(INQUIRER) COTABATO CITY—The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity is initiating an investigation into allegations that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders are getting “cuts” from the P100,000 cash assistance for every decommissioned combatant, even as it considered the incident as “isolated.” The scheme was revealed during Tuesday’s hearing by the…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jinggoy Estrada yesterday urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front leadership to investigate reports that its leaders have been getting a 50 percent “cut” on the P100,000 cash grant given to rebel returnees. Estrada, during the hearing of Senate Committee on National Defense on the decommissioning of MILF fighters and weapons, said he learned…
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(INQUIRER) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders are allegedly getting a 50-percent “cut” from the P100,000 cash assistance given to former Moro combatants for laying down their firearms as part of the peace deal that the secessionist rebels had entered into with the government. This was revealed by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who presided over the…
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The Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, chaired by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, probes the alleged delays on the conduct of the decommissioning of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Forces and Weapons. (Voltaire F. Domingo / Senate Social Media Unit)
