KORONADAL CITY – A suspect in the 2019 bombing in North Cotabato that injured five people surrendered to police Tuesday, officials announced Wednesday. The suspect, identified as alias Nasser, is a 40-year-old member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four persons were wounded and some 7,000 individuals have fled their homes due to ongoing skirmishes between government forces and lawless elements and Moro Islamic Liberation Front supporters in Tipo Tipo town, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The unidentified victims were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - After days of tension, a fierce firefight erupted in Tipo Tipo municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, Oct. 28, between soldiers and lawless elements and forces affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The gunfight erupted after negotiations led by the...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it had deployed troops to Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, after the local government unit (LGU) announced that armed men, allegedly backed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), had laid “siege” in the town. “The Philippine Army...
The Bangsamoro peace process remains “strong and robust” despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to postpone the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU)...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Ahod Ebrahim broke his silence on Friday, Sept. 27, following the abrupt change of leadership in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in March this year. Ebrahim, more popularly known as Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, said...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman Mohagher Iqbal has urged their followers to ensure the victory of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party in the first parliamentary elections next month to preserve autonomy in the region. Speaking at the recent UBJP campaign rally in...
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. called on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Monday, Sept. 8, to resolve its internal rifts as he underscored that unity within the organization is crucial to sustaining the gains of the...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal defended the suspension of the decommissioning process of their combatants and weapons, saying that the move was to preserve the gains of the peace process. In a statement, Iqbal said that even as the MILF temporarily...
A peace monitor has raised alarm over what it described as a “perilous juncture” in the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In its latest assessment, the Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT), the independent body overseeing...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Implementing Panel Chairman Mohagher Iqbal blamed prevailing woes in the Bangsamoro region to Malacañang following what they perceived as questionable removal of MILF Chairman Murad Ebrahim as interim Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
DAVAO CITY – Peace advocacy groups from Mindanao have urged the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resolve the issues that stalled the decommissioning process of Moro combatants. This recent development could bring uncertainty on the gains of the peace process in the...
