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Monday, September 01, 2008 |
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Peace talks near collapse
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MILF council meets on pact with Manila
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) held a crucial meeting Sunday to decide the fate of the
peace talks with the Arroyo government.
A larger conflict looms in Mindanao, as the
government and the rebels stood firm on their respective negotiating
positions. The military plans to continue its offensive against the
rebels during Ramadan (see related front-page story), and the Palace
had decided not to sign a controversial agreement on ancestral
domain for the Muslims. On the other hand, the MILF is all but
poised to scuttle the peace talks, insisting that the agreement on
homeland was already a done deal.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Offensive still on during Ramadan
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Government troops will continue offensives against Muslim rebels in
the South, but commanders will make “tactical adjustments” in
deference to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, an official said
Sunday.
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Quedancor swine program
another fertilizer scam
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First of three parts
ILOILO CITY: Aura Drew Escanlar was all set to
take the nursing board examinations that December of 2004 when she
decided instead to put up a piggery.
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Maverick McCain gets tilt at history
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota: Republican John McCain has built a reputation
as an honorable, if at times quick-tempered, politician, whose world
view was forged in his cell in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton.”
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EXCLUSIVE
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FVR against Lakas-Kampi merger,
says party official
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The merger of Lakas Christian-Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD)
with Kampi appears doomed to fail, because former President Fidel
Ramos is strongly opposing it.
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INTERVIEW WITH SALUDO
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CSC chief sets up fund for martyrs’
families
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Editor’s note: In part one, Civil Service Commission Chairman
Ricardo Saludo talks of government-worker heroes and martyrs, the
Anti-Red Tape Act, the role of the commission as a mediator between
government offices and other sectors, especially on red-tape issues
and the texting service, and “Call Center ng Bayan.”
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