Gov. Teng Wants Immediate Resumption of Peace Talks
July 19, 2008 by MindanaoBob
Filed under Feature, News
ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT ( July 16, 2008)- Governor Teng Mangudadatu of Sultan Kudarat urged the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to hasten the resumption of the peace talks.
“We need to immediately resume the peace talks in light of the recent events in our region,” said Gov. Teng last Monday, July 14 in Kidapawan City during the special meeting of the Regional Peace and Order Council XII (RPOC XII) which he chairs. Read more
Peace in Mindanao
July 18, 2008 by MindanaoBob
Filed under Feature
MALAPATAN, Sarangani (July 16, 2008) – Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari (right) talks with Sarangani Governor Migs Dominguez and Malapatan Mayor Aida Singcoy (left) in a meeting at the mayor’s office Wednesday, July 16, before attending a Symposium-cum-Dialogue on Peace, Unity and Development in Mindanao
(Photo by Cocoy Sexcion/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
Peace Panels have reached agreement on Ancestral Domain Issue
November 26, 2007 by MindanaoBob
Filed under Feature
According to Negotiating panels on both sides of the issue, the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiating teams have reached agreement on the thorny issue of Ancestral Domain. What is Ancestral Domain? Basically it is the issue of what land areas in Mindanao
The region that will come under MILF control is being labeled as the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE). What areas will be under the BJE? So far, that is not public information. I suppose that perhaps it could even include the ARMM, although I wonder how the MNLF and the Organization of Islamic Council would feel about that, since the ARMM is already an Autonomous area. According to reports, the new BJE will be a larger area than the ARMM was! I also wonder if there will be a plebiscite in the proposed BJE area to determine if the people in this area wish to be part of a Bangsamoro administrated area. It would be my guess that most Filipinos outside of the current ARMM would vote against any such proposed administration. Read more
MNLF running short on funds?
November 9, 2007 by MindanaoBob
Filed under Feature
Tripartite talks between the MNLF, the Philippine Government and the Organization of the Islamic Conference are scheduled to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia starting tomorrow, November 10. The purpose of the talks is to review the implementation of the Peace Treaty between the Philippine Government and the MNLF, which was signed in 1996. However, due to a lack of available funds, the MNLF is having to back our of the talks.
According to MNLF spokesman Absalom Cerveza, the funds are not available, and the MNLF has no source for the funds. Cerveza went on to explain that while the OIC offered to pay the airfare of the MNLF members, hotel accommodations would not be covered, resulting in the withdrawal of the MNLF from the conference.
Doesn’t it seem that the Government of the Philippines could foot the hotel bill?
GRP-MILF International Monitoring Team
October 4, 2007 by MindanaoBob
Filed under Events, Feature
ALABEL, Sarangani (October 3, 2007) – Governor Migs Dominguez (middle) speaks to Major General Datuk Mat Yasin Bin Mat Daud of Malaysia, head of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in the peace process between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Members of the IMT, the MILF’s Coordinating Committee for the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) represented by Von Al Haq (left) and GRP-CCCH chairman BGen. Edgardo Gurrea (2nd from left) paid a courtesy call Wednesday, October 3, at the governor’s office. Yasin’s team is the 4th mission in the South-Central Mindanao
