A Moro National Liberation Front faction has urged Malacañang to resolve the three remaining issues on territory, provisional government and definition and sharing of revenues of strategic minerals to complete the government commitment to pass an amended law to implement the final peace agreement they reached in 1996.
“The Moro question remains to be a complex problem and unless the roots of armed revolution are addressed and the Moro people’s right to self-determination is sincerely and genuinely upheld, it will pose as a gnawing wound in Philippine realpolitik,” said InPeace Mindanao chair Bishop Felixberto Calang IFI
“Our brothers wanted to mount a peaceful rally but they were not granted. Do we need to see bloodshed so that our voices are heard?” (MNLF Davao Chair) Olamit asked.
Two days after the Philippine government called for an end to violence and a militant lawmaker urged for the resumption of peace negotiations with communist rebels, seven government troops were hurt by explosives purportedly detonated by the New People’s Army at dawn Tuesday in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley.
By EARL O. CONDEZA Davao Today Paquibato District, Davao City – “Kami sa gobyerno, dili mi dapat magsarado tanan, magbilin…
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The discussions on CASER must start now so that the people will know about it, especially on policies related to the environment like the policies on mining,” says Juland Suazo, Panalipdan spokesperson.
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Davao Today
MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim meanwhile, in his opening statement cited that while it is “a bold step” on the side of the GPH to forge partnership with them, they view it as a partnership, “not with the usual institutions of the government but with one of its adversaries in a remarkable journey to peace.”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Og ako lang, dugay na ning nahuman. Dugay na kong nisulti (sa mga Komunista) nga pili mo’g cabinet. Ayaw lang ng armed forces, ayaw lang ng BIR (Bureau of Internal Reveneu), DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform) ug DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development),” Duterte said.
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Davao Today
Jorge Madlos, also known as Ka Oris, the spokesperson of the National Democratic Front-Mindanao said the move is an indication that Aquino has now clearly abandoned any pretense of peace overtures with the NDFP. By harping peace on one hand and launching an attack on another, Madlos says Aquino engages in doublespeak.
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Davao Today
While there have been recent developments on the side of the GPH in response to a proposal submitted by the NDFP, Olalia, however, said he’s not at liberty to say what is its current status. He revealed though that the Aquino administration has sent emissaries to meet the negotiators in The Netherlands sometime last month.
