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By Erick San Juan Despite the death of 12 Filipinos and two Malaysians in Sabah, Malaysia, the Sultanate of Sulu refused to accept the announcements of both the Philippine and Malaysian government that the matter was over. “This issue is far from over. Sabah is ours,” said the sultanate’s spokesman, Abraham Idjarani… (Source: Manila Standard Today 3-1-2013) The Sabah issue has gone too far as Read More …
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. The Philippine Star PERSONAL: All my contacts and other data were wiped out when my smartphone went dead last week. Since I do not take calls from strangers (callers with no names), please text first before calling. Am still rebuilding my directory of contacts. * * * SABAH CRISIS: By force of habit, a clueless President Noynoy Aquino blamed Read More …
By Delon Porcalla The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino is expected to beat the appointments ban to designate the 15 members of the Transition Commission that will draft the Basic Law and will pave the way for the establishment of a Bangsamoro region in Mindanao. Reliable sources revealed that the government is now preparing and vetting the list of appointees to the commission Read More …
By Rey O. Arcilla MALAYA (I wrote not too long ago that if for nothing else, President Noynoy Aquino will be long remembered if he were to support and “steer” the passage of an RH law.) The new Philippine Navy chief, Vice Adm. Jose Luis Alano, vowed to make the country’s territorial waters safe. I suppose that also means keeping them free of foreign interlopers. Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz There is something extraordinary about the Christmas season this year. There is peace where there were wars not too long ago. In the Philippines, a framework agreement for the establishment of a Bangsamoro homeland was signed between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Movement (MILF) rebels who have been warring for decades in the island of Mindanao. And in Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Two petitions were filed with the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro framework agreement forged by the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Lawyer Elly Pamatong, the nuisance candidate in the 2004 presidential poll who scattered steel spikes along EDSA in 2004 to protest government’s refusal to issue rally permits to Read More …
By RICARDO SALUDO The Manila Times For all the cheering and applause for the Framework Agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the accord is still just a list of talking points on which the final peace pact will be based. And even the document signed a month ago still has thick annexes to be negotiated by the end of the year. Almost surely Read More …
By Joyce Pangco Panares Manila Standard Today The leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Tuesday urged the government to postpone the awarding of oil exploration contracts in the Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato basin and in Sulu until wealth-sharing arrangements are ironed out. Negotiators from both sides are scheduled to meet next month in Kuala Lumpur to discuss wealth-sharing, power-sharing and the decommissioning Read More …
Did the Malaysians take P-Noy for a ride in ‘railroading’ the framework agreement that will lead to Bangsamoro autonomy? — PERRY DIAZ P25b oil drill offer in Liguasan bared By Francisco Tuyay Manila Standard Today A top Malaysian government official had offered 2 billion ringgits—about P27 billion—to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the right to search for oil in Mindanao, an official of the Read More …
By Erick San Juan After pacifying the netizens of the cyberworld (for the meantime) due to the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court on the Cybercrime Law (R.A. 10175), the PNoy administration has ‘pacified’ the warring factions in the south through its so-called Bangsamoro Framework Agreement. But for how long? As what Ninez Cacho-Olivares of the Daily Tribune wrote “So why should Read More …