As the new year began, the leaders of both chambers of Congress have been talking of prioritizing the shift to a federal system of government by convening the Senate and the House of Representatives into a constituent assembly in January to revise the 1987...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star It almost looks certain: the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, now being deliberated in both chambers of the 16th Congress, can become another “failed experiment” – which is how President Aquino depicts the...
“The treatment of the BBL is one such example that shows there are no serious efforts to achieve peace in the country today.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The headlines of major dailies trumpeted the symbolic decommissioning of 145 fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the turning over of 75 high-powered firearms. It is supposed to be a positive step toward peace....
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Malacañang’s damage-control measures for the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) after the Mamasapano fiasco is going full throttle. No less than President Benigno S. C. Aquino has applied carrot-and-stick pressure...
“We regard the approved BBL as a Malacañang and Liberal Party BBL.” – Suara Bangsamoro
“Those who would reject it will continue the struggle. The tragedy here is we are repeating history.”
“We are for peace and we do hope that they are with us in achieving this dream for our people.”
The widows said that losing their husbands and the fathers of their children “weighed more than the thousands of bullets and armaments used in this continuing operations.”
“The basic question is: will the BBL address the basic problems of right to self-determination, poverty and ancestral domain?”
“The MILF is bound by processes and documents, if we are to be held accountable, we would do that, instead of covering up, or absolving them.”
“Four of the five elements of the MILF-Bangsamoro Islamic Auxiliary Force (BIAF) 105th Base Command who were sleeping at the mosque inside their base in Tukanalipao village on January 25, around 2 p.m., were killed by an element of the PNP-SAF who survived the armed encounter at the wooden bridge in Tukanalipao."
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If truth is the first casualty of the Mamasapano incident, the peace agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government is fast emerging as the second. Thanks to the likes of JV...
The hunt for terror suspects, which resulted in the deadly clashes in Maguindanao, was suspiciously timed with the congressional deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is leaving for several European countries this Sunday, Sept. 14, during which he’s expected to enhance those countries’ support for the Philippine position in its dispute with...
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