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1 dead, 4 hurt as MILF members, ex-rebels clash in Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 02:31 PM

One died while 4 were hurt during a clash between a former and an active group of Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Monday, according to the military.  Read more »

Fil-Am in Zamboanga del Norte recounts military rescue operations vs terrorists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 07:04 PM

Rex Triplitt, 62, on Thursday narrated how the 42nd Infantry Battalion rescued him. Read more »

More than 100 MILF-BIAF members lay down firearms

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 01:34 AM

A total of 106 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF-BIAF) laid down 542 firearms as the second phase of the decommissioning process resumed on Tuesday. Read more »

Joint security team of PH and former Muslim insurgents gets 1st of 11 barracks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 05:24 PM

A joint security team of Philippine forces and former Muslim separatists got their first barracks, situated inside what used to be major camp of the insurgency group in the southern province of Maguindanao, the government's peace agency said Sunday. Read more »

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 »

Mga empleyado humingi ng tulong sa pagsalba sa banana plantation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 08:17 PM

Karamihan sa mga apektadong empleyado ay mga miyembro ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 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 »

Moro fighters' transition to civilian life

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 11:41 AM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, Murad Ebrahim, interim chief of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, talks about the rebel group's decommissioning and how they're transitioning to civilian life. 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 »

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 »

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 leader umano timbog sa buy-bust sa Antipolo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 03:29 PM

Naaresto ng pulisya sa buy-bust operation sa Antipolo City noong Martes ang isa umanong pinuno ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 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 »