MILF conducting orientation, not training in Iligan. MANILA - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) denied on Sunday allegations that they were training new fighters in Iligan City, following reports received by military last week.
The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade said it received complaints that the MILF was recruiting members of the Higaonon and Maranao tribes to join them in a "training camp" in the city. According to Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF vice chairman for political affairs, the group was only conducting orientations to educate stakeholders about the Bangsamoro Basic law (BBL). “We are not training. CAMBODIA PRESS-EU seeks negotiation on timber agreement - Phnom Penh Post. Filipino Muslim Militants Condemn 'Isis' Barbarism and Savagery' Isis is renowned for posting videos of brutal executions on social media(YouTube) The Philippines' largest Muslim group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), has condemned Isis for its brutality in its current insurgence in Iraq and Syria.
Milf, which signed a peace agreement with the Philippine government last March, published an open letter on its official website in which it criticises Isis (also known as the Islamic State, or IS). "The Milf condemns barbarism and savagery whether done by other groups including the Isis or even by its own members" the letter says. Referring to allegations that some 100 members of two other Islamist groups in the Philippines, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM), have joined Isis, Milf said: BREAKTHROUGH: GPH, MILF vow to complete Bangsamoro law in a week. The peace panels of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have agreed on enough provisions of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law to have the confidence in setting an August 18 deadline for the submission of a final draft to President Benigno Aquino III.
In a joint statement issued on Sunday after a 10-day marathon meeting in Davao City, the two sides said they “reached an agreement on substantial portions of the document, and have developed a shared understanding of the remaining challenges and unsettled issues, which they will bring back to their principals for further guidance.” Both sides are confident the draft bill will be completed in a week's time. Southeast Asian jihadist leader and bomb expert is alive, in Philippines. Zulkifli bin Hir, a jihadist commander and bomb expert who has worked with three jihadist groups in Southeast Asia and was reported killed by the Philippine military in 2012, is alive and thought to be operating in the southern Philippines.
The deputy chief of Malaysia's Counter Terrorism Division said that Zulkifli, who is a Malaysian citizen, is alive. "We are aware of reports that said he was killed a few years ago. That is not true. We believe he is hiding in southern Philippines," Datuk Ayob Khan told the Malaysian Chronicle on July 3. Two years ago, the Philippine Air Force asserted that Zulkifli and 14 other jihadists, including Umbra Jumdail, a senior Abu Sayyaf commander, were killed in an airstrike that targeted a camp in the village of Duyan Kabaw in Parang in the southern province of Sulu on Feb. 2, 2012. But the military never recovered Zulkifli's body. Zulkifli bin Hir, a.k.a. Gov’t, MILF agree on power-sharing, go closer to comprehensive peace pact. ByNikko DizonPhillippine Daily Inquirer.
Philippine Military Launches Air Strike Against Alleged Outlaws. Oct. 24, 2011: In this photo released by Malacanang Palace, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses the media during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines.
Aquino announced the Philippine military has launched air strikes against suspected outlaws in a southern town, but the country's largest Muslim rebel group said its followers are being affected by the bombings.AP MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine military launched air strikes Monday against dozens of suspected outlaws who have been surrounded by troops in a southern town, but the president said the country's largest Muslim rebel group was not a target, as he tried to safeguard peace talks. Gov't, MILF postpone talks due to state funeral - Home. Speech delivered at the 29th anniversary of the martyrdom of Sen.
Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino, NAIA 1 Tarmac, Aug. 21, 2012 It has been almost three decades since Senator Benigno Aquino was assassinated on this spot — on this sacred ground — where we commemorate his sacrifice. A new generation of Filipinos has matured since 1983 and another generation is growing up. They have no memory of martial law, no experience of the terror and brutality by their own leaders, and no knowledge of what it is to be oppressed as a people. We are here today to remind them that freedom is a constant struggle that must be waged and won by each generation. Those of us who struggled in the United States and abroad, those of us who carried the grim battle here in our cities and our countrysides know that a revolution is war, that the events preceding the EDSA Revolution were not passive and bloodless.
To do nothing was to invite further bloodshed and violence. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! ‘Wealth-sharing terms between central gov’t and Bangsamoro settled’ Chief government negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/www.opapp.gov.ph and INQUIRER FILE PHOTO. Wealth sharing deal between PH gov’t, future Bangsamoro entity finished. A handout photo taken on July 13, 2013 and released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) shows (Front, L-R) GPH peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, Malaysian facilitator Tengku Dato Ab Ghafar Tengku Mohamed and MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal signing the wealth-sharing annex and joint statement at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
AFP PHOTO / OPAPP. MILF optimistic on final peace deal. Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features. MANILA, Philippines - Malaysia has shown interest in expanding its influence in Mindanao and cashing in on the region by acting as a facilitator in peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), several US embassy cables published online by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks have revealed.
US Ambassador to Malaysia Ambassador Christopher J. LaFleur made one such observation in secret cable 07KUALALUMPUR1234 dated August 2, 2007, wherein he discussed the results of his meeting with then peace talks facilitator Othman Abdul Razak. The cable, which was classified secret, said Othman complained about America's development projects in impoverished communities in Mindanao.
"Othman's expressed unease with our development assistance appears to reflect a degree of Malaysian wariness with increasing US activities and presence in a neighboring Muslim area of Southeast Asia," the cable said. Malaysian facilitator demanded more land. Peace advocates hopeful about Aquino counter-proposal to MILF substate.
MANILA, Philippines—With a week to go before the peace talks resume, negotiators for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are interested to know one thing: Is the Aquino administration willing to compromise over the proposed substate? Peace advocates, on the other hand, are decrying the public quibbling over the proposed Bangsamoro substate as counter-productive at this crucial stage of the peace negotiations. Negotiators from the government and the MILF are returning to the table on Monday next week in Malaysia, with the government panel expected to present its counter-proposal to the creation of a substate. “Is he (President Aquino) willing to cast his political capital for this problem, for this process?’’
MILF senior panel member Michael Mastura said in an interview Thursday. Mastura believed that the government panel, headed by former UP College of Law dean Marvic Leonen, would be ready with its counter-proposal by Monday next week. “The issues are clear. UP Law Prof. Ms. Philippine leader, rebel chief push peace talks. MILF panel sets peace dialogues. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY? Gov't enters agreement with MILF. Moro rebels tone down territorial demands. Leonen optimistic re January 2011 explo talks with MILF; Iqbal says he hopes for the best. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 December 2010) – Government peace panel chair Marvic Leonen remains “optimistic that talks with the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) will resume in January” and hopes the MILF “can share that optimism” even as it posted on its website on December 25 that it has “completely ruled out any peace talks” with the government “until the issue of facilitator is finally settled.”
Leonen in a statement released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) today (December 28), has remained optimistic despite the fact that his December 2 letter inviting MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal for exploratory talks on or before December 14, has yet to reach his counterpart, 26 days later. The letter was handcarried by Leonen to Kuala Lumpur on December 2 and received by Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Richard Riot. Reacting to Leonen’s statement, Iqbal told MindaNews, “For the moment, I just hope for the best.” Good faith. MILF awaits Malaysia decision on facilitator for peace talks.
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines? The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has decided to leave question of whether Datuk Othman bin Abdulrazak should continue to be the chief facilitator of the Mindanao peace process to the Malaysian government, a rebel official said. This developed after the Philippine government announced it has formally relayed to Kuala Lumpur its position that it wanted Abdulrazak replaced. ? Top Muslim rebel leader announces split ahead of peace talks resumption. Government, MILF resume peace talks. Gula 7 Gituyok ni Mike ang shower. Gikab-ot niya ang gibitay nga tualya diha sa bungbong ug una niya nga gitrapohan ang kalawasan sa gwapa nga abogada. Dayon paspas si Mike nga mitrapo sa iyang kalawasan. Daw nagpanilap g’yud si Mike nga nagsud-ong sa hubo na nga lawas sa dalaga. Iyang gihagkan pag-usab si Geraldine sa ngabil dayon giagbayan paingon sa kama. Wala maglangan si Mike. Apan wala tuyoa nga midumbol g’yud sa bilahan ni Geraldine ang kaganina ra nga nagtuskig nga armas ni Mike.
Nakalit-ad ang dalaga sa kagilok. Inanay nga miaginod ang pagpagilok ni Mike ngadto sa tiyan sa gwapang dalaga, ug mius-os pa gayud ngadto sa dapit sa pus-on. “Aghhh, Mike, Mike,” nalitok ni Geraldine ang ngalan sa LTO deputized agent samtang nagsigi siya paghapyod-hapyod sa buhok niini. PNoy calls for support on peace talks this February - Nation - GMA News Online - The go-to site for Filipinos everywhere - Latest Philippine News.
President Benigno Aquino III has called on Filipinos to rally behind the government as peace talks with separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are set to resume on Wednesday, to be followed later this month by separate peace talks with two other rebel groups. Two years after the government’s peace talks with the MILF broke down because of the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), the two parties are set to hold two-day exploratory talks on February 9-10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The MOA-AD, which had been initialed and later declared unconstitutional, would have created a separate Moro government called a Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE). The MILF last year gave up its efforts to create a BJE, and settled for the creation of a substate.
Philippines Muslim rebels in talks in Malaysia. 10 February 2011Last updated at 05:10 By Kate McGeown BBC News, Mindanao Those close to the talks know there is now a vital window of opportunity for a lasting peace deal. Moro Islamic Liberation Front. History[edit]