Priest out as chief peace negotiator

Jeoffrey Maitem Mindanao Bureau
June 21, 2007 Updated 01:16:13 (Mla time)
MANILA, Philippines – President Macapagal-Arroyo’s peace adviser said the Catholic priest who, he claimed, had been appointed chief peace negotiator with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front had backed out from the post. 
Jesus Dureza, who earlier reported that Fr. Eliseo Mercado, OMI, had been appointed to [...]

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MILF: ‘Italian priest’s abductors Abu Sayyaf’

By Julie Alipala, Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau Last updated 07:09pm (Mla time) 06/11/2007 
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf bandits, a ranking official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said. 
Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator for the MILF, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net, that Abdusalam Akiddin alias Commander [...]

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MILF blamed for North Cotabato blast

By Jeoffrey Maitem
Inquirer, Last updated 12:09pm (Mla time) 10/11/2006
MAKILALA, North Cotabato — Governor Emmanuel Piñol blamed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for Tuesday night’s bombing that killed six people — not 12 as government officials had reported. Piñol said the bomb used in the attack bore signs that the explosive was the handiwork of the [...]

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