IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews/14 September)—About 300 evacuees from Zamboanga City displaced by the ongoing standoff between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members loyal to Nur Misuari, the group’s founding chair, arrived here at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
A Philippine Air Force MG-520 helicopter flies past an evacuation camp along R. T. Lim Boulevard in Zamboanga City on Saturday, Sept. 14. At least 62,000 residents were forced to evacuate to escape the fighting between government troops and Moro
Evacuees line up for their rations at the field of Juan F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City on Saturday, Sept. 14. At least 62,000 residents were forced to evacuate to escape the fighting between government troops and Moro
For decades, the string of communities at the center of conflagrations in Zamboanga had served as sanctuaries for families displaced by long-standing wars off the shores of the city. Now, the war and the armed men from which they fled
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/14 September)—With at least 60,000 displaced individuals as the standoff in Zamboanga City entered Day Six Saturday, President Benigno Aquino III told the evacuees that the situation “is getting closer to resolution.” “Things are changing. From time to
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 September)–What more do we Filipinos need in order to learn, be chastened by, and do something about the way traditional politics and bad politicians lead our society down the path of perdition? The culture of
IMPASUG-ONG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/14 September)– Large-scale chromite mining activities allegedly operating illegally have invaded a proposed “minahang bayan” (people’s mining area) straddling two villages here, the newly-formed caused-oriented group Barog Bukidnon said. Last month, proponents for the declaration of the 2,000-hectare
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/14 September)– The tripartite review meeting for the 1996 final peace agreement (FPA) between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on Monday (Sept. 16) has been cancelled after Nur Misuari, the group’s founding chair, requested
Wounded Red Cross personnel treat their wounded companions after an M203 grenade landed in front of them in Evangelista Street in Barangay Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo | Read story
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 14 Sept) – Ceasefire! Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chair Nur Misuari have agreed on a ceasefire effective 12 a.m. Saturday, Vice President Jejomar Binay told GMA 7’s “Saksi” and
