News - Politics of the Philippines
Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer website on 4 August [Text of GRP-MILF draft pact on Bangsamoro homeland; for assistance with multimedia elements] The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) herein referred to as the "Parties" to this Agreement.
Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper The Daily Tribune website on 8 March [Report by Gina Peralta-Elorde: "NPA Rebels Attack Gold Mine, Burn Equipment"] Government security forces were pursuing communist guerrillas who raided a large gold mine in the South, burning equipment and stealing the firearms of the site's security guards.
Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper The Philippine Star website on 8 March [Report by Paolo Romero and Christina Mendez: "DOJ: Drilon Legal Opinion Backed Deal"] Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez turned the tables on former Senate president Franklin Drilon yesterday, saying one of the legal supports for the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking in the Agreement Area in the South China Sea (JMSU) came from the former senator when he was serving as Department of Justice (DOJ) secretary in 1990.
A group of army officers accused in a coup plot in the Philippines took over a luxury Manila hotel Thursday after storming out of their trial.
By Luzi Ann Javier Jasper, a 28-year-old medic in the New People's Army, says he has been fighting Philippine government forces since he was 13. Now he has a new enemy: international mining companies.
