MANILA (Updated) — President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday that no gas or oil exploration will be allowed in southern regions that Moro rebels want to administer until the government and the rebels forge a wealth-sharing arrangement under a peace accord. The government and the country’s largest Moro rebel group signed a preliminary peace agreement [...]

MALACANANG reiterated Friday that the creation of the Bangsamoro, the entity that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, would not require amendments to the 1987 Constitution. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Bangsamoro Framework Agreement was signed within the flexibility of the Constitution.Read more

MANILA (2nd Update. 2:37 p.m.) — President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday that the government has reached a “framework agreement” with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that would pave the way for lasting peace in Mindanao. Aquino described the deal in a nationally televised announcement as a road map for establishing a new autonomous [...]

THE Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) slammed Wednesday the recent attacks of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFF-BIFM) in several military installations in Maguindanao and North Cotabato. The BIFM is a group formed by breakaway MILF commander Ustadz Ameril Umbra Kato and is considered a [...]