(Message of Robert Maulana Marohombsar Alonto during the launch of Datu Michael Ong Mastura’s book, The Rulers of Magindanao in Modern History 1515-1903: Continuity and Change in a Traditional Realm in the Southern Philippines, at the Grand Pagana Hall in Cotabato City
I missed Cotabato City where we partly spent many years of our youth. We missed the circle of friends as well as the familiar faces whom we shared common experiences and aspirations with, and dreamt of ‘impossible dream’, of ‘reaching
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 09 April) — Was the ‘Bagong Lipunan’ anthem of the Marcos d ictatorship played in the rally for Marcos Junior in Marawi City? In 1974, two Philippine naval ships bombarded the Muslim Moro community
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 03 December) — The issue of extending the transition period for another three years is now the subject of heated debates as the year comes to an end. The question is: do we really
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNew / 20 February) — Federalism is not the panacea for all the ills of the Philippine State. To think so would be a fallacy. But neither has the existing unitary state system addressed the historical,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 10 January) — President Digong Duterte early on last year publicly expressed his desire to form a 25-man Commission to review the 1987 constitution, prepare a draft of a new federal constitution that Congress,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 05 December) — As reported recently in the media, the three House of Representatives (HOR) Committees charged with the four House bills proposing a Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) have created a Sub-Committee to prepare
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Nov) — After all that’s said and done, I agree with my young cousin-in-law and brother, Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo, who contends that it will be Marawi, at the end of the day, that
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 16 October) — In response to a dear friend’s query – So how do we feel about the reported deaths of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute? Let’s put it this way: In 2003 when
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — [Note: Upon his assumption to the caliphate after the demise of the Holy Prophet of Islam (saw), Hazrat Abubakr as-Siddiq (ra) told the Muslim throng in Madina that attended his investiture:
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 28 November) — The peace process has established mechanisms. If there are problems that involve people on both sides, GPH (Philippine Government) and MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front), these problems have to be resolved through these
(Privilege Speech delivered by Commissioner Robert M. Alonto during the Plenary Session of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission on February 16, 2016 at the Plenary Hall, BTC Office in Cotabato City) Bismillah ar Rahman ar Rahiim Assalamo ‘alaykom wa Rahmatullahi wa
(Opening statement of Robert M. Alonto, Commissioner of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission and senior member of the MILF peace panel at the Media Roundtable at the Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City on 21 February 2015). The Bangsamoro Basic Law
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 07 July) — “Give peace a chance.” This is the oft repeated statement that we hear from all quarters. It almost sounds as if we were the cause of “unpeace” in our land. It almost sounds
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 07 July) — “Give peace a chance.” This is the oft repeated statement that we hear from all quarters. It almost sounds as if we were the cause of “unpeace” in our land. It almost sounds
