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Sulu Sultan Forges Alliance With The MNLF |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
by Fernando G. Gagelonia | At Midfield
While the government of the day was not looking there are indications that that the Sultanate of Sulu, though Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I, identified in the sultanate’s official website (www.royalsulu.com) as the 35th suler of the ‘Hashemite’ realm, with his geneology traced to Sultan Jamalul Kiram, has forged a military alliance with the Moro National Liberation front. |
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Opinion: The quest for an honest broker |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines—Our traditional allies in the Mindanao peace process are Indonesia and Libya, Muslim nations that, however, have long established ties of friendship (in the case of Indonesia) and an appreciation of the secular framework of our republic (in the case of Libya). Our traditional antagonist, on the other hand, is Malaysia, whose birth as a nation the Philippines and Indonesia opposed because of the two nation’s claims on parts of North Borneo. |
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PRIVILEGE SPEECH: The Masbate and Bondoc torture/killings |
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
Delivered on March 10, 2008
Ginoong Speaker, mga kagalang-galang na kapwa kinatawan, isang magandang hapon sa inyong lahat!
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a point of personal and collective privilege. There are three stories that need to be told and need to be heard today.
The first one is the story of Salvador “Boyet” Vale, Jr., a farmer-leader from Bgy, Royroy Batuan, Masbate leading a group of farmers petitioning for agrarian reform. On November 30, 2007, he was intercepted on his way to the farm, and was made to descend from his horse with the use of an armalite. He was forcibly dragged to a nearby house where he was tied up with heavy rope. Bound and gagged, the men took turns hitting him repeatedly with their armalites and punching him in his chest, back, shoulders and ears. After three hours of repeated abuse, he was fed two spoonfuls of rice. Before he was released, he was warned that the members of his organization should not pursue their desire to own the land that they till. The perpetrators were all known in the community as members of the New People’s Army or the NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. |
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