MILF infighting threatens peace in South (Sensitive Content Warning)

COTABATO CITY – The brewing violence and infighting among Moro Islamic Liberation Forces (MILF) have further place the leader of the former rebel group Ahod ‘Murad’ Ebrahim in a position where he failed to control his warring top commanders in Maguindanao del Sur, one of the provinces of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) where he sits as Chief Minister.

Bangsamoro people hail approval of electoral code

COTABATO CITY – Muslims and Christians, including the Indigenous tribes in the autonomous region in Mindanao, lauded the Bangsamoro Parliament for unanimously approving the BTA Bill No. 29 or the Bangsamoro Electoral Code which will ensure that regional elections are honest, credible, just and free.

MILF, dapat disarmahan!

‘Mga gobernador ng BARMM nagsumbong kay Pangulong Marcos’

COTABATO CITY – Hinihiling sa Malakanyang ng mga gobernador ng Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao na madaliin ang pagdi-disarma o decommissioning process sa mga armadong miyembro ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at ang pagpapaliban ng barangay polls sa Oktubre dahil sa problema ng peace and order sa ilang lalawigan ng BARMM.

MILF holds dozens of elite soldiers hostage in the Philippines

COTABATO CITY - The former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held hostage 39 elite army soldiers in Lanao del Sur province in southern Philippines and released them a day later after security officials negotiated for their freedom.

Army, MILF agree to end fighting in Basilan

ISABELA CITY – Guns fell silent in the southern Muslim province of Basilan following deadly clashes between government soldiers and former rebels, but tension remains high as both sides agreed to a ceasefire.

An Interview With The ‘Best in the South’ by Al Jacinto

AS A senior correspondent for The Manila Times, the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines, I was tasked to write a Q & A for our 124^th Anniversary Edition. I was to choose from who among the mayors and governors in Mindanao, sadly, the mayor of Zamboanga City, John Dalipe; and the governor of the Bangsamoro autonomous region did not respond to my request for a Q & A. But I managed to get hold of the “Best in the South” and he is none other than the Honorable Governor Abdusakur Tan of Sulu province.

Murad, Nur agree to unite for peace, development in South

DAVAO CITY - The Philippines’ former Muslim separatist leaders have agreed to unite for peace in one of Southeast Asia’s most conflict-torn regions, in a “historic” meeting that took place 46 years after the movement split.

BARMM commits to pass electoral, local governance codes

 COTABATO CITY — BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim has committed to delivering the Bangsamoro electoral code and the local governance code by the end of the year or first quarter of 2023.

Muslim leaders support BBM-Sara tandem

INFLUENTIAL SULU Governor Sakur Tan has led Muslim political leaders in Mindanao in supporting the tandem of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.

MNLF denies Nur endorsed Pacquiao

MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari. (MNLF Facebook page)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Moro National Liberation Front, whose chieftain Nur Misuari signed a peace deal with the government in September 1996, has denied endorsing presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquaio.

MILF expands territories

COTABATO CITY - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which signed a peace deal with the government in March 2014, continues to expand its territories in the South, sparking occasional clashes with patrolling government forces in the restive region.

MILF forces attack army patrol in South

COTABATO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces attacked a group of patrolling soldiers and sparked a gun fight in Maguindanao province, a stronghold of the former rebel group which signed a peace deal with Manila in March 2014.

12 BIFF militants yield in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY – Twelve members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered Wednesday to the police and military authorities in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said.

Blast rips through bus in South

COTABATO CITY – An explosion ripped through a provincial bus while parked at a terminal in Cotabato City in southern Philippines.

Troops recover drugs, more weapons, bombs from terrorist camp

COTABATO CITY – Government troops who clashed with pro-ISIS militants have recovered not only a cache of weapons, but seized at least five kilos of crystal meth from the hideout of the Dawlah Islamiya fighters in Maguing town in the Muslim province of Lanao del Sur, officials announced on Thursday.

Troops clash with terrorists, MILF says it was 'em

COTABATO CITY – As military forces continue its offensive against the pro-ISIS group Dawlah Islamiya and Maute Group in the town of Maguind in Lanao del Sur province, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front said the fighting was between government troops and its forces.

Heroism of ‘SAF 44’ remembered, justice still elusive 7 years later

POLICE ON Tuesday remembered the 7^th anniversary of the so-called Mamasapano massacre where 44 members of the elite Special Action Force were brutally killed by Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Maguindanao province.

BIFF leader killed in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY – Government troops killed a senior militant commander whose group is fighting for a separate Muslim state in the southern Philippines, officials said Monday.

Congress to decide on BARMM’s fate

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte said it is now up to Congress whether to postpone or not the BARMM’s first regular elections which will be held simultaneously with the national and local polls next year.

Covid-19 not a reason to postpone BARMM polls

SENATOR PANFILO Lacson warned of the danger of citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a major reason in the need to postpone the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), CNN Philippines reported.