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DFA sending team to Gaza to evacuate Pinoys
By Dennis Carcamo | November 19, 2012 - 1:49pm
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Monday that it will be sending a team to Egypt and Israel to evacuate Filipinos living at the Gaza strip where attacks by Israeli military were expected to intensify.
Final Peace Pact by December 2012
Final peace pact seen by December
By John Unson (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 19, 2012 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - Chief government peace negotiator Marvic Leonen expressed confidence yesterday that the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front would be able to complete the three annexes of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) by the end of the year.
Implement Past Peace Deals
Implement Past Peace Deals, OIC Urges PH
By EDD K. USMAN
November 18, 2012, 8:02pm
MANILA, Philippines --- The 57 foreign ministers of the member-states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have welcomed the Oct. 15 Framework Agreement (FA) even as they called on the Philippines to fully implement the 1976 and 1996 peace pacts.
Arrest of 92 Maguindanao massacre suspects
Peace stakeholders asked to help in arrest of 92 Maguindanao massacre suspects
By Jamie Marie Elona
INQUIRER.net
7:50 pm | Monday, November 19th, 2012
MANILA, Philippines—The special investigation team on the 2009 Maguindanao massacre has sought the help of Mindanao peace process stakeholders to facilitate the speedy arrest of the 92 suspects who remain at large, a Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) official said Monday.
NBI Foils Another Mindanao Scam
NBI Foils Another Mindanao Scam
By LEONARD D. POSTRADO
November 19, 2012, 8:28pm
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has nipped in the bud the operations of a third, foreign-run, pyramiding firm in Mindanao, which has reportedly duped more than 100 investors of their money worth P60 million, following a raid inside their office in Pagadian City yesterday.
Philippines, Muslim rebels sign peace pact
AFP NewsBy Jason Gutierrez | AFP News – Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Muslim rebels waging a four-decade insurgency in the Philippines signed a historic pact with the government on Monday to end the conflict, but both sides warned the road to peace had only just begun.
President Benigno Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim witnessed the signing of the accord, which aims for a final peace pact by 2016, in a landmark ceremony at the presidential palace in Manila.
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