Moro delegates were elected to constitute the Constitutional Convention namely Arolas Tulawi from Sulu, Menandang...
The Quirino-Recto Colonization Act or Act No. 4197 was enacted which aimed at sending settlers...
Hadji Abdulhamid Bongabong, chief religious leader of Unayan, and 189 Meranaos sent a letter of...
Hadji Abdulhamid Bongabong launched his campaign against the Commonwealth government that would continue up to...
Sultan Jamal ul-Kiram II dies leaving no descendant which led to a succession dispute between...
Imam Saccam expressed their defiance of the granting of Philippine Independence at Kulay-Kulay, Sulu that...
The National Assembly enacted Commonwealth Act No. 75 which abolished the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes...
Commonwealth Act #441, An Act Creating the National Land Settlement Administration (NLSA) was approved by...
Japanese forces marched into Dansalan...
The Japanese commander of the Dansalan garrison sent a punitive expedition to Watu, a small...
The Battle of Tamparan where the Maranaos dealt the Japanese a stunning loss when, in...
The Meranao Militia Force saved Wendell Fertig when he was cut off and surrounded by...
The joint Japanese-Bureau of Constabulary Patrol led by Capt. Sebastian Javelosa attacked a guerrilla base...
The Meranao Militia Force captured the Japanese garrison at Malabang and occupied the strategic coastal...
The Rice and Corn Production Administration (RCPA) was organized and was meant to increase rice...
The Economic Development Corps (EDCOR) was formally established under the direct supervision of the...
Issuance of Executive Order No. 355 which provided for the creation of the Land Settlement...
The first EDCOR project at Kapatagan in Lanao was established....
The Moro leader, Hadji Kamlon, formally surrendered to Justice Secretary Oscar Castelo who had been...
Issuance of Administrative Order No. 208 Removing Sultan Bato Ali as Mayor of Dansalan City....
Issuance of Proclamation No. 376 Reserving for the Use of the Economic Development Corps (EDCOR)...
R.A. 1160 created the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) which administered a total...
The government authorized 227 Moro families to occupy and settle lands at Genio EDCOR project...
The land conflict in Kauran, Datu Piang was settled through a division of farm lots...
Integration Commissioner Madki Alonto was directed by the President of the Philippines to organize the...
The Moslem Pilgrimage Association of the Philippines pledged their support of President Garcia’s candidacy.
Sheik Abdul...
Madki Alonto took his oath of office as acting chairman of the Commission on National...
Issuance of Republic Act 1387 which provided for the establishment of the Mindanao State University...
It was a forced marriage, Sophia recalled in an interview in June 1998. She was...
On December 30, 1967, anywhere from 135 (Aquino's count) to 180 (Oropesa's count), recruits boarded...
The so-called Jabiddah “Massacre” happened which resulted to the death of at least 23 trainees...
The Muslim/Mindanao Independence Movement was founded by the former governor of Cotabato, Datu Udtog Matalam,...
President Ferdinand Marcos ordered a ceasefire on Sulu, Palawan, and Mindanao islands on February 26,...
Third Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference. ...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Third Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference. The conference adopted Resolution No. 12, which...
July 1972, Manila. President Ferdinand E. Marcos received a Joint Egyptian-Libyan Mission headed by Egyptian...
Because of the worsening condition in Mindanao, the growing rebellion and other form of rebellion,...
The MNLF was founded as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement on October...
Led by the First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the Goodwill and Economic Mission to Libya...
In December 1972, MNLF rebels landed in Barrio Tran in Lebak, Cotabato, to establish the...
4th Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference...
Benghazi, Libya. Meeting of Ambassador Yusup Abubakar with Islamic Delegations, 4th Islamic Foreign Ministers'...
Manila. World Muslim League President Datu Syed Ibrahim Alsagof called on President Marcos, to report...
Manila. President Marcos received Lebanese Foreign Minister Fouad Naffah and conferred on him the Sultan...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Philippine Government Pancl held meetings with the Moro National Liberation Front....
Tripoli, Libya. Prime Minister Jalloud received a Special Mission composed of Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor,...
Cairo, Egypt. Supreme Islamic Council Secretary General Tewfik Oweida and Al Azar Sheik Muhamed Khader...
The Jeddah Peace Talks...
The Jeddah Peace Talks between the Government and the Moro National Liberation Front opened on...
On February 20, 1975 six weeks prior to April 7 meeting, Nur Misuari sent a...
Alexandria, Egypt. President Anwar Al Sadat received a Special Mission headed by the First Lady...
Carthage, Tunisia. President Habib Bourquiba received a special message from President Marcos. Emissaries were Public...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. H.M. King Khaled, Crown Prince Fahd, Prince Abdullah, Prince Sultan, Prince Saud...
The new panel conducted two rounds of talks in the field in rapid succession. They...
Algiers, Algeria. After a briefing on the MNLF problem by Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro, President...
Sixth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Sixth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference. Ambassador Lininding Pangandaman, General Mamarinta Lao, Commissioner...
Lima, Peru. Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro met with Arab delegates to the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers...
Nairoba, Kenya. President Marcos met with OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye....
Seventh Islamic Forcing Ministers' Conference. ...
Istanbul, Turkey. Seventh Islamic Forcing Ministers' Conference. Ambassadors Rafael Ileto, Lininding Pangandaman, Pacifico A. Castro...
Zamboanga City. President Marcos met with OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye and the Quadripartite...
Manila. President Marcos met with OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye and the Quadrapartite Committee...
Tripoli, Libya. Meeting between First Lady Imelda R. Marcos and Col. Muammar Khaddafy. The RP-Libya...
Tripoli, Libya. Meetings between the Philippine Government Panel and the MNLF Panel. Members of the...
On December 23, 1976, in Tripoli, the government of President Ferdinand Marcos and the MNLF...
The President announced on December 26, 1976, on the third day after the signing of...
Manila. President Marcos met with OIC Assistant Secretary General Kasim Suheri....
On February 5, 1977, Marcos decided that the plebiscite would be held after the talk...
Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya. Meeting between First Lady Imelda Marcos and Col. Muammar Khaddafy...
Marcos-Khaddafy three-point agreement...
Following the First Lady’s trip to Libya was the exchange of cables between President Marcos...
Tripoli, Libya/Manila. Exchange of messages between Col. Muammar Khaddafy and President Marcos, This is otherwise...
Proclamation No. 1628...
Proclamation No. 1628 – declaring Autonomy in Southern Philippines (in those 13 provinces) and creating...
Southern Mindanao. Referendum on P.D. 1618, creating two autonomous regions, except Palawan, South Cotabato and...
Eighth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference....
Tripoli, Libya. Eighth Islamic Foreign Ministers* Conference. Ambassador Rodolfo Tupas met with the Islamic delegations....
Special Ministerial Mission to the Middle East...
Jeddah. Special Ministerial Mission to the Middle East. Members of the Mission who met with...
Libreville, Gabon. Meeting of President Omar Bongo and OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye with...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. President Marcos and seven members of the Cabinet attended the 2nd ASEAN...
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah/Labuan. President Marcos and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mahatir visited the former British...
Rabat, Morocco. Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro briefed Moroccan Foreign Ministry officials on the implementation of...
Ambassadors Pacifico Castro, Lininding Pangandaman and Monico Vicente briefed OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye...
Ninth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference....
Meeting of Ambassadors Lininding Pangandaman, Pacifico A. Castro and Monico Vicente with Islamic delegations in...
After a briefing on the MNLF problem by Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro, President Leopoldo Sedar...
Minister Carlos P. Romulo, accompanied by Ambassadors Pacifico A. Castro and Felipe Mabilangan, Jr., briefed...
In Paris, France, Minister Carlos P. Romulo accompanied by Ambassadors Pacifico A. Castro and Felipe...
Meeting of First Lady Imelda Marcos with King Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco....
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro briefed Foreign Minister Rithaudeen on the implementation of...
Cairo, Egypt. Meeting of the Philippine Government and MNLF Panels. Government Panel members were Ambassadors...
Meeting of President Marcos with Morocan Foreign Minister Mohammed Bouceta, in the latter's capacity as...
President Marcos stages regional assembly elections in the two predominantly Muslim regions. MNLF supporters boycott...
On July 25, 1979, President Marcus issued PD 1618 creating the autonomous regions (Sangguniang Pampook...
Islamic Foreign Ministers' Special Session...
Meeting of Ambassador Pacifico A. Castro with outgoing OIC Secretary General Amadou Karim Gaye and...
Meeting OIC Secretary General Habib Chatti with the elected representatives of Muslim communities and members...
Meeting of President Ferdinand Marcos and OIC Secretary General Habib Chatti in Manila....
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Omar Al Sakhaf's official visit to the Philippines. President Marcos extensively...
Ex-Senator Benigno Aquino pledged the return to Tripoli Agreement as negotiation agenda in talks with...
Fifth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference....
Ambassador Lininding Pangandaman and Yusup Abubakar met with the Islamic delegations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
President Marcos awarded the decoration of Order of Sultan Kudarat to members of the Islamic...
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Omar Abdul Halim Khadam called on President Marcos...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Meetings of President Marcos with King Khaled, Crown Prince Fahd, Prince Abdullah...
Meetings of President Marcos with OIC Secretary General Habib Chatti and Rabitah Secretary General Sheik...
Southern Mindanao. Referendum on P.D. 1843, unifying the two autonomous regions. This decree was not...
Meeting of First Lady Imelda Marcos and Prime Minister Cesar Virata with King Fahd in...
Thirteenth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference....
Audience of Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Pacifico A. Castro with President Seydi Kountche of Niger...
In 1983, the ICFM resolution mentioned a meeting by the Quadripartite Ministerial Committee on December...
President Marcos conferred with Rabitah Deputy Secretary Generals Ali Mohamed Naser Albodol and Mohamed Moktar....
Fourteenth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference...
Meetings of Counselor Fortunato D. Oblena with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary A.H.S. Ataul Karim and OIC...
Meeting of the Philippine Government and MNLF Panels....
In a Joint Statement of the RP-MNLF Panels dated 3 January 1987, both parties "agreed...
Fourth Islamic Summit....
Meetings of Counselor Fortunato D. Oblena with General Abdul Hafid Alaoul, Chief of Protocol and...
Bilateral meetings in Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei Darussalam...
Bilateral meetings of President Marcos with Brunei Sultan Sir Muda Hassanah Bolkiah, Indonesian President Soharto,...
15th Islamic Foreign Ministers" Conference. ...
Meetings in Jeddah of Counselor Fortunato D. Oblena with Islamic delegations from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia...
Manila. Visit of Dr. Abdullah Omar Nascef, Secretary General of the Muslim World League. President...
In January 1986, the OIC issued a strong resolution reaffirming their support for the "Bangsamoro...
President Corazon C. Aquino met MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari. They arrived at an agreement to...
Presidential emissary Agapito Aquino met with Nur Misuari. ...
Elections were held in the newly-created Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. ...
The newly-elected Governor Zacaria Candao was confronted by an outbreak of serious fighting that arose...
The autonomous administration assumed some degree of credibility when President Aquino granted limited executive powers...
13 Moro combatants were killed by the government troops in sporadic fighting in Mindanao. A...
A free trip to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the pilgrimage is being offered as an...
In its annual report, Amnesty International accused both the Philippine government and the rebels of...
The Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) summit meeting held in Dakar, Senegal, has voiced its...
A Philippine marine patrol was ambushed on the southern Mindanao island of Basilan. Twenty-five marines...
An agreement to begin peace talks before the end of June was announced after a...
Government troops have killed 17 Moro combatants, who have increased their activities in view of...
An interim ceasefire agreement has been signed in Jakarta between the MNLF and the Philippine...
A gunman threw a grenade into a mosque in the southern Philippines, eight hours after...
President Ramos paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia. While meeting Saudi officials, Philippine government...
The "Final Statement" of the OIC summit held in Morocco recorded with satisfaction the positive...
President Ramos paid an official visit to Iran. While meeting his Iranian counterpart, Ramos described...
Twelve high-ranking leaders of the heavily-armed Abu Sayyaf group have been captured by government forces,...
Around 200 Muslim rebels, reportedly members of an extremist group led by Abu Sayyaf, raided...
A spokesman for the MNLF denied that members of the group took part in the...
A government minister says the Abu Sayyaf group is deeply opposed to peace talks and...
A new Muslim group calling itself the Islamic Command Council of the MNLF has claimed...
Government troops have killed 39 Muslim rebels who reportedly launched last week's raid on Ipil...
Philippine warplanes bombed an island near the city of Zamboanga killing four Muslim rebels and...
The MNLF has agreed to help the government battle "lawless elements" in the south (Reuters,...
A 15 year development plan for Mindanao was unveiled by President Ramos. The plan will...
The government has detained twenty-one Muslims, alleging that they were about to launch an attack...
A gun battle between members of the Abu Sayyaf group and security forces on Basilan...
Another round of talks between the Manila government and the MNLF has concluded. A spokesman...
Philippine and foreign investors have signed agreements worth some $80 million to develop Mindanao (Reuters,...
A member of the Abu Sayyaf group was killed and one soldier injured when the...
MNLF leader Nur Misuari says that he has the support of the MILF to undertake...
The leader of the MNLF says that Sharia law will apply to Muslims in the...
A breakaway faction of the MNLF killed six soldiers and then released seven teachers that...
Clashes between soldiers and Muslim rebels in Maguindanao province resulted in the deaths of six...
Clashes between government soldiers and MNLF members on Basilan island have broken a ceasefire between...
Three villagers were killed on Mindanao by members of a Muslim rebel group (Reuters, 11/27/95)....
One person was killed and eighteen injured when grenades were hurled at a market on...
An interim agreement was signed by the MNLF and Manila following five days of peace...
President Fidel Ramos has unilaterally ordered a month-long ceasefire during the Christmas holiday season (Reuters,...
Members of the MNLF are reported to be responsible for the killing of four rubber...
A 1995 Philippine Defense Department report indicates that membership in Abu Sayyaf rose 12%, from...
The 4th round of talks between the MNLF and the govt will resume in Jakarta...
MNLF leader Nur Misuari refuses a government offer to lead the ARMM, sticking to the...
The MILF accuses the government of violating a truce agreement by deploying over 900 soldiers...
Several mayors and provincial governors in the south refuse to participate in a meeting with...
After 20 years of hostilities, the MNLF and a rival Christian movement, the Illaga, form...
Talks between the government and the MNLF, under the auspices of the OIC, break down...
The second largest Muslim group in the Philippines, the MILF, throws its support behind efforts...
The bombing of two Roman Catholic Churches in Zamboanga leaves 12 people injured. Authorities believe...
The MILF accuses the Philippine military of using nerve-gas bombs on the southern island of...
Battles between the MILF and government forces in North Cotabato result in 11 deaths (United...
A seven-point agreement is reached between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to...
President Fidel Ramos states that he will never impose martial law in order to deal...
The Philippines government has reportedly devised a compromise in order to help break the deadlock...
Some member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference are holding talks in Jakarta...
A breakthrough has been reached in talks in Jakarta between the Philippines government and the...
The Philippines government and the MNLF fail to agree on the issue of integrating rebel...
Following three days of talks between government and MNLF negotiators, an agreement is reached to...
A Christian Congresswoman from Zamboanga is threatening to lead mass demonstrations to protest the establishment...
As he arrives in Zamboanga, President Fidel Ramos is greeted by around 20,000 Christians protesting...
The Roman Catholic Church urges President Ramos to defer a peace agreement with the Moros,...
At least 29 governors, vice governors, mayors, and congressmen in Mindanao sign a resolution expressing...
MNLF leader Nur Misuari states that he will seek the governorship of the Autonomous Region...
Philippine President Fidel Ramos has sent a letter to Indonesian President Suharto thanking his country...
MNLF chief Misuari threatens to withdraw from September elections for the governorship of the ARMM...
President Fidel Ramos states that his secret meeting with Libyan leader Qaddafi in February 1992...
The National Ecumenical Consultative Committee, a religious advisory arm to the President, expresses support for...
In a letter to OIC Secretary-General Hamid Algabid, President Ramos says that he is committed...
The government says that it has spent US $2.78 billion during the last 26 years...
The government and the MNLF agree on the integration of 7500 MNLF members into the...
Rejecting the peace agreement between the government and the MNLF, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
Chief government negotiators Manuel Yan and Eduardo Ermita and the leader of the MNLF will...
Informal talks have begun between the government and the MILF. The government is also concerned...
The first meeting in 10 years is held between President Ramos and MNLF leader Misuari...
The Philippines Senate gives its unanimous support to President Ramos' peace proposal for Mindanao. However,...
An accord to end the Moro insurgency is initialed today by government negotiator Manuel Yan...
The peace agreement between the Philippines government and the MNLF was formally signed in Manila...
Alex Magno, a political science professor at the University of the Philippines, says that the...
Nur Misuari is elected governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Misuari ran unopposed...
Abu Sayyaf denounces MNLF leader Nur Misuari as a traitor for signing a peace agreement...
President Ramos issues an executive order to create the Southern Philippines Peace and Development Council....
Nine Christian House of Representative Members and a Provincial Governor ask the Supreme Court to...
Nur Misuari is appointed as head of the SPCPD (Reuters, 10/22/96)....
Clashes between the MILF and the government claim at least 26 rebel lives this month....
The MILF begins exploratory talks with the government (Reuters, 11/06/96)....
The government declares a unilateral 60-day ceasefire against all armed groups. 7 soldiers die in...
From 50-200,000 Muslims rally in Maguindanao province demanding a separate state. It is not known...
At an annual meeting of donor countries and the Philippines government, $400 million is provided...
Asiaweek reports that the Moro insurgency cost 100,000 lives -- half of these were rebel...
Talks begin between the government and the MILF. They will meet again on February 25....
A ceasefire is signed between the MILF and the government. Since the new year, at...
A Catholic bishop, the highest ranking priest in the south, has been killed. He was...
The MILF and the government agree to create a panel of church people and lawyers...
10-13,000 Muslims protest following the deaths of 11 civilians reportedly due to army shelling that...
Since the peace agreement was signed last September, the federal government has allocated $1.6 billion...
Talks resume between the government and the MILF. So far this month, at least 16...
The next round of talks between the MILF and the government are set for May...
Sri Lankan politicians assert that their government should follow the Manila model and involve separatists...
The MILF says that it is not responsible for a hotel fire in Cotabato on...
The MILF is suspected in a grenade attack on the village of Pera, Zamboanga del...
23 Abu Sayyaf and 25 MILF members surrender to police authorities (Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 05/01/97)....
18 MILF and 7 Abu Sayyaf rebels surrender and are given an amnesty package (Deutsche...
Japan Economic Newswire reports increasing disgruntlement among the Moros due to the slow nature of...
The World Bank has given the Philippines a $10 million loan for small-scale livelihood and...
No progress is reported in talks between the MILF and the government. The two sides...
The government implements a unilateral ceasefire (Xinhua News Service, 07/09/97)....
A ceasefire between the MILF and the government goes into effect (Asia Pulse, 07/21/97)....
MNLF leader Nur Misuari, who is the governor of the southern Muslim region and the...
The government and the MILF agree to sign a preliminary peace accord before January 30,...
Another businessman is kidnapped in the south. Former MNLF rebels disgruntled over unkept government promises...
Presidential candidate Jose De Venecia says that he is hopeful the MILF will sign a...
The government has set up a military post consisting of around 100 personnel after 10...
The MILF threatens to indefinitely postpone talks with the government as a result of MILF-govt...
Government negotiators call for an emergency meeting with the MILF to discuss three recent clashes...
10 MILF members and 1 soldier are dead following clashes in Maguindanao province (Deutsche Presse-Agentur,...
Around 5000 residents flee their homes as fighting between the MILF and government forces in...
An emergency phone conference is held between government and MILF representatives to ensure that the...
The relatives of five men accuse the MILF of executing them under Islamic law. The...
The MILF accuses the government of amassing troops in Buldon town near its main camp...
Clashes between the MILF and government forces in Buldon town result in the death of...
An MILF spokesman says that 85% of the group's 30-member Central Committee wants to boycott...
The MILF decides to attend the upcoming talks but demands that the government stop launching...
During the first day of talks between the government and the MILF, the rebel organization...
Following two days of talks, the government and the MILF sign an agreement aimed at...
An MILF-MNLF skirmish is reported in North Cotabato province. The military is drawn in after...
A business summit to lure investors, especially from the Middle East, is to be held...
The Philippines will give Indonesia $1 million worth of medicine to help deal with shortages...
The MILF says that it is still building its military forces despite its ongoing talks...
Talks occur between the MILF and the government. The two sides agree to activate a...
Three people are injured following a bomb explosion in Isabela, the capital of Basilan province....
The newly-established quick response team (composed of both government and MILF reps.) asserts that the...
A new Islamic faction, the Markaz Qulbon Suja'h (translated as the Center for the Brave),...
The World Bank approves three loans worth $79 million for the Philippines. Ten million will...
The MILF's military chief, Al Haj Murad, says that if peace talks with the government...
President Ramos urges Muslims in the south to press ahead with efforts to lure foreign...
President Ramos says the government has agreed to reposition soldiers in disputed areas in the...
SPCPD Governor Nur Misuari urges the Philippines Commission on Elections to postpone polls in most...
The MILF, the Muslim Reform Party, the Islamic Missionary Movement, and the Confederation of Major...
The MILF invites President-elect Estrada to visit its main camp, Camp Abubakar, to discuss the...
President Ramos and SPCPD Governor Nur Misuari will travel to Senegal next week to receive...
Abu Sayyaf calls for formal peace talks with the new Estrada administration and an amnesty...
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has set up three home pages on the internet...
A top aide to President Joseph Estrada says that peace talks with the MILF are...
Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado condemns ARMM Governor Nur Misuari for his repeated warnings that the...
Ambassador Manuel T. Yan, the presidential advisor who helped negotiate the 1996 peace agreement with...
The first international Islamic business conference is held in Zamboanga city. Some 500 executives from...
The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) plan to continue their talks. The...
The MILF postpones talks with the government until February. They were set to begin on...
ARMM Governor Nur Misuari accuses the government of violating the terms of the 1996 peace...
President Estrada calls for the rebels to sincerely engage in talks to set the agenda...
President Estrada says that he will not agree to a face-to-face meeting with MILF chairman...
The MILF says that both Libya and Malaysia have offered to host and broker formal...
Talks open between the MILF and the government. MILF chairman Hashim Salamat calls for a...
A MILF spokesman denies that until late last year it received financial aid from Saudi...
While conflicting demands over security provisions derail an expected meeting between President Estrada and MILF...
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) states that formal talks may open in May in...
Elections for new executives and members for the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao assembly have...
ARMM Governor Nur Misuari meets with MILF chairman Hashim Salamat at Camp Abubakar. Arranged by...
ARMM Governor Nur Misuari threatens to revive the MNLF's secession struggle if the government fails...
Discussions over the venue for formal peace talks continue. The government wants the negotiations to...
The government says that formal peace negotiations with the MILF are expected to open in...
Peace Aborted...
A Restraining order on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA- AD) is issued...
Declaration of continuity for peace negotiation between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines...
Declaration of Continuity for peace negotiation between the GRP(Now GPH) and the MILF at Kuala...
Appointment of UP College of Law dean Marvic Leonen as chief negotiator in the peace...
Malacañang announces the appointment of then UP College of Law dean Marvic Leonen as the...
P-Noy, MILF chief hold talks in Tokyo...
MILF chair Murad “Al Haj” Ebrahim holds meeting with President Aquino in Tokyo, Japan where...
The Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front released the Framework of...
The Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front released the Framework of...
Joint Statement of the GPH and the MILF on the 33rd Formal Exploratory Talks, November...
The 33rd round of Formal Exploratory Talks between the negotiating panels of the Government of...
Ferrer takes oath as new GPH panel chair...
Senior government panel member Professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer of the University of the Philippines took...
President Aquino signs EO creating Transition Commission to craft Bangsamoro Basic Law...
President Benigno Aquino III signs Executive Order 120 creating the 15-member Transition Commission that will...
GPH, MILF start 34th round of peace talks...
The panels convene for the 34th round of peace talks, marking the first time that...
Gov’t, MILF reach impasse on Bangsamoro transitional body...
The 34th round of peace talks concludes with a “technical impasse” over the issue on...
35th round of exploratory peace talks...
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The 35th round of peace talks begins, with both parties expected to settle the “technical...
The Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) and its Terms of Reference...
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The 35th round of Formal Exploratory Talks between the negotiating panels of the Government...
President Benigno Aquino III names the members of the Transition Commission (TransCom)...
President Benigno Aquino III names the members of the Transition Commission (TransCom) that will draft...
The Annex on Transitional Arrangements and Modalities is signed before the last session of the...
The parties also agree under the Framework Agreement to form an Independent Commission on Policing...
Gov't, Muslim rebels to resume peace talks in April...
The government asks the MILF to postpone the 37th round of peace talks to allow...
OPAPP: Transition Commission opens first official meet, calls on people’s support...
Composed of 15 members of various ethnic backgrounds, the Transition Commission held a ceremony to...
37th round of peace talks start...
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The 37th round of peace talks finally starts, with only discussions on the annex on...
Transition Commission Holds 1st Session In Bangsamoro Heartland...
Led by its chairman Mohagher Iqbal, the 15-member team agreed on the process to be...
38th Formal Exploratory Talks...
The Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
Annex on Revenue and Wealth-Sharing was signed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
Parties sign the annex on wealth-sharing. Among others, the agreement gives automatic appropriations to the...
The Zamboanga Siege...
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The Zamboanga Seige takes place where armed conflict broke out between the MNLF and the...
Gov’t, MILF fail to approve remaining annexes on power sharing...
The 40th round of exploratory Talks between the negotiating panels of the Government of the...
41st Exploratory Talks on hold...
Parties hold the 41st round of talks, as Zamboanga City recovers from the siege ...
41st Exploratory Talks...
The 41st round of Exploratory Talks between negotiating panels of the GPH and MILF. Parties...
42nd Exploratory Talks...
42nd Exploratory Talks between the negotiating panels of the GPH and MILF. The...
‘No time to lose’ in 43rd GPH-MILF talks...
Negotiations continue at the 43rd round of peace talks to discuss what to do with...
Gov’t, MILF agree on water territories...
The panels arrive at a deal on how power will be shared over “Bangsamoro waters.”...
Signing of the “Annex on normalization”...
This annex on normalization is an integral part of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro...
Transcript of the Joint Press Briefing of Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, Senator Teofisto Guingona...
Senate through Speaker Franklin Drilon pledges support for the Bangsamoro Basic Law and meets with...
Government, MILF to sign comprehensive peace pact on March 27...
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles on Friday confirmed the signing of...
The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro...
The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) was signed in a ceremony, thus concluding 17...
GPH holds first ever forum on Bangsamoro outside Manila and Mindanao...
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago raised an objection to the peace pact, saying that it was...
MIRIAM: BANGSAMORO AGREEMENT UNCONSTITUTIONAL...
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago raised an objection to the peace pact, saying that it was...
MILF, MNLF meet in Jeddah; vow to activate Bangsamoro Coordination Forum...
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Leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the different factions of the Moro...
Government, MILF reach positive consensus on draft Bangsamoro Basic Law...
The peace panels of the government and the MILF meet in Kuala Lumpur to iron...
Benigno S. Aquino III, fifth State of the Nation Address, July 28, 2014...
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In his 5th State of the Nation Address, President Aquino appeals to Congress to understand...
Statement: Peace Panel Chair Coronel-Ferrer on the transmittal of Bangsamoro Basic Law draft to Congress...
Submission of the proposed BBL to the leaders of the Philippine Congress ...
Senate Briefing on the BBL...
The meeting was intended primarily as a briefing session on the Bangsamoro Basic Law for...
ARMM marks 25th anniversary...
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is resigned to the fact that it will...
Last ARMM speech: Region ready for Bangsamoro...
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ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman delivers his last state of the region address in Cotabato City,...
Philippine police killed in clashes with militants...
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In a mission to capture Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias "Marwan", some 44 members...
PH, MILF sign protocol for weapons decommissioning...
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The government and the MILF signed a protocol for the decommissioning of rebel firearms in...
MILF returns 16 SAF arms so far...
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As part of the “confidence-building measure”, the MILF returned the 16 firearms it recovered from...
House panel approves Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
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With a 50-17 vote and one abstention, the House Ad Hoc Committee on the BBL...
17 senators sign Committee report on substitute BBL...
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Former Senator Bongbong Marcos said 17 senators had signed the committee report on the substitute...
Aquino urges lawmakers on BBL: ‘Seize historic opportunity’...
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Aquino met with lawmakers to discuss what would become of the BBL, as the measure...
Congress adjourns, fails to pass BBL...
The 16th Congress fails to pass the BBL before it adjourns to give way to...
Duterte to take historic oath as first Mindanaoan President...
The first Philippine president from Mindanao, Rodrigo Duterte, assumed office. His campaign heavily promised on...
Dureza vows to 'achieve milestones' as GPH, MILF, restart peace talks...
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Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said he hoped a new version of the BBL could...
Duterte 'pessimistic' about peace talks with MILF, MNLF...
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Duterte said he had lost optimism over peace negotiations with Moro rebels, as there were...
Gov't forces, Maute group clash in Marawi City...
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Government forces clashed with members of the rebel group Maute in Marawi City, Lanao del...
Duterte, Congress to receive final Bangsamoro Basic Law draft...
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Government of the Philippines Implementing Panel Chair for the Bangsamoro Irene Santiago said the final...
Duterte, Misuari meet in wake of BBL submission...
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Duterte met with MNLF founder and leader Nur Misuari to discuss the BBL and the...
President Duterte wants special session in Congress to discuss BBL ...
Duterte said he would push for a special session in Congress in a bid to...
Senate conducts first public consultation in Mindanao on BBL...
Senators Miguel Zubiri, Sonny Angara, JV Ejercito, and Risa Hontiveros conducted the first public consultation...
House approves on third and final reading Bangsamoro Basic Law...
Voting 227-11-2, the House of Representatives approved its version of the proposed BBL, or House...
Bicam approves Bangsamoro Organic Law...
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The bicameral committee approved the final version of the BBL, now called the Organic Law...
House Speaker Arroyo: We must ratify Bangsamoro Organic Law today...
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The House of Representatives, now at the helm of new House Speaker Rep. Gloria Macapagal...
Holiday on January 21 in Bangsamoro Organic Law voting areas...
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Declared as a special non-working holiday by the president, the residents in the ARMM and...
PLEBISCITE -- CARMEN, NORTH COTABATO...
Another plebiscite will be held in Lanao del Norte, Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Midsayap, Pikit and...
Hataman leads turnover ceremony of ARMM to the BTA...
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Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman led the turnover ceremony of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao...
Historical Development of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority – Parliament...
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The Bangsamoro government commenced its history when the Bangsamoro Transition Authority officially held its inauguration...
BTA approves Bangsamoro Administrative Codeistrative Code...
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The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament has finally approved on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Cabinet...
BARMM launches 1st Bangsamoro Development Plan...
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The Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) headed by Bangsamoro Director General Engr. Mohajirin T....
Proclamation No. 0001 s. 2021...
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Proclaimation No. 0001 s. 2021, signed on March 8, 2021, declaration of the month of...
Bangsamoro Women at the Helm of Peacebuilding and Community Resilience in BARMM...
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WIM-RAMP members continue to reach out to marginalized and vulnerable groups in their efforts to...
BARMM’s economic performance increases by 7.5% by 2021...
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The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has recorded a significant rise in its...
Southern Philippines: Making Peace Stick in the Bangsamoro...
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President Rodrigo Duterte extended the interim government’s term for three years per the request of...
The Philippines: Three More Years for the Bangsamoro Transition...
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law a bill postponing the first parliamentary elections in...
The Long Road to Peace in the Southern Philippines...
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At the first Bangsamoro Donor’s Forum organized by the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority on...
Congratulatory Message of Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr.,...
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Congratulatory Message of Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr.,...
Peace adviser urges unity and cooperation among Bangsamoro leaders...
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Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (PAPRU) Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. renewed on...
New BTA symbolizes unity among the Moro fronts – Galvez...
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President Ferdinand E. Marcos Jr.’s appointment of new members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA)...
Moro leaders support PBBM’s call for unity in Mindanao; vow to work together and push...
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Heeding President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s call for national unity, the leaders of the country’s top...
President Marcos graces BTA inauguration; vows to push forward Bangsamoro peace process under the administration’s...
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As part of his administration’s continuing efforts to unite the country’s two major Moro fronts,...
Major milestones achieved under the Bangsamoro peace process 3 months into Marcos admin’s term –...
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Less than three months into its term, major milestones have already been achieved under the...
Govt, MILF, IDB kick start resumption of Phase 3 of decommissioning...
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The Bangsamoro peace process continues to gain momentum under the Marcos Administration’s banner of unity,...
President Fidel Ramos orders the armed forces to help halt a wave of bombings on...
GPH, Moro fronts vow to strengthen partnership to fulfill Bangsamoro peace commitments...
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The national government and the country’s major Moro fronts have vowed to strengthen their collaboration...
Officials claim that the MILF suffered a major defeat in gun battles with the military...
With only 2 years left of Bangsamoro transition period, GPH-MILF peace panels finally meet ...
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With only two years left until June 30, 2025 — the end of the extended...
President Ramos named Justice Minister Drilon as a Peace Advisor until a permanent agency is...
OPAPRU, MSU sign MOA for the implementation of Transformation Program for MNLF...
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Under the Marcos administration’s banner of unity and reconciliation, the national government is determined to...
Sec. Galvez: resumption of decommissioning process of MILF combatants set on August 3...
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The resumption of the third phase of the decommissioning process of the remaining 1,301 Moro...
PH Congress, Bangsamoro Parliament vow to strengthen synergy in passing key legislation...
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The Philippine Congress-Bangsamoro Parliament Forum (PCBPF) convened for the second time under the Marcos administration,...
The new President's priority of achieving peace was institutionalized through the establishment of a National...
Government, MNLF under Chair Nur Misuari agree to reconstitute joint peace body to sustain peace...
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The government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under the leadership of its founding...
Government, MNLF-Sema Group agree to push for an MNLF convergence...
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The government through the Office of the Presidential Adviser Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) accepted...
Three-day KaPEACEtahan Peace Fair showcases local products from transformed conflict-affected communities...
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The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) officially opened the...
Bangsamoro Local Governance Code: more than just a set of rules, more than just its...
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Ceremonial signing of Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 49 or Bangsamoro Local Government Code of 2023 in...
BARMM unveils long-term plan for women’s empowerment, security...
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Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) officially launched on Oct. 5, the 2nd BARMM Regional Action Plan...
ASPIRE project launch: UNDP, Japan, Philippines, BARMM, join forces in promoting peace in Mindanao...
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In a momentous event held in Basilan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the governments...
PBBM CONSTITUTES NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE 650TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHILIPPINE MUSLIM HISTORY AND HERITAGE, NHCP...
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has been designated by President Ferdinand R....
NHCP unveils Tawi-Tawi mosque historical marker...
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The NHCP led by Chairman Emmanuel Franco Calairo unveiled the historical marker, “Sheik Karimol-Makhdum Mosque...