Bid to arrest MILF ‘rejects’ leads to clash, escape of suspects

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 09:35:23 +0000

Bid to arrest MILF ‘rejects’ leads to clash, escape of suspects

ILIGAN CITY—A group of soldiers and policemen clashed with at least 12 armed men at the outskirts of Sapad town of Lanao del Norte when the lawmen tried to arrest the leader of an alleged crime group composed of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rejects. Lt. Col. Rolando Orenga, head of the 5th Mehanized Infantry Battalion, […]

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Muslim convert Robin Padilla pleads to fellow Muslims: Don’t fight gov’t

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:41:17 +0000

DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao—Muslim convert Robin Padilla, known also as Abdul Aziz, is trying to bring star power to the government’s campaign to suppress violent extremism, asking his fellow Muslims in Maguindanao to shun violent ideologies or teachings. Padilla, who rose to fame portraying Robin Hood-type criminals, on Wednesday (Aug. 7) joined officials and non-government organizations […]

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Former guerrillas undergo basic military training

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:04:41 +0000

From warriors to peacekeepers.This was the journey that 225 former combatants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) began on Aug. 1 at the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade camp here.

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Gov’t fast-tracking normalization program for MILF — Nograles

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:39:02 +0000

The government is fast-tracking the implementation of the normalization program for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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3 dead in Maguindanao plantation skirmish

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 22:25:43 +0000

ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT – The clashes between Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters and security volunteers of Delinanas banana plantation that broke out on Sunday and continued until Monday in Datu Abdullah Sangki (DAS), Maguindanao have left three people dead and another wounded, police said.

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Normal ties with MILF seen

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:32:25 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a directive for the decommissioning of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) forces and the possible amnesty or pardon for those involved in the armed conflict between government soldiers and Muslim rebels.

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12,000 Moro rebels demobilized this year

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:28:43 +0000

COTABATO CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would demobilize some 12,000 of its combatants this year, according to Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr.

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MILF slams police over Lanao Sur clash

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:17:38 +0000

MILF slams police over Lanao Sur clash

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Friday filed a protest against the police for allegedly violating a ceasefire agreement in the deadly clash in Madamba, Lanao del Sur province, that left four Moro fighters dead.

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Thousands of MILF supporters to attend Bangsamoro gov’t inauguration, President Duterte to grace event

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:17:35 +0000

Thousands of MILF supporters to attend Bangsamoro gov’t inauguration, President Duterte to grace event

Thousands of supporters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are expected to gather here to inaugurate the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim government of the Bangsamoro autonomous region, on Friday, March 29 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex here.

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