MILF says government could not be trusted

"The peace agreement is dead as far as the government is concerned but the MILF will continue to assert it. If we can't assert it in the national level, then, we're going to assert it internationally," said the MILF's Mohagher Iqbal, vowing to elevate the MILF position to the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

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Philippines: Uphold people’s will in Isabela; Padaca must be proclaimed now ? Satur

By Rep. Satur C. Ocampo
Bayan Muna President
House Deputy Minority Leader

The delay in the proclamation of Gov. Grace Padaca re-elected as
Isabela governor is a deliberate scheme of the Malacanang – Benjamin
Dy tandem to buy ample time to rig the election results to favor Dy.
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Philippines Senate vows drop objection to JPEPA if Japan issues protocol vs toxic waste

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said that the Japan-Philippines
Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) will have a
good chance of being ratified by the Senate if Tokyo
will categorically declare that it will not allow the
export or transfer of toxic industrial waste to the
Philippines.
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