Tag: abu sayyaf

BBL: An agreement with just one Muslim rebel group will not bring peace to Mindanao

February 15, 2015May 21, 2015 Ilda 109 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino would like us all to believe that the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law will bring peace to Mindanao. This is probably what some people around him like Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Deles and Miriam Coronel-Ferrer head of Government Peace Panel (for peace talks with the Moro…

Crime, Development, Featured, Government, Politics, Religion

Php 250m in exchange for 2 German lives: Yes, the Philippines negotiates with terrorists

October 20, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

The Philippines does not negotiate with terrorists. Or so we are told following the miraculous “rescue” of two German hostages Stefan Viktor Okonek and Henrike Dielen held by the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. According to Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Rami, the ransom they demanded was paid. According to the Philippine Government no such ransom…

Crime, Government, Religion, Society

Next step after Bangsamoro peace deal: Philippines to pay up – drop Sabah claim

March 27, 2014 benign0 38 Comments

So what happens to the Philippines’ claim on the Malaysian state of Sabah following the signing of the Bangsamoro “peace deal” between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)? It seems this is now conveniently in the backburner as Filipinos, on cue, dance to the tune of Malacanang’s “celebration of peace”. But…

Civics, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Commies in the Philippine Senate open doors to pork barrel funding of NPA and other terrorists

October 30, 2012July 9, 2022 benign0 77 Comments

Various communist front organisations are now crying bloody murder over the on-going party-list purge being undertaken by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to rid the country of groups found to be inconsistent with the party-list concept. Communist front Bayan Muna, for one, faced with mounting pressure to justify its continued branding as a party-list group…

Government, Politics