Ameril Umbra Kato

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By Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today Clan wars may escalate Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and bandits from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters headed by Umbra Kato have clashed several times recently, and a military official said the skirmishes could escalate although the clashes had nothing to do with the framework agreement signed between the MILF and the government the Philippine government Read More …

Ameril Umbra Kato

ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas On the eve of the resumption of peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a breakaway group of rebels made it known that even if the two panels reached an agreement, there wouldn’t be peace in Mindanao short of the establishment of an independent Bangsamoro republic. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM), Read More …

ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas With Philippine and American soldiers conducting joint military exercises right in the middle of the known lair of renegade Muslim commander Ameril Umbra Kato in Central Mindanao, both the Philippines and the United States are sending signals to the Muslim rebels that they are prepared to do anything to forge peace in that troubled region. Umbra Kato is Read More …

Source: Manila Times Written by : AFP This photo taken on Sunday shows Muslim renegade commander Ameril Umbra Kato leading his men to meet with members of the media in a clandestine press conference at Camp Omar in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao province. AFP PHOTO       ‘Surrender’ not an option for renegade MILF rebel DATU UNSAY, Maguindanao: Surrounded by a small band of ragtag Read More …