ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in an encounter with suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town, Basilan province on Wednesday, Jan. 22. MEDICAL staff in a Basilan hospital attend to soldiers wounded in an...
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front member was killed and four others, including two MILF commanders, were wounded in an ambush in Cotabato City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Ahma Utto, 25, a resident of Barangay Barurao, Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur....
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Implementing Panel has designated seasoned peace advocate Datuan Magon Jr. as its new spokesperson. MAGON In a statement, the MILF said that Magon has over two decades of experience in peace advocacy work and expected to bring wealth of...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is pushing for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao next year amid proposals to defer the historic elections to 2026. In a resolution signed by MILF Central Committee Secretary...
Gunmen shot and killed a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Cotabato City on Sunday, October 13. Police identified the victim as Norodin Mama. Investigation said Mama, of Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Sur, was driving a multi-cab going to Sultan Kudarat,...
DAVAO CITY – The former chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has vowed to bridge the gap as a result of the exclusion of Sulu province from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). IQBAL (BARMM photo) On September 9, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld...
(Courtesy of OPAPRU) Peace continues to dawn upon Mindanao as 21 high-ranking commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) applied for government amnesty and agreed to be reintegrated back to mainstream society, according to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation...
As the country prepares to commemorate the Peace Month in September, the government said on Saturday, Aug. 31, that it expects more members of rebel groups to apply for amnesty. OPAPRU Directors Dennis Legaspi and Wally Tee speak during the Saturday News Forum held in Quezon City on Aug. 31, 2024....
Former rebels, law enforcers, and local government officials attend a summit for rebel-returnees in Davao City on July 11, 2024. (Photo: National Amnesty Commission) By MARTIN SADONGDONG More than 500 amnesty applications for members of rebel and insurgent groups have been received by the National...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 12 (Soccsksargen) is conducting validation and profiling of qualified former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants for the Shelter Assistance Program of the National Housing Authority (NHA). DSWD This initiative,...
President Marcos said the newly graduated police officers of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) can expect his relentless support as long they stay true to their duties of serving the people and maintaining peace and order in the region. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday, March 27, that the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the final peace agreement between the Philippine government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation...
