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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Getty Images: MILF Separatists Continue Their Fight For An Independent Islamic StateImages

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‘Amnesty centers’ for communist rebels set up in Mindanao

 
By Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 04:32pm (Mla time) 10/13/2007
 
COTABATO CITY — The government is setting up amnesty centers in rebel-infested areas in Central Mindanao as part of the Arroyo administration’s peace and reconciliation efforts, a regional police official said on Saturday.
Chief Superintendent Felizardo Serapio, Central Mindanao police director, said that the establishment of amnesty centers [...]

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Mindanao leaders speak out after Abalos resignation

 
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 03:33pm (Mla time) 10/01/2007
 
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines – A leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said Allah’s wrath has hit Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos who has resigned amid allegations of bribery over the National Broadband Network project of the government.
Hatimil Hassan, interim vice-chairman of the MNLF, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer [...]

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MILF: Plunder verdict on Estrada ‘fair’

 
By Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 12:42pm (Mla time) 09/12/2007
 
SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — A spokesperson for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said on Wednesday they were happy with the guilty verdict handed down on deposed President Joseph Estrada for plunder.
“I think it’s a fair decision. We cannot question the authority of the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court,” [...]

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Comelec told to go after Bedol’s co-accused, too

 
By Jeoffrey Maitem
Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 02:55pm (Mla time) 08/09/2007
 
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines — South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes has questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for singling out Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol.
Fuentes said the Comelec should also include in the criminal and administrative case election supervisor, Lilian Radam, who was accused of having a hand in [...]

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Protest stopped at security summit in Mindanao

 

Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 05:50pm (Mla time) 07/10/2007
 
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Heavy security in and around the Pryce Plaza Hotel, where the Mindanao Peace and Security Summit was being held, stopped militants from staging a protest there against the implementation of the anti-terror law.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived here on Tuesday and addressed the participants of [...]

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Japanese foreign affairs exec meets MILF leaders

August 31, 2006
Updated 18:25:59 (Mla time)
Jeoffrey Maitem
Inquirer
COTABATO CITY — Japan’s minister of foreign affairs for Southeast Asia on Wednesday met with top leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in their camp in Maguindanao to personally relay his country’s decision to send a development expert to become part of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) [...]

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‘Stop Abalos’ Maguindanao trip,’ Koko Pimentel asks SC

Posted June 19, 2007 17:16:00(Mla Time)
Inquirer
Jeoffrey Maitem Ryan Rosauro
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Genuine Opposition (GO) senatorial candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday said he has asked the Supreme Court to prohibit Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos and other poll officials from going to Maguindanao on Wednesday.
Pimentel told Radio dxND in Kidapawan City [...]

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