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P100-M pondo para sa mga MILF rebel returnees, ipinagkaloob na ng pamahalaan

Dexter Ganibe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 01:10 AM

Ipagkakaloob na ng pamahalaan ang kabuuang P100 milyong pondo bilang ayuda sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel returnees.   Read more »

7 MILF members killed by IS-linked gunmen

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 05 04:15 PM

MANILA - Seven former Muslim rebels have been killed in the southern Philippines, military and police authorities said Saturday, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.   Read more »

In historic meeting, MILF, MNLF leaders embrace, spark hopes of reconciliation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 12:47 AM

MNLF founding chair Nur Misuari and MILF chair and BARMM interim chair Murad Ebrahim shook hands and embraced on Monday.  Read more »

Banana workers, including ex-rebels, appeal for help amid Maguindanao plant closure

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 06:53 PM

TALAYAN, Maguindanao - Over a thousand employees of a banana plantation, including more than 600 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have appealed for government's help as their company submitted a notice of cessation of business operations here.  Read more »

AFP says it lost weapons, ammunition following MILF chair's loose firearms claim

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 02:20 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) admitted Wednesday it had lost weapons and ammunition during firefights, following claims made by the interim chief minister of the Bangsamoro region that the military itself was the "main source" of loose firearms in Mindanao.  Read more »

Military is 'main source' of loose firearms in Mindanao: MILF chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 09:07 AM

The "main source" of loose firearms in Mindanao is the Philippine military itself, the interim chief minister of Bangsamoro region said Wednesday. Read more »

Sara Duterte denies having role in Bangsamoro appointments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:33 PM

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Sunday denied that she could influence the appointment of officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Read more »

Duterte to MILF: Let us set aside our differences

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:32 PM

Duterte on Saturday told the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to "set aside differences and avoid further conflict" with the government. Read more »

MILF rebels hand in guns in Muslim peace deal

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 09:25 PM

The handing over of guns to independent foreign monitors is part of a treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead. Read more »

MILF chair: Decommissioning fighters, guns not equal to surrender

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 04:54 AM

COTABATO CITY—Hundreds of Moro fighters and their weapons are set to be decommissioned Saturday, in line with the rebel group's peace deal with the government that granted them greater autonomy in the restive south. Read more »

Challenges to Moro rebels' decommissioning

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:20 AM

The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is expected to begin the decommissioning of some 12,000 fighters on September 7. It's part of the crucial normalization process under the peace agreement between the rebel group and the government. But in this edition of #MattersofFact, a senior adviser for the peace advocacy group International Alert says the decommissioning of weapons may not necessarily translate to a better situation in Mindanao. Read more »

MILF decommissioning set, but problems seen

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 09:38 AM

Thousands of weapons used in the decades-long Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines will be decommissioned beginning Saturday, a crucial commitment by former rebels under a peace deal that gave them a new autonomous region in Mindanao. Read more »

Making Mindanao a federal state possible with Duterte's popularity: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 09:40 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte can turn Mindanao into a federal state within his term, a Mindanao-based scholar and longtime peace advocate said Wednesday. Read more »

2 miyembro ng MILF patay sa pamamaril sa Maguindanao

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 09:23 PM

SHARIFF SAYDONA MUSTAPHA, Maguindanao- Patay ang dalawang lalaki matapos na pasukin ng mga armadong lalaki ang Barangay Bakat, Shariff Saydona Mustapha sa Maguindanao Lunes ng gabi. Read more »

Some 1,000 MILF fighters to surrender arms before Duterte

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 04:47 PM

Some 1,000 Muslim rebels will lay down their arms before President Rodrigo Duterte on Sept. 7, his peace adviser said Tuesday. Read more »

Palace peace adviser says setting up of BARMM still on track

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 11:22 PM

The Philippine government expressed confidence the setting up of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is still on track. Read more »

Mga ex Bangsamoro forces, nagsasanay na para sa joint gov’t security team

Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 10:41 PM

Ang basic military training ay katumbas ng pagsasanay na ginagawa ng mga army reservist, pero tatagal ang pagsasanay sa loob ng 45 araw. Read more »

MILF 'consistent' in supporting federalism, says Murad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 08:59 AM

The chairman of the MILF, Murad Ebrahim, is also interim chief of the Bangsamoro, the expanded autonomous region that was established under a 2014 peace deal between Manila and the MILF. Read more »

12,000 MILF fighters give up arms under Bangsamoro 'normalization': Nograles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 05:31 PM

MANILA - A total of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members have laid down their arms for reintegration into civilian communities, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.   Read more »

Military, MILF conduct peace mission in former Maute lair

Cris Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 10:40 AM

PAGAYAWAN, Lanao Del Sur -- The military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Saturday distributed aid in a far-flung village in this southern town, in the hope of curbing the influence of the Islamic State-inspired Maute group here.    Read more »