MOA on ancestral domain: It’s not over yet

The strong backlash ignited by the MoA deserves a second look by the MILF leaders. A lesson that can be drawn is the fact that the war for self-determination involves not only taking arms and talking but also a political war to win the broadest support for the just and historic struggle of the Bangsamoro people. A lot of hard work needs to be done in this area.

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Quiapo and Makati: Tale of two cities

By Germelina Lacorte It?s not strange to hear hymns streaming from Quiapo Church overlapping with the calls of women hawking their medicinal herbs, and protests demanding for President Arroyo to resign. On our way back, a throng of angry student activists marched towards the church square, waving banners, calling for a rollback in the prices of gasoline and demanding for the President to resign.

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Suara calls on PGMA to stop the Pinols from reviving vigilante groups on BJE issue

Suara Bangsamoro calls on the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stop North Cotabato representative Ben Pinol and Vice-Governor Emmanuel Pinol from stirring people in their province by calling on them to…

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Suara Bangsamoro to seek UN rapporteur intervention for Philipppine lawmaker’s anti-Muslim speech

Cotabato City-A Mindanao-based Moro group lambasted Makati representative Teodoro Locsin's privilege speech about the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity made at the House of Representative last August 5. The group said they…

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