MANILA, Philippines - A new task force that will oversee the government's recently-launched social services program in Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) communities and other areas in Mindanao has been established.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Monday’s visit of President Benigno Aquino III at the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s bastion in northeastern Maguindanao helped start the healing of “old wounds” between government and rebel forces that both bled and suffered from conflicts in decades past.
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COTABATO CITY, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III reassured the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Monday of his commitment to finish the peace talks with the rebel group before the end of his term in 2016.
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SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao—The hills and plains that once saw bloody skirmishes between soldiers and Moro rebel forces in the last decade are potential huge agriculture production areas that could fuel socioeconomic development for the poor Bangsamoro communities, President Aquino said on Monday.
Read more: Former battlefields soon to be areas for socioeconomic development