November 17, 2012 News: The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are urged not to appoint “traditional politicians who represent that abusive, warlord-led and already unacceptable status quo that the Framework Agreement seeks to replace” as members of the Transition Commission.

November 16, 2012 News: A senior member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has urged the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to be more assertive in bringing together the MILF and the MNLF, including its several factions, in the context and umbrella of the BangsamoroCoordination Forum (BCF) and not allow any of the two parties to just dilly-dally.

November 15, 2012 News: One of the main advocacy lines that the various advocacy groups impart to members of the MILF from Sulu to Malapatan, Sarangani, to Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur, to Buluan, Maguindanao, and to Mati, Davao Oriental, and elsewhere is: “It is not yet liberation for the Bangsamoro.”

November 14, 2012 News: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is sending a powerhouse delegation to the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers (CFAM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Nov. 15 to 17 in Djibouti, East Africa.

November 13, 2012 News: The Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines and Foundation Suisse De Deminage will start to conduct anti-personnel landmines clearance in the conflict affected zones in Mindanao.

November 12, 2012 News: After the historic signing of the GPH-MILF Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro in Manila last October 15, the government and MILF peace panels are again back to the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur for the 33rd GPH-MILF Exploratory Talks which is slated to wind up on November 18. This will be 7-day grueling session with both parties tackling power-sharing, wealth-sharing, and normalization.

Gandhi C. Kinjiyo

November 12, 2012 News: Malapatan, Sarangani – More than two thousand Bangsamoro People from South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City held a General Assembly for the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement at Brgy. Sapu Masla, Malapatan, Sarangani Province on November 7, 2012.

By: Hassan Hatab

November 11, 2012 News: The Political Affairs Bureau and the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) with approval from the MILF Central Committee, held another successful assembly at the Sulu State College Gymnasium in Jolo on Nov. 8, 2012.