the Mamasapano incident, maintaining that he was kept in the dark by people he trusted to carry out the January 25 operation. In his message to the graduating class of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), the President said police officials involved in the operation made him believe that Oplan Exodus was well-planned and the police commandos on the […]