OZAMIZ CITY ? Noting the importance of major infrastructure projects in the realization of the Mindanao Super Region as the country?s agri-business center in Southern Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pursued her visit here today, ignoring the threat of an incoming typhoon that is expected to hit the province of Misamis Occidental.
(more…)
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has been fighting for a separate Islamic state for Filipino Muslims in the south the past three decades, said the violence could have been avoided had the military coordinated with them the troops' entry to Tipo-tipo, which the rebels consider as part of their territory. ?We have all the mechanism in the ceasefire that allows coordination and to prevent this kind of unfortunate incident,? said a front spokesman.
DAVAO CITY — “We appeal and call the attention of the upper house in the senate as well as lawmakers in the Congress to question the Human Security Act in the Supreme Court, as these unlawful and inhuman law approved by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as this was set to be implemented this coming July 15, 2007 after she signed it last March 2007,” Abubakar Uy said Suara Bangsamoro Secretary General in Southern Mindanao Region.
(more…)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will convene a Mindanao Peace and Security Summit next week to strengthen the government's anti-terrorism measures and discuss the problems stakeholders would face in implementing them.
The group said the charge against Gilbert Cardino illustrates the fact that the Arroyo regime has ?rigorously, systematically and intentionally waging an all-out war against the Filipino people who are participating in legitimate struggles against political repression and human-rights violations.?