The first parliamentary election of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is no longer simply an election. It is shaping up to be a referendum—not necessarily on the Bangsamoro…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — In a landmark reaffirmation of one of the country’s most significant peace initiatives, the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)…
A Defining Moment for Peace More than a decade after the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the Bangsamoro peace process stands at one of its most…
A Dangerous Pause in a Fragile Peace The recent statement of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) announcing a temporary halt in several engagements under the peace implementation mechanisms of…
A growing political crisis threatens to unravel the hard-won peace process in the Bangsamoro region, according to a joint statement released February 25 by the Climate Conflict Action (CCAA) and…
Manila, Philippines — September 8, 2025 Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. on Monday openly recognized the growing divisions within the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front…
September 7, 2025 – Manila Former government negotiators who crafted the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) have issued a stark warning over what they described as a looming…
The United Nations has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to the Bangsamoro peace process, with Resident Coordinator in the Philippines Arnaud Peral recently meeting top officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region…
The words delivered by Mohagher Iqbal at the Titayan 2 conference in Davao City last August 19 should serve as a wake-up call — not just for policymakers in Manila,…
The Bangsamoro peace process—once hailed as one of the most promising models of post-conflict transition in Southeast Asia—is now on a precipice. With the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) deferring…