Mindanao

Misuari, a victim of electoral fraud in Sulu?

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Jun 12, 2007

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO/Bulatlat

It appears that not only opposition senatorial candidates and progressive partylist groups were the victims of electoral fraud and violence in the ARMM. Even Nur Misuari, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front which is strongest in Sulu, Jolo, and Tawi-Tawi, was cheated, said his supporters.

Italian priest kidnapped in Zamboanga

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Jun 10, 2007

The military said today that an Italian priest has been abducted in Zamboanga Sibugay, in the southern Philippines, according to this report. The report identified the priest as John Carlo Bossi, parish priest of Payao town.