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We can never give up on peace

August 16, 2012 | Opinion

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 …

How do you solve a problem like Mindanao?

September 1, 2011 | Opinion

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 …