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MILF opposes government’s bid for OIC observer status |
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Chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal says RP request an
‘exercise in futility’
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By Julmunir I. Jannaral, Correspondent
COTABATO CITY: A senior leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) disclosed Thursday that the separatist group is opposed to
the government’s bid for an observer status in the Organization of
Islamic Conference (OIC).
MILF Chief Negotiator and Chief Information
Officer Mohagher Iqbal, who attended the recent meeting of the
Department of Minorities and Muslim Affairs of the Islamic
conference on April 18 to 19 in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
told The Manila Times that Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim of the MILF
Central Committee has written letters to several foreign ministers
of the OIC member states expressing his opposition to the
government’s efforts to join the 57-member pan-Islamic body.
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Broadcaster survives slay try
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a
broadcaster in an attack in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, local
television reports said.
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Gunmen kill three, injure five in Zamboanga City
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three people were killed and five others wounded
after unidentified motorcycle gunmen ambushed their truck Thursday
in a village in Zamboanga City, officials said.
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Israeli firm cries foul over seizure of property in Davao City
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AN Israeli shipping firm doing business in the Philippines for more
than 30 years is crying foul over a lower court’s order to seize
more than P 74.5 million worth of its properties in Davao and in
Manila.
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Grid operator to rehabilitate substation
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Power grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP)
will be rehabilitating a substation in Bulacan whose breakdown last
year caused brownouts in Luzon.
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Travel agencies support volunteer vacations
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ARAYAT, PAMPANGA: A local group of travel agencies forged an
agreement with Hands on Manila in a bid to help promote volunteer
vacations in the country.
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