Getty Images- T’nalak Festival celebrated in the Philippines

KORONADAL, PHILIPPINES – JULY 18: Filipino natives wait for their turn to perform at the 2009 T�nalak Festival, showcasing South Cotabato Province tribal cultures on July 18, 2009 in the southern city of Koronadal, Philippines. T�nalak is an indigenous term for colorful cloth woven by women of the T�boli tribe that has brought recognition to [...]

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Libya offers to host talks with MILF

 
Inquirer
Last updated 01:05am (Mla time) 10/25/2007
 
COTABATO CITY—Libya has offered to host peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi was influential in the decision of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to sign a peace agreement with the government in 1996.
Ambassador’s message
Eid Kabalu, MILF civil-military relations [...]

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Gov’t, MILF panels break talks deadlock

By Jeoffrey Maitem, Edwin Fernandez
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 10:56pm (Mla time) 10/25/2007
 
COTABATO CITY—Government and Moro rebel negotiators managed to break the impasse in the peace negotiations following two days of informal talks in Kuala Lumpur, government and rebel sources said yesterday.
Eid Kabalu, civil-military affairs chief of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said the panels had [...]

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Solar energy lights up remote Mindanao villages

 
By Edwin Fernandez, Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 11:30pm (Mla time) 10/09/2007
 
BULDON, SHARIFF KABUNSUAN–Nine-year-old Jamael Akmad’s life always began at 6 a.m. and ended at 6 p.m.
During the day, she spends most of her time in school. At home at night, she sleeps early and waits for the next sunrise.
“But now, life has changed,” she said.
Jamael’s [...]

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Solar energy lights up remote Mindanao villages

 
By Edwin Fernandez, Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 11:30pm (Mla time) 10/09/2007
 
BULDON, SHARIFF KABUNSUAN–Nine-year-old Jamael Akmad’s life always began at 6 a.m. and ended at 6 p.m.
During the day, she spends most of her time in school. At home at night, she sleeps early and waits for the next sunrise.
“But now, life has changed,” she said.
Jamael’s [...]

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