Bayan says MOA-AD is a ploy to extend Arroyo’s term
More people in Luzon, Visayas call for a stop to the war in Mindanao
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
People in the Visayas and Luzon are joining calls to stop the war in Mindanao after the peace caravan that traveled the whole stretch of the archipelago for seven days had open their eyes to understand the conflict for the first time, Gus Miclat, the executive director of IID, said upon the return of the caravan here.How important is the MOA-AD on the Moro people’s quest for right to self- determination?
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
The Bangsamoro's age-old problem had something to do with self-governance. The Bangsamoro people, who used to be under the rule of a Sultanate, lost their self- governance when Spain included Mindanao in the sale of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris in 1898, despite the fact that Spain never really conquered Mindanao as part of the colony.Malaysian consul says peace should be acceptable to everybody
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
Malaysian Consul Mustafa Kamal urged peace groups to keep working for a peace formula that will be acceptable to everybody after the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) failed to generate support from some sectors in Mindanao.The urban poor should unite against the privatization of housing
(Position paper on Balikatan's take-over of mass housing) The Kalipunay ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) commiserates with the thousands of housing creditors in the city whose housing units are now subject…