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MILF chairman Ahod Balawag Ebrahim stays on board as interim chief minister as President Marcos finally names members of the BTA.
MANILA, Philippines – Officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) took their oath on Friday, August 12, at Malacañang Palace.
In a (...)
We, peace and human rights advocates, strongly condemn the recurring violence and displacements caused by various armed confrontations that have aggravated the sufferings of several Tri-People communities (Bangsamoro, Indigenous Peoples and migrant settlers) within and outside of the Bangsamoro (...)
The ratification of Republic Act (RA) No. 11054, otherwise known as the “Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao” (OLBARMM) or simply the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in the 21 January and 6 February 2019 plebiscites signifies the cessation of armed conflict between (...)
Result raises hopes of an end to decades of violence including attacks by Isis-inspired groups
People in the Muslim-majority southern Philippines have voted by a landslide to create a new autonomous region covering five provinces and three cities, a result the government hopes will bring (...)
STATEMENT OF THE REBOLUSYONARYONG PARTIDO NG MANGGAGAWA – MINDANAO (RPM-M) ON THE JANUARY 21 AND FEBRUARY 6 BANGSAMORO PLEBISCITES
January 1, 2019 In the next few days, two (2) sets of plebiscites will be held regarding the newly signed Bangsamoro Organic Law or BOL. Two sets of questions (...)
One of the key issues the Supreme Court will be deliberating on in the coming days is whether there was rebellion or invasion in Marawi or any other part of Mindanao prior to the May 23 proclamation of martial law in the whole region. As the only valid grounds for martial law recognized by the (...)
Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical group, security officials said on Thursday.
The claim was made in a video that was (...)
Mindanao: Nationalism, Jihadism and Frustrated Peace
Nathan Gilbert Quimpo
Abstract
This article examines why the decades-old Moro insurgency in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has remained difficult to resolve, and how recent international developments, such as the jihadization of once (...)
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is looking to declare at least one foothold in Asia in 2016, with the Philippines and Indonesia being the most likely targets, a terrorism expert said Tuesday.
Southeast Asia has already emerged as a key recruitment center for ISIS, with more than (...)
Last Wednesday (may 20, 2015), the 75-member Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law of the House of Representatives had approved the draft law for the House Bill 4994. The proposed bill has been renamed as Basic Law of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region or BLBAR. It had undergone three (...)
With calls mounting for a revision of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) also called for amending the draft so that workers rights are better protected. “Along with our support for peace rather than war in Mindanao, we demand that the rights of (...)
Having followed as closely as possible, even from a distance, the Mindanao peace process for more than 20 years since 1993, mainly as a civil society peace advocate and occasionally as a peace researcher and consultant, one can perhaps be forgiven for giving occasional unsolicited analysis and (...)
MPPM POSITION PAPER DELIVERED DURING THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON BANGSAMORO BASIC BILL OF THE AD HOC BBL COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 29, 2014
Honorable Congressmen and Congresswomen, esteemed guests, good afternoon.
It is our honor to be invited as one of the resource speakers of this Committee’s (...)
AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GPH) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) PEACE PROCESS
The Peace Process in Brief
Exactly a year ago today (July 13, 2013), the GPH and the MILF peace panels had concluded the 30th exploratory talks in Kuala (...)
There is no doubt that popular opinion has gone against the latest caper of Nur Misuari. There is condemnation all over Mindanao and the rest of the country. The Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) has called it anarchic adventurism and Gov. Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman of the Autonomous Region in (...)
He speaks as if he has not failed his own people. He talks as if he had taken good care of their needs.
How many else are like him who has put self and ego above community? How many else are like him in a region once proud and rich but which now thrives on its homegrown industry called (...)
An Overview
When the election in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was postponed from August 10, 2011 to May 13, 2013, the main reason given by the ruling coalition led by President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) was to cleanse the electoral system of the region. Such move was to lay down (...)
By declaring he will not push for the amendment of the Constitution, President Aquino has in effect junked the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement his representative Mario Victor Leonen signed with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in October 2012. That pact was hyped as the roadmap for peace in (...)
This article deals more precisely with the mediation or facilitation role of Muslim entities, most notably Malaysia and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “to solve (...)
The Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM) would like to reiterate our felicitations to both the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for reaching the landmark Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro (FAB). Reaching this stage of the peace negotiations has (...)
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