Decommissioning - The Mindanao Sentinel https://themindanaosentinel.com Regional Focus. National Relevance. Sun, 30 Nov 2025 03:11:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://themindanaosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Sentinel-logo_small200-32x32.png Decommissioning - The Mindanao Sentinel https://themindanaosentinel.com 32 32 Senate Approval of OPAPRU’s ₱8.9-B Budget Seen as Major Push for Peacebuilding and Education in Bangsamoro https://themindanaosentinel.com/2025/11/senate-approval-of-opaprus-%e2%82%b18-9-b-budget-seen-as-major-push-for-peacebuilding-and-education-in-bangsamoro/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://themindanaosentinel.com/?p=20795 PASAY CITY — The Senate’s swift approval of the ₱8.9-billion budget of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) for 2026 is being hailed as a significant milestone in the country’s ongoing peace process—strengthening not only security efforts but also education and socioeconomic transformation in conflict-affected areas. Central to the […]

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]]> OPINION | No Decommissioning, No Peace? A Nation at the Crossroads of Broken Promises and Growing Distrust https://themindanaosentinel.com/2025/07/opinion-no-decommissioning-no-peace-a-nation-at-the-crossroads-of-broken-promises-and-growing-distrust/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://themindanaosentinel.com/?p=14482 When the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) declared in a July 19 resolution that “there will be no further decommissioning of MILF combatants until the government fulfills its promises to those previously decommissioned,” it sent more than just a message of frustration. It served as a warning — and a reckoning — for a fragile […]

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]]> Ambassador Suat Akgὓn, Chairman of IDB, Visits 6ID for Strengthened Peace Process Collaboration https://themindanaosentinel.com/2024/09/ambassador-suat-akg%e1%bd%93n-chairman-of-idb-visits-6id-for-strengthened-peace-process-collaboration/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:26:07 +0000 https://themindanaosentinel.com/?p=792 CAMP SIONGCO, Awang, DOS, Maguindanao del Norte – Ambassador Suat Akgὓn, Chairman of the Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB), along with his delegation, paid a significant visit to the headquarters of the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division, Philippine Army, on September 23, 2024. This visit underscores the ongoing efforts towards peace and security in Mindanao, particularly focusing on […]

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