By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 2 2013 5:19 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 May) – “Keep on talking, however difficult or long it will take. Better talk than fight! Saliva doesn’t kill. Bullets do!” This was the “unsolicited advice” of… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 2 2013 3:31 pm
UPDATED COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/02 May) – The Bangsamoro Transition Commission is still awaiting the release of its budget but managed to meet this week and will meet again two weeks… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 2 2013 3:28 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/02 May) – A former Ambassador who is now a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission says the process they are going through now in preparation for the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 1 2013 4:00 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/30 April) – The 15-member Transition Commission (TransCom) tasked to draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law held its first session in Mindanao Tuesday with experts on Constitution-making as resource… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 29 2013 11:40 pm
DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/29 April) – The United Nations and World Bank launched Monday in partnership with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a three-year program that would provide… »
By Keith Bacongco on April 23 2013 1:50 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 April) – The Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) of the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels signed Monday evening a memorandum… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 17 2013 6:30 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 April) – April 15, 2013 marked exactly six months to the day the Philippine government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed the Framework Agreement on… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 15 2013 1:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 April) – Six months after the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) on October 15, 2012 and four months past their supposed yearend 2012… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 15 2013 1:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 April) – What have the government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels accomplished six months after the October 15, 2012 signing of the Framework… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 11 2013 6:40 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/11 April) – The peace panels of the Philippine government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ended their three-day negotiations today (Thursday) with the three annexes to… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 11 2013 1:49 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/11 April) – The peace panels of the Philippine government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ended their three-day negotiations today (Thursday) with the three annexes to… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 10 2013 12:37 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/10 April) – The Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) formally resumed Tuesday afternoon negotiations on the three annexes to the Framework Agreement on… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 4 2013 9:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – The three remaining annexes that would complete the comprehensive peace pact between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “must be… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 4 2013 9:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – The moderator of the press conference had to butt in to remind reporters that the press conference was not about Sabah but about the Transition… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on April 2 2013 8:19 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/2 April) —The New People’s Army (NPA) freed Tuesday Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa Jr. in Barangay Mainit, Nabunturan town in Compostela Valley (ComVal) after 15 days in… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 30 2013 1:26 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 March) – The 15-member Bangsamoro Transition Commission (TransCom) of the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will have its first meeting on Wednesday,… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 26 2013 4:00 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 March) – The peace panels of the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have agreed to reset the talks scheduled this week, for… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 25 2013 6:24 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 March) – The daughter of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III questioned the credibility of Malaysia to continue facilitating the peace talks between the Government of… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 25 2013 6:05 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 March) – The March 25 to 27 peace negotiations in Kuala Lumpur between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) did not push… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 21 2013 5:29 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) – Peace advocates warned Thursday a possible derailment of the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation… »
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 12 2013 12:24 am
CAMP SIONGCO, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 11 March) – While Malaysian security forces on Monday entered the seventh day of military and police operations against a Moro group… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 6 2013 9:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 March) – Support to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Davao City is high among… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 5 2013 4:05 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 March) — Invoking the need to “safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of the nation as demanded by the rakyat (people),” Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 5 2013 4:02 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 March) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has beefed up security for all team sites of the 54-member Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) in five… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 1 2013 9:26 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 March) – The seven-member Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) that will conduct studies and produce a set of recommendations on the appropriate policing for the Bangsamoro, the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 28 2013 11:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 February) – The government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels ended their three-day talks in Kuala Lumpur at 9:49 p.m. Wednesday with the panels… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 14 2013 8:06 pm
CAMP DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/14 February) – “Let the people judge,” Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said on criticisms that they have … »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 14 2013 8:05 pm
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao (MindaNews/14 February) – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim has a lot of explaining to do about their new relationship with the Philippine… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 11 2013 10:33 pm
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 February) — Neither the government nor the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) remembered. February 11, 2013, the day they launched “Sajahatra Bangsamoro,” a socio-economic peace initiative… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 4 2013 5:11 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 February) – The head of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) is now, finally, a member of the government (GPH) peace panel negotiating with the Moro… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on February 3 2013 5:27 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 February) – The Philippine government hopes that informal talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will hasten the resumption of formal peace talks, Secretary… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 26 2013 6:59 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 January) – The government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels ended their five-day peace talks in Kuala Lumpur at 5:25 p.m. Friday, without completing… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 21 2013 5:17 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 January) – Apparently convinced they will not be able to finish all four annexes to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) in this week’s peace talks… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 20 2013 11:55 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 January) — The government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels are returning to Kuala Lumpur this week to resume negotiations on the four annexes… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on December 24 2012 8:13 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 23 December) — Maguindanao Governor Esmael ‘Toto’ Mangudadatu has endorsed a politician and a lawyer as potential members of the Transition Commission (TransCom), which is tasked to… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on December 20 2012 2:29 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) – The Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed resolutions supporting the December 17 Executive Order creating the Transition Commission that would pave the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on December 18 2012 1:47 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 December) – President Aquino on Monday signed Executive Order 120 creating the 15-member Transition Commission (TransCom) that would prepare the groundwork for the setting up of the… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on December 5 2012 5:25 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 Dec) – Although it is not a perfect document, the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro (FAB) is “the best alternative” for the government and the Moro… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 26 2012 10:28 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Nov) – Despite not being officially consulted by the government on the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC)… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 25 2012 9:00 am
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/24 Nov) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) got Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 18 2012 1:17 am
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/17 Nov) – The annexes to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro will be finished before the yearend, the government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)… »
By Froilan Gallardo on November 17 2012 10:38 pm
KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/17 November) – From warrior to peacemaker. Dropping his war overtures, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commander Abdurahman Macapaar, aka Kumander Bravo, stunned his listeners in Barangay… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 17 2012 12:45 am
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/16 November) – This week’s round of talks on the annexes to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) will end on Saturday, November 17 instead of Sunday… »
By Froilan Gallardo on November 17 2012 12:37 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 November)— The joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (Joint CCCH) of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has approved the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 16 2012 5:39 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews 16 November) – Unlike last month when they were crafting the final text of what would become the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), there is much… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 15 2012 5:06 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/15 Nov) – A month after the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), the government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are back at… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 15 2012 4:59 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 November) – The Moro National Liberation Front under Nur Misuari and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front may not have sat down for a meeting in the Philippines… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 14 2012 7:15 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 November) — Moro organizations which have been helping educate stakeholders in the grassroots on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) said they want human rights provisions… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on November 12 2012 3:40 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 Nov) – The Executive Order creating the15-member Transition Commission (TransCom) for the Bangsamoro poltical entity is now with the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) and should… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 11 2012 3:27 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Nov) – The city council approved Friday a resolution urging the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to relocate all military posts, particularly those situated… »
