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, by REYES Ike de los
The Context
More than three months since the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have launched military offensives against the renegades of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The unilateral action of the AFP against the MILF is to capture Commander Ameril Ombra Kato, Commander Bravo (…)
, by GUTIERREZ Eric
The failure of peace negotiations is expected to intensify violence in the southern Philippines, not just between government troops and separatist Muslim rebels, but moreso between armed civilians from different sides, private militias, armed politicians, and plain bandits – all digging in to (…)
, by Fact Finding Mission Team in Mindanao
Statement given at the October 22, 2008 press conference in Iligan city by the recently concluded Fact Finding Mission (FFM) on Human Rights Violations (HRVs) during and after the armed confrontations in Mindanao between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation (…)
, by Stop the War Coalition (Philippines)
The United States’ involvement in the war in Mindanao can no longer be denied. Several times in the last month, at the height of Philippine military offensives against Moro fighters, US soldiers were repeatedly seen with Filipino troops, helping recover bombs, evacuating casualties, or joining (…)
, by Tripod
We appeal for your kind assistance to help meet the most urgent needs of the affected populations for food, medicines, potable water and containers, used clothing and books for children, sleeping mats and plastic sheets for temporary shelter.
Brief Background……
In 2001, the peace talks (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
Hundreds dead, tens of thousands of refugees and the very real threat of further escalating hostilities between Muslim nationalists and the central government. That is the situation the people of Mindanao, the southern part of the Philippines, find themselves in. They have been there before; in (…)
A broad coalition of NGOs, social movements, and political parties from Mindanao and the rest of the country today called for all US military deployments in Mindanao suspended pending the conclusion of a fair and thorough probe by lawmakers.
The Citizens’ Peace Watch, a group formed to monitor (…)
, by DOCENA Herbert
An international think-tank that has been monitoring US military activities in the Philippines today weighed in on the resurging controversy saying that by standard “common-sense” definition, US troops are engaged in actual combat in Mindanao.
“According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, (…)
, by KPD
We have read the articles pertaining to the developments that unfolded in Mindanao. Unfortunately, some of these elicited strong reactions, with some bordering on hysteria. It was a good thing that finally, some of our Moro comrades have expressed their views and emotions through an open (…)
Ever since the Arroyo government reopened peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, I’ve been having a lot of misgivings about these talks.
In the first place, past Philippine governments had signed peace agreements with the Moro National Liberation Front, and they were never (…)
, by TUBONGBANWA Harry
The situation in the South of the Philippines is very alarming, in the areas of armed conflicts between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). There are already more than 300,000 thousand evecuees and more that 300 deaths, mostly (…)
, by Anonymous
This open letter was unsigned. It has been circulated through email and posted on webistes in response to statements issued by Laban ng Masa, or the KPD-Mindanao, among others.
Implying that the US intervened in the crafting of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain is one thing, (…)
, by CAMENDAN Habbas S., CARUMBA Amabella L., MPPM, SENTURIAS Al
In the midst of fear, suffering and hysteria generated by the abortive signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA AD) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM) (…)
, by YMPN
Below please find the official of the YMPN in view of the ongoing skirmishes in the Moroland.
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UPHOLD PEACE FOR OUR GENERATION
A STATEMENT BY THE YOUNG MORO PROFESSIONALS NETWORK INC Quezon City, Philippines c/p 09204345010
We are concerned citizens of (…)
, by DAVID Randy
MANILA, Philippines—Peace follows war. That is the logic of any peace agreement. It comes after a period of conflict, seeking to erase the basis for war. Yet what we have in Mindanao today seems to be the exact opposite. A peace agreement has provoked renewed conflict. What happened? What (…)
, by MPPM
In the aftermath of Typhoon Frank when affected communities were barely able to return to their homes the situation in Central Mindanao had been liken to a volcano that was about to erupt in late June. Aside from the natural disaster, like other citizens nationwide, the Mindanao populace was (…)
, by MAGTUBO Renato, Partido Manggagawa
Amid the bigger problem of hunger and hopelessness swallowing up the country today, a full-blown war against the Bangsamoro rebels is not a desirable path for the government to pursue in building peace in Mindanao. We in the Partido ng Manggagawa believe that an all-out war is not only a (…)
, by DOCENA Herbert
That external powers and local elites seek to hijack liberation struggles for their own vested interests is reason to strengthen – rather than to withhold – support for the Moros’ struggle for self-determination.
What is most striking about the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) report (…)
, by FABROS Aya
Mindanao is again at the forefront of people’s minds these days, including the government, which appears to be keenly pursuing Moro-related items as priority agenda. At least two important ’breakthroughs’ are at the center of the public eye- automated elections in the Autonomous Region of Muslim (…)
As the world was fixated on the Beijing Olympics and Russia’s incursion into Georgia, a fledgling peace process between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels fighting for autonomy in the country’s restive south was beginning to unravel. The Philippine Supreme Court’s suspension of a key (…)
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