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...
Malacañang said it intends to seek deeper talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after it suspended the decommissioning of its remaining combatants and weapons. "Makikipag-usap po ng mas masinsinan, para po mas maging maganda ang resulta (We will engage them in deeper talks to...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) expressed regret after the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) decided to postpone the final phase of the decommissioning of its combatants and firearms. In a statement released Thursday, July 31, OPAPRU Office for...
DAVAO CITY – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has suspended the decommissioning of its remaining fighters until the government could substantially comply with the provisions of the Annex on Normalization. In a resolution released by the MILF Central Committee dated July 19 made public on...
The World Bank will finance a United Nations (UN)-led project in the Philippines aimed at reintegrating former rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Documents showed that the Washington-based multilateral lender’s board is expected to approve on Aug. 29, 2025, the UN...
A total of 2,772 former rebels from different parts of the country have filed amnesty applications with the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) through the local amnesty boards (LABs), government data showed Friday, May 23. The NAC reported that 1,858 former members of the Communist Party of the...
DAVAO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Ahod Balawag Ebrahim has declined his appointment to the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). EBRAHIM “I have decided to respectfully decline said appointment,”...
