(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...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. called for a renewed dialogue between the government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) amid concerns about the status of the Bangsamoro peace process. In a statement Tuesday, Aug. 19, Galvez said the government...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has barred Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) commanders and other officials from participating “in any decommissioning or normalization activities” organized by the national government and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on...
COTABATO CITY – Three Moro fighters were killed and three others were wounded after warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) factions clashed in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, police said Monday. The encounter on Sunday morning involved the groups of commanders Malibuteng and...
