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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two Abu Sayyaf fighters surrendered as the military declared 14 municipalities in the southern Muslim province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting.Gov. Sakur Tan said Adzmir Makiji Siri from Talipao town, and Aifer Heirala, a native of Patikul town, received P65,000 each in cash and livelihood assistance under the governments Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program.

In line with the Marcos administration’s peace agenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) initiated a Peace Caravan in Maimbung, Jolo,

The Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC) on Monday welcomed the appointment of His Eminence, Cardinal Orlando Beltran Quevedo, OMI, D.D., as representative of Settler Communities in the Council of Leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Under Article VI Section 9 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, the Council…

Don Yates experienced some dramatic culture shock as a young man in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, and his book tells why he's glad he did it.

Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vice chief of staff Lt. Gen. Salvador M. Mison passed away on Wednesday, July 19, at the age of 90, his family announced on Thursday. His family said Mison died peacefully but did not mention the cause of his death. The AFP will…

Joining his friend at a presentation for a new government volunteer program called the Peace Corps, would change the course of his life. 

“Disaster relief and humanitarian assistance are areas that Cebu Pacific has actively contributed to and supported over the years. We have always believed

THE rulings of the Hague Court of Appeal in the Netherlands and the Paris Court of Appeal, which dismissed the Sulu claimants’ application for recognition and enforcement of a purported arbitral award of US$14.9bil (RM69.6bil), have been hailed as landmarks.

JUNE 28 — The Hague Court of Appeal in the Netherlands has dismissed the Sulu claimants’ application for recognition and enforcement of a purported arbitral award of US$14.9...

Deadly violence broke out Saturday as police were serving a warrant for an MNLF leader in Sulu.