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...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) is looking at the faster reintegration of former rebels back to mainstream society after the Senate concurred with the proclamations issued by President...
(L-R) MILF and GPH Joint Peace Security Committee (JPSC) co-chairmen Senior Minister Von Al Haq and Maj. Gen. Francisco Ariel Felicidario III (Ret.) give updates on the Bangsamoro peace process during a recent media engagement at the JPSC Operations Center in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del...
(File photo) Former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels and decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will now be able to access vital health services in public hospitals through the newly established partnership between the Office of...
More than 1,600 students get their education at the Ibn Taimiyah Foundation Academy (ITFA) in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Thousands of learners here, including children of former Moro Islamic...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) said on Tuesday, Feb. 20, that it will not condone any anomaly in the implementation of the distribution of cash assistance for former combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). "This government shall...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed concern over the alleged "cut" encountered by decommissioned combatants in their cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), wherein 50 percent of it is reportedly being taken by their commanders. This was raised on...
ILIGAN CITY – A long-standing “rido” within the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has finally come to an end. A PEACE agreement ends a long-drawn family feud in Basilan. (Photo by 101st Infantry Brigade) The clan feud ended with through a formal settlement program and signing of...
(File image) The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) applauded the House of Representatives (HOR) on Friday, Dec. 15, for its concurrence with the amnesty proclamations issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for former members of rebel groups. The HOR has adopted...
Sen. Robinhood is pushing for funding from the government to be allotted for the livelihood of rebel returnees to ensure the gains of the government's peace efforts will not be in vain. Senator Robinhood Padilla suggests the possibility of channeling unused funds in the Bangsamoro...
