It is not true that 40,000 combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will be decommissioned in the fourth and final phase, contrary to a statement by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Governors’ Caucus (BGC). The
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) did not issue a statement that community trust in the decommissioning process for combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been eroded because it has not
A number of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters from Lanao del Norte have been decommissioned, contrary to a claim by Rep. Khalid Q. Dimaporo of the province’s 1st District. Dimaporo made the claim after Secretary Rex Gatchalian of the
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 04 July) – The BARMM Governors’ Caucus (BGC) on Tuesday sought anew the complete decommissioning of the 40,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), “for peace and prosperity to reign in the Bangsamoro region.” The BGC is
(Opening statement of Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez Jr. at the press briefing and forum on the second phase of the decommissioning process, held at the Sharif Kabunsuan Cultural Complex at the BARMM regional compound in Cotabato City on
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) – Seven months after the organic law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was ratified in a plebiscite, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will turn over at least 920 high-powered
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) – The decommissioning of 12,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) armed wing will be from September 2019 to March 2020, with around 1,100 combatants and 900 weapons decommissioned on September 7
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/25 April) – The names of the 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters who will be decommissioned this year have been submitted to the foreign-led Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB), Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 July) — It will be difficult to convince the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to decommission their weapons if government fails to disband first the private armies in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), an official
