February 17, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, Image Galleries, In the News, Mamasapano, Peace and Conflict
Yet still no peace, no progress for Moros
By Charmaine P. Lirio
IT WAS created to ensure that its peoples would no longer be left behind in development and that they would finally enjoy peace. Yet more than 25 years after its creation, the...
By Charmaine P. Lirio
AS A SUSPENDED Director General of the Philippine National Police, did Alan L. Purisima have any authority or power to advise President Benigno S. Aquino III about the PNP-Special Action Force operation in Mamasapano,...
February 16, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, In the News, Mamasapano, Peace and Conflict
What senators and resource persons said at the hearings
THE SENATE resumes today its investigation into the Mamasapano incident that led to the death of 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force, 18 Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
February 14, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Civil Society, General, Governance, Human Rights, Image Galleries, In the News, Local Government, Maguindanao Massacre, Mamasapano, Peace and Conflict
WE are reblogging this article originally titled "Q and A with MILF Commander Haramen on Mamasapano: Walang eroplano, walang bazooka" published on the MindaNews website on February 13, 2015. It includes a Q and A by MindaNews' Carolyn O. Arguillas...
February 13, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Culture, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Maguindanao Massacre, Mamasapano, Media, Noynoy Watch
By Julius D. Mariveles
WITH seemingly unassailable certitude, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano proclaimed on Thursday what he deems to be the reason why peace has eluded Mindanao for ages.
“Kung hindi kayo gumamit ng dahas, peaceful ngayon ang...
PRESERVE all physical and electronic evidence. Document the stories of witnesses on ground and provide them protection. Appoint an independent panel of experts to conduct a thorough, objective, and "depoliticized" inquiry.
To ferret out the...
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front has published an editorial on its website about the encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Forty-four members of the Special Action Force who were part of an operation to kill or capture Basit Usman and Zulkifli bin Hir...