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In Datu Unsay, teachers turn into grade school students during Ramadhan

DATU UNSAY, Maguindanao— For a month now, teachers of Datu Unsay Elementary School (DUES) in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, have been both teachers and students because they study Arabic after... Read more

Maguindanao government, Philippine Army build Islamic school in former BIFF area

SALIPADA K. PENDATUN, Maguindanao – More than a hundred young children by the roadside amidst rice fields chanted and waved little flags as Army troopers and provincial officials arrived... Read more

‘Part of normalization’: Army brigade leaves Camp Abubakar

BARIRA, Maguindanao – An Army brigade has been pulled out of Camp Abubakar, a former camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in this town. Philippine military officials... Read more

Briefer on Seven Roundtable Discussions in the Senate of the Philippines on Muslim Mindanao Autonomy (June – October 2015)

The Institute for Autonomy and Governance is organizing the discussions in partnership with the Senate Economic Planning Office (SEPO), Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF) and the Senate-Muslim Advocates for... Read more

MILF fighters turn over 75 firearms

President Benigno Aquino III and other officials witnessed the June 16 turnover of the 75 firearms and the decommissioning of 145 MILF members as mandated by the Annex on... Read more

Maguindanao unveils peace monument, courtesy of Korean peace advocates

BULUAN, Maguindanao – While most city and municipal halls or plazas have the statue of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Maguindanao province opted not to put a hero or a... Read more

Reporting the House vote on the BBL: Legitimizing media bias

CMFR MONITORED the reporting on the debates and voting on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) from March 18 to 20. Read more

MILF working towards removal from UN list of groups with child soldiers

COTABATO CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is completing the UN-MILF action plan that will remove the organization from the list of groups that use child soldiers. Read more

Women at the negotiating table: What price peace?

People in the circle of Miriam Coronel-Ferrer couldn’t recall how many times she has changed her mobile phone number since she became a news subject because of her role... Read more

Sidebar | Peace Council presents BBL report

FOLLOWING THE call by President Aquino to respected citizen leaders to convene an independent group that will scrutinize the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the members of the Peace... Read more