Sunday, July 1, 2012

History of Mindanao, Part III: The Bagobo.Lumad, Circa 1910, Part 5

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The following is Part 5 of the entry on the Bagobo Tribe from Davao Region. The entry comes from the seminal work by American anthropologist...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

MILF Armed Contacts for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part I: MILF Battles MNLF in North Cotabato Province, Again

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With all the back slapping lately between the MILF and the MNLF it is easy for some to forget that the MILF was in fact born out of disgust ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Kidnap for Ransom for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part III: Jordanian Journalist Baker Abdullah Atyani, Part 3

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In parts 1 and 2 I touched upon the inherent risks journalists face when covering insurgent organizations. In the Southern Philippines, the ...
Monday, June 25, 2012

GPH-NDFP Peace Process for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part II: NDFP " Ten Point Proposal for a Concise Agreement for an Immediate and Just Peace"

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The informal two day meeting between delegations from both the GPH, or Government of the Philippines, and the NDFP, or National Democratic F...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

GPH-NDFP Peace Process for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part I: Informal Meeting in Oslo

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With the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Peace Process hitting a wall over t...
Friday, June 22, 2012

Kidnap for Ransom for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part VI: Mayor Jeffrey Tan Lim of Salug

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The Lim Clan on the Zamboanga Peninsula are one of Mindanao's most storied political dynasties. Migrating like so many Tsinoy, or Filipi...
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Kidnap for Ransom for the Second Quarter of 2012, Part III: Jordanian Journalist Baker Abdullah Atyani, Part 2

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The choice to use Mayor Alvarez Isnaji of Indanan as negotiator had not been made by sub-Kumander Sulayman "Abu Haris" Patta. Alth...