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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Resolution No. 780 congratulating and commending Filipina peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer for being named one of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Awardees.
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Philippine president Benigno Aquino III said his government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with the country's largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency. Mr Aquino described the deal in a nationally televised announcement as a road map for establishing a new autonomous region to be administered by minority Muslims in the predominantly Catholic nation's south.It follows marathon negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Malaysia, which is brokering the talks.The agreement is expected to be signed in a few days in Manila.It spells out the general principles on major issues, including the extent of power, revenues and territory of the Muslim region.
Muslim rebels and the Philippine government have signed a preliminary peace pact in a bid to end a 40-year conflict that has cost 120,000 lives.The deal, signed in Manila’s Malacanang presidential palace by government negotiator Marvic Leonen and his counterpart from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Mohagher Iqbal, grants Muslims an autonomous region called Bangsamoro in the south.It is the area of the largely Catholic country where Muslims are in the majority.The framework agreement is intended to lead to a final peace settlement by 2016.
THE military as well as the international and domestic stakeholders have acknowledged the role and commitment of the citizenry in peace-building, and resolved to sustain the dividends of peace that the country is now enjoying after decades of conflict.
Some southeast Asian leaders see Canada as an anchor for peace in the Indo-Pacific region, as they launch a new strategic partnership at a time when tensions continue to mount over territorial claims in the South China Sea.
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte — Officials in Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday unveiled a peculiar peace monument, one fashioned from parts of 3,000 assault rifles and rocket launchers surrendered by enemies of state in recent months.
