Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
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AFP says it can’t take MILF ‘convenient excuse’ forever
Armed Forces chief Gen. Alexander Yano said the government cannot take the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) “convenient excuse” every time its fighters attack communities and civilians in Mindanao.
“If they keep on saying that line and they continue to fail controlling them (MILF sub-commanders), then the government will certainly control them,” Yano told ABS-CBN’s morning show, “Umagang Kay Ganda,” on Tuesday.
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Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
Manila Bulletin Online
Defend every inch of territory – GMA
President deplores treacherous attacks by rebels
Defend every inch of territory, says President
By GENALYN D. KABILING
President Arroyo yesterday ordered security forces to defend every inch of the country’s territory from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as she deplored its “sneaky and treacherous attacks” launched in some parts of Lanao del Norte that left several people dead.
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Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
GMANews.TV
MILF won’t renegotiate ancestral domain pact, says it’s a ‘done deal’
08/19/2008 | 09:22 AM
MANILA, Philippines — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday rejected calls for a renegotiation of its memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain with the government.
MILF deputy chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar said the MILF will not agree to revisit or renegotiate the agreement even if it means an indefinite impasse of the peace talks.
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Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
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Metro cops full alert for possible spillover of Mindanao clashes
By ANGELO L. GUTIERREZ
abs-cbnNEWS.com
The Philippine National Police (PNP) placed its forces in Metro Manila on full alert due to the possibility of a spillover of the latest conflict in Mindanao.
Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome, PNP spokesman, said the full alert status was activated as of 8 a.m. He said additional police personnel were automatically deployed to secure vital installations around the capital region.
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Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
INQUIRER.net
MILF attacks leave bloody trail
By Nikko Dizon, Inquirer Mindanao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:03:00 08/19/2008
MANILA, Philippines—In a major escalation of the fighting, Moro guerrillas Monday raided five towns, spraying gunfire, hacking civilians with machetes and torching houses before withdrawing using residents as human shields in the face of a government counteroffensive.
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Posted by Mai on August 19th, 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
High Court affirms sentence
on rapist of 68-year-old
WHO wants to have sex with a 68-year old woman perhaps for P100,000? Nobody, unless you are a pervert like Jesus Baligo.
Baligo, 25, a tricycle driver from Cagayan, has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by the Supreme Court for raping a woman almost thrice his age and old enough to be his grandmother or great grandmother.
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