More people in Luzon, Visayas call for a stop to the war in Mindanao

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.

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How important is the MOA-AD on the Moro people’s quest for right to self- determination?

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.

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Malaysian consul says peace should be acceptable to everybody

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.

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US President Obama urged to pull US troops out of the Philippines

Pastor Jurie Jaime, secretary-general of PCPR-Davao, urged the next US President to stop pledging millions of US dollars in aid to the Philippine military that has yet to answer for the brutal killings, enforced disappearances and illegal arrests of hundreds of activists.

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