Murad says victory of PNoy’s party is victory for the peace process; MILF to set up political party this year

DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/20 May) – The victory of the President’s party in last week’s elections is victory for the peace process, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the… »

MNLF-NorthCot says it won’t snub polls

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — A top official of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in North Cotabato has assured the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and other authorities the group… »

Path to Peace

Representatives from government agencies and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front engage in a series of workshops as part of the GPH-MILF Project Management Team Coordination Planning for the Sajahatra Bangsamoro… »

MILF chair to candidates: “you can come and talk to our people”

DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao  (MindaNews/29 April) — The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said candidates running for elective posts on May 13 “can come and talk to… »

IMT Site 3 members get awards from WestMinCom

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/27 February) – The Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) has awarded Bronze Cross Medals to the seven-man International Monitoring Team (IMT) Site 3 in recognition for their acts of… »

GPH, MILF resume peace talks in KL as DFA sends ship to Sabah on humanitarian mission

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 February) –The Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front  resume negotiations in Kuala Lumpur today (Monday) on the four annexes to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) … »

ADVOCACY MINDANOW: The Sabah Affair

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) — I was shaken a bit when I learned that a group loyal to the Kiram family of Sulu publicly announced their intentions of pushing for… »

Mind da News: Aquino’s Second Push

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, February 8, 2013 – As reported in three national dailies, on the initiative of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, the government will launch on Monday, February… »

COMMENT: Aquino III’s Blind Side

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III told the station managers of Radio Mindanao Network in Malacañang last January 10 that his government’s “relentless campaign against graft and corruption would continue” and warned “that one of the perceived ‘most corrupt’ government agencies ‘will get a very severe jolt’ in due time” without naming the agency. (The Philippine Star, January 12, 2013: Noy: Corrupt gov’t agency will get a severe jolt)

Clash between soldiers, MILF averted in Lanao del Norte

Both camps await word from joint CCCH panel MUNAI, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/ 15 November)- The Philippine Army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) averted Thursday a major shooting… »

MILF chair seeks help from all international NGOs, communities

DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao  (MindaNews/30 October) — Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim urged all international non-government organizations (NGO) and communities to extend assistance in support… »

MILF Chair Murad: ‘We also dream of living a life without guns’

DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/30 October)– Like many other Moro men, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim seems to have resigned to the fact that at… »

Murad Meets the Press

MURAD MEETS PRESS. MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim faces a press conference at the MILF headquarters in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Saturday, October 27. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday… »

Sema: “harmonize” MNLF, MILF peace agreements

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/26 October)  – The peace agreements entered into  by the Philippine government with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must… »

Nur brings Bangsamoro cause to OIC again; OIC appeals for MNLF, MILF unity

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 October) – From Davao City to the OIC. Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair NurMisuari vowed on Sunday to bring to the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation… »

Peace, the Rambo generation and stories from the frontlines, away from the frontlines

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 October) – I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have witnessed and documented the most historic event for Mindanao, the signing of the Framework Agreement on… »

ADVOCACY MindaNOW: Don’t disparage Nur Misuari

DAVAO CITY (MIndaNews/21 October) — As I wrote this column yesterday, thousands of MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) followers started flocking to the popular Crocodile Park outside the Davao City… »

Envisioning the Bangsamoro in 2020, 2031 and 2066

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 October) — It is too early in the day but assuming it’s all systems go and the Bangsamoro shall have been set up by 2016,  what will… »

EO on Bangsamoro Transition Commission out “in two to three weeks”

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 October) — The Executive Order creating the 15-person Transition Commission (TransCom) that will prepare the groundwork for the Bangsamoro political entity by 2016 will be issued “in… »

GPH, MILF reset talks but remain optimistic

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 September) – The government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels  have rescheduled their September 25 to 28 talks to early October, upon the… »

‘Bakwits’ lament living life on the run

PIKIT, North Cotabato(MindaNews/25 August) – Most villagers in a refugee camp here are no longer strangers to evacuation. They have “mastered” the art of evacuation even if tensions are still… »

Crossing Salbo

Soldiers take a rest along the national highway in Crossing Salbo in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Monday, August 6, 2012. The national highway was closed to traffic following an… »

Lunchbreak

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) supporters from Datu Paglas town take their lunch in front of a chapel in Barangay Takepan, Pikit on Friday before heading to Camp Darapanan, Sultan… »

MILF panel’s Mastura gives copies of his new book to GPH panel members

KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNew/28 May) — Datu Michael Mastura, senior panel member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gave copies of his new book, “Bangsamoro Quest: The Birth of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,” to members of the government peace panel shortly before they took a break from their executive session Monday morning.

Deles urges greater public participation in Mindanao peace process

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/04 May) — The government wants greater public participation in the Mindanao peace process, Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process… »

New JICA chief meets MILF; vows continued aid for Mindanao

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/03 May)— The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), under its new leader, Akihiko Tanaka, has vowed to increase aid to Mindanao once the government and the Moro Islamic… »

GPH, MILF: status quo unacceptable; will work for new political entity to replace ARMM

KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/24 April) – Declaring that the “status quo is unacceptable,” the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panels today agreed to work for the creation of… »

MILF asks IMT to probe Basilan clashes

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 October) — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has requested the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to immediately conduct an investigation on the clash in Al Barka town… »

3 soldiers slain in Basilan brought home to their hometowns in Mindanao

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 October) – Three of the 19 government soldiers slain in Basilan on Tuesday have been transported to their respective hometowns in Mindanao, with their comrades rendering military… »

Military operation vs Kato looms in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/29 September) — A military operation looms large against breakaway Moro rebel commander Ameril Umra Kato if he refuses to yield peacefully with the “impending formal declaration of… »

MILF to Zamboanga City officials: Let Moros decide their destiny

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – The Moros living in this city should be given a free hand in deciding their destiny, Khaled Musa, deputy chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation… »

Mayor Lobregat says he’s no peace spoiler but “peace lover”

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/03 September) – “I am a peace lover, I am a peacemaker, in fact we went to the Supreme Court because we want peace,” Mayor Celso Lobregat said… »

Leonen meets with Pinol, Ilaga leaders

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 August)  –  A new group called “Christian Convergence” met behind closed door for  three hours Monday with government peace panel chair Marvic Leonen, expressing their support for… »

4 killed, 371 families flee in clashes in Maguindanao

DATU PIANG, Maguindanao (MindaNews/9 August) – Four people were killed while 371 families have been reported to have fled their homes during intense firefights between a Moro Islamic Liberation Front… »

Day One of GPH-MILF peace talks ends on high note; Day 2 sessions begin

KUALA LUMPUR  (MindaNews/28 April) –  The smiles on the faces of  the peace negotiators and members of the International Contact Group  as  they came out of the Penang Room of… »

Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato

Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato arrives on horseback at the interview venue Saturday somewhere in Maguindanao.  MindaNews photo courtesy of Yam Palma/MPC  | Read Story

Gov. Mendoza keeps hands-off policy on MNLF-MILF conflict in Kabacan

KABACAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/11 February) – The provincial government of Cotabato will not intervene in the land dispute that has triggered clashes between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and… »

Gov’t panel to seek clarification from MILF re Kato

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 February) – The government peace panel views with “serious concern” the reported resignation of a known commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)  and “looks forward… »

Village in Carmen shows way to peaceful coexistence

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 January) – In contrast to the reported hostility between the indigenous peoples and the Moros in Kabacan town in North Cotabato, peaceful coexistence marks the relationship between… »

Yu’s kidnappers demand ransom

COTABATO CITY  (MindaNews/10 January) – Kidnappers who seized a businessman at gunpoint Saturday night at the roadside parking area of the city’s premier hotel are demanding “some amount” for his… »

MILF rules out resumption of talks by January

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 December) — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has doused hopes expressed by the Philippine government the stalled peace talks will resume by January 2011, with the… »

Japan extends duty in international truce monitor

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/07 December) — The Japanese government will continue with its role in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) deployed in Mindanao, its embassy today said in a statement. “The Government of Japan has decided to extend the tour of duty of Japan’s IMT contingent in response to the request of the Philippine Government for the IMT to stay for another three months from December 9, 2010,” the Japanese embassy said.

ARMM vows to support resumption of GRP-MILF talks

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 December) – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is supporting moves for the resumption of peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation… »

Fast food chains back UN anti-hunger program for children in Mindanao's conflict-affected areas

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 December) — Fill your hunger and ease a child’s empty stomach this holiday season. Eating at Pizza Hut and Taco Bell branches in the country will… »

ARMM Peace Summit begins

COTABATO CITY  (MindaNews/20 September) -  The two-day peace summit that begins Monday afternoon, is aimed “at helping come up with a paradigm for peace and development thrusts that may serve… »

Attack triggers evacuation in Pres. Roxas

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/27 August) – Thirty-seven families from a predominantly Moro village in President Roxas town in North Cotabato fled to safer grounds when some 50 suspected members of the… »

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