By Babylyn Kano-Omar/VERA Files on April 10 2013 9:47 am
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (VERA Files/10 April) — Malaysian Police have detained 32 Liberal Party candidates and their supporters who were on their way to the Turtle Islands to accompany a gubernatorial… »
By Patricio P. Diaz on April 7 2013 10:03 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 April 2013) — The signing of the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro on October 15, 2012 was the poetical “sun always shining” that emerged from “behind the… »
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 Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 2 2013 8:37 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 April) – Seven more alleged members of the “Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo” were charged in Sabah, Malaysia Monday for allegedly… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 2 2013 8:36 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 March) – The number of evacuees from Sabah since March 6 has reached 5,189 as of 5 p.m. on April 1 or 750 more arrivals from the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 29 2013 11:48 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 March) – The number of evacuees who have arrived from Sabah since March 6 has reached 4,439 as of 11 a.m. on March 27, more than twice… »
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 Ruby Thursday More on March 25 2013 6:18 pm
Princess Jacel Kiram, daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, one of the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, speaks at a press conference in Davao City on Monday, March 25. Kiram… »
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 Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 25 2013 11:30 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 March) — The government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panels are supposed to meet today, March 25, until March 27 in Kuala Lumpur to work on… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 22 2013 4:50 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 March) – The eight alleged members of the “Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo” who were charged for waging war and terrorism… »
By Ruby Thursday More on March 21 2013 5:36 pm
Members of civil society organizations and the Armed Forces of the Philippines gather at the Freedom Park in Davao City on Thursday, March 21 to call for the resumption of the… »
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 Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 18 2013 12:05 am
JOLO, Sulu (MindaNews/17 March) – Claiming Malaysia acted in bad faith, the lawyer of the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu said Malaysia “must immediately turn over” Sabah to the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 18 2013 12:01 am
PATIKUL, Sulu (MindaNews/17 March) – At the privately-owned Hadji Warid Wharf here on Friday noon, Amelia laughed as she admitted how she repeatedly texted Ibrahim, her 20-year old son in… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 16 2013 12:45 pm
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (MindaNews/16 March)—With the increase in price of gasoline coming from Sabah, Malaysia, several roadside gasoline vendors here have been forced to close shop as tricycle drivers were forced… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 13 2013 5:41 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/13 March)— Price control measures are being put in place in the island-province of Tawi-Tawi in the aftermath of the Sabah crisis that triggered an increase in prices… »
By Amina Rasul on March 12 2013 12:58 am
We are celebrating Women’s Month. March 8 was Women’s Day, made possible by legislation authored by my mother, former Senator Santanina Rasul, who was not just the first Muslim woman… »
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 Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 11 2013 10:01 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 March) – The chair of the Regional Human Rights Commission of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RHRC-ARMM) is appealing for an end to violence in Sabah… »
By Macario D. Tiu on March 11 2013 7:46 pm
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (MindaNews / 11 Marso) – Sa mga rekord sa Tsina, kapila natala ang Sulu nga aktibo sa internasyonal nga treyd sa wala pa moabot ang mga katsila.… »
By Jesus G. Dureza on March 10 2013 7:51 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 March) — I was in Zamboanga City over the weekend to attend the Jaycee Senate Zamboanga Chapter Induction there. I was glad I took the trip. When… »
By Amina Rasul on March 10 2013 7:49 pm
It is indeed timely that the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has issued a call for a ceasefire and dialogue to end the violence. Sultan Jamalul III has… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 9 2013 8:33 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 March) – At least 79 suspected members and supporters of Rajah Muda Agbimuddin Kiram in Sabah, Malaysia have been detained for investigation under the Security Offences (Special… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 9 2013 8:30 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/09 March)— United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon on Friday met with Malaysia’s permanent representative to the UN to reiterate his hope that the crisis in Sabah be… »
By Patricio P. Diaz on March 9 2013 12:27 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 March) – When Sulu Sultan Mohammed Jamalul Alam leased the Sultanate’s part of North Borneo to the British North Borneo Company in 1878 never did he… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 8 2013 7:30 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 March) — Civil society organizations in Malaysia and the Philippines are urging Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Najib, President Benigno Aquino and Sulu Sultan… »
By Statement on March 8 2013 7:29 pm
NOTE: list of signatories as of 1:35 p.m. March 8, 2013 JOINT STATEMENT OF MALAYSIAN-PHILIPPINE CSOs March 7, 2013 Standoff in Lahad Datu: Engage in Dialogue Now with… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 7 2013 11:32 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 March) — President Benigno Aquino III said Thursday he has ordered the Department of Justice, National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to gather evidence… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 7 2013 5:44 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 March) – Sultan Jamalul Kiram III declared Thursday noon a unilateral ceasefire in Sabah, Malaysia in a bid to prevent further loss of lives but Malaysia rejected… »
By Walter I. Balane on March 7 2013 5:43 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/07 March) – The government is unprepared in case Malaysia decides to deport en mass Filipino workers from Sabah where some 200 followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 7 2013 5:43 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 March) – President Benigno Aquino reiterated Wednesday night the need for sobriety and “reasonable dialogue” to stop the crisis in Sabah from escalating, claiming the group that… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 7 2013 12:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 March) — President Benigno Aquino III continued blaming Wednesday the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu for the bloodshed in Sabah, Malaysia, noting it could have… »
By Morsidy Husin on March 6 2013 6:05 pm
SANTA CRUZ, California (MindaNews/06 March0 –Salaam! Peace! For days now, I’ve been feeling sad about the unnecessary sacrifice and loss of lives of our Tausug brethrens in Sabah. I grew… »
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 Bong S. Sarmiento on March 5 2013 3:59 pm
KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews/05 March) — Ranking officials in Tawi-Tawi appealed Tuesday for a peaceful end to the conflict in Sabah, Malaysia to prevent further loss of lives and its impact on… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 4 2013 9:40 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 March) – Calls for an end to violence in Sabah and to resolve the conflict through dialogue have been mounting, as the death toll since the stand-off… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on March 4 2013 9:39 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 March) — Opposition senatorial candidate Jackie Ponce Enrile said the Philippines and Malaysia must exert all efforts to resolve the Sabah issue “swiftly and peacefully” even as… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 3 2013 10:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 February) – “Cooler heads” must prevail to stop the bloodshed in Sabah from escalating, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misauri said as he urged the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 2 2013 8:22 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 March) – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has expressed sadness that the standoff in Lahad Datu, Sabah from February 9 ended in bloodshed.on March… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on March 1 2013 6:28 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 March) – “The standoff is now over.” Quoting a report from Malaysian Ambassador to the Philipipines, Dato Mohd Zamri Mohd Kassim, Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez, spokesperson of… »
By Violeta M. Gloria on March 1 2013 6:28 pm
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/01 March)— Two peace advocates in Lanao del Norte urged Friday the Philippine and Malaysian governments to peacefully resolve the Sabah conflict arising from the claims of the… »
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on March 1 2013 6:27 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 March)—Officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) kept mum Friday after skirmishes reportedly erupted between followers of the… »
By Antonio G. M. La Viña on March 1 2013 11:00 am
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews/01 March) — The Sabah question has been dormant for almost half a century. The last time it came into the spotlight was in 1968 when the Philippine… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on February 28 2013 10:18 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 February) – Like in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide,” President Benigno Aquino III has displayed a split personality type of diplomacy. On one hand,… »
By Patricio P. Diaz on February 27 2013 7:02 pm
I. The Question GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 27 Feb) – When we started writing this piece in the afternoon of February 25, the followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 25 2013 8:29 am
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) … »
