Racing against time, the Senate committee on local government has scheduled a final public hearing on Thursday on the Malacañang-backed proposal to postpone the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections.
Read Full StoryA proposal by Moro guerrillas to form a sub-state to end decades of a separatist rebellion in Mindanao is sending jitters to non-Moro leaders who see it as a duplicate of a previous proposal that was junked by the Supreme Court for being unconstitutional.
Read Full StoryThe proposal of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the creation of a Bangsamoro "sub-state" is viewed by non-Moros as detrimental to their interests.
Read Full StoryNegotiators from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government are confident that the breakaway of Ameril Ombra Kato and his followers from the MILF will not derail talks to resolve the armed conflict in Mindanao.
Read Full StoryThe Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Monday there was nothing to be worried about its renegade commander Ameril Ombra Kato because the peace process “has sufficient mechanisms to rein” him in.
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