"We are not against the reported draft of peace agreement. We are even supporting it so that the problem in Mindanao will finally have an end."
Thus, the inquirer.net quoted Hatimil Hassan, Moro National Liberational Front (MNLF) interim vice chair, today, referring to the ongoing peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Earlier, MNLF chair Nur Misuari warned the Philippine government against signing a peace agreement with the MILF, citing claims by an American diplomat that a peace pact with the MILF “will be illegal.”
Both the GRP and the MILF are optimistic that they can come up soon with a comprehensive peace pact. (Taher G. Solaiman)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
Road mishap kills former ARMM vice governor
Former Vice Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Mahid Mutilan was killed in a vehicular accident about 5 a.m. Thursday in Sitio Anibongan, Matangkad village in Gitagum, Misamis Oriental.
Reports that reached Taher G. Solaiman On Line said Mutilan, also a former Lanao del Sur provincial governor, was en route from Marawi City to Cagayan de Oro City airport when the driver of his Ford Ranger pickup lost control of the vehicle, causing it to crash. The governor was rushing to catch the first plane flight from Cagayan de Oro City to Manila to meet his wife who was set to leave for a pilgrimage to Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mutilan’s driver, together with another companion and three persons aboard a tricycle were also injured in the incident.
The victims aboard the vehicle of Mutilan were brought to the Cagayan de Oro Medical Center while those aboard the tricycle were rushed to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City for treatment. But the former governor was pronounced “dead on arrival” at the hospital while his driver was in a serious condition.
Mutilan, until his death, was the head of the Ulama League of the Philippines and co-convenor of Bishop-Ulama Conference of the Philippines.
Gitagum town is about an hour by land travel from Cagayan de Oro City.
Reports that reached Taher G. Solaiman On Line said Mutilan, also a former Lanao del Sur provincial governor, was en route from Marawi City to Cagayan de Oro City airport when the driver of his Ford Ranger pickup lost control of the vehicle, causing it to crash. The governor was rushing to catch the first plane flight from Cagayan de Oro City to Manila to meet his wife who was set to leave for a pilgrimage to Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mutilan’s driver, together with another companion and three persons aboard a tricycle were also injured in the incident.
The victims aboard the vehicle of Mutilan were brought to the Cagayan de Oro Medical Center while those aboard the tricycle were rushed to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City for treatment. But the former governor was pronounced “dead on arrival” at the hospital while his driver was in a serious condition.
Mutilan, until his death, was the head of the Ulama League of the Philippines and co-convenor of Bishop-Ulama Conference of the Philippines.
Gitagum town is about an hour by land travel from Cagayan de Oro City.
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