Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:31:37 +0000
AN explosion occurred in Cotabato City late Sunday, a military official said, a day before the conduct of a plebiscite to determine the fate of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL)….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:23:48 +0000
Breakaway members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) slammed on Sunday the holding of a plebiscite on Monday to ratify a law that would put former colleagues at the helm of the autonomous region Bangsamoro, saying they would continue the fight for Islamic State in Mindanao.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:02:20 +0000
Vice President Leni Robredo said she believes the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is a “first step” towards promoting peace in the region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 07:34:06 +0000
Remnants of the terror group Ansar Khalifa Philippines (AKP) and other groups may disrupt the “peaceful” holding of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite, Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 07:26:51 +0000
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Government security forces on Friday have arrested a suspect in the New Year’s Eve bombing outside a Cotabato City mall that left two people dead and more than 30 others wounded.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 06:52:32 +0000
Kidapawan Diocese Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo led hundreds of church workers, members of the academe and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) and private individuals in a three-kilometer walk, calling for lasting peace in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:19:57 +0000
Once the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is ratified, President Duterte said he would like to talk to his “beloved friend,” Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chair Nur Misuari, in hopes of arriving at another peace deal that would benefit Muslims in Mindanao.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:18:02 +0000
Without special treatment, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim will cast his vote in Simuay town in Sultan Kudarat—near the MILF’s seat Camp Darapanan— for the upcoming plebiscite on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:31:38 +0000
While President Rodrigo Duterte was rallying the Bangsamoro to vote for the ratification of Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), about 3,000 members of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF-Misuari faction) gathered at the Cotabato City Hall here, opposing what Duterte was campaigning for.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:52:24 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday threw his final pitch prior to the plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a measure which seeks to bring peace in Mindanao.
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