Philippine Facilitation Project

Accelerating Peace in Mindanao

USIP supported a recently released special issue of the highly regarded Philippines news magazine, Newsbreak, on the peace talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mindanao. The two parties have just reached a consensus on underlying causes of the thirty-year conflict and have begun a public advocacy drive to broaden public understanding and support for peace.

Newsbreak has allowed USIP to republish several of its articles here.

Mindanao Accelerating
By Marites Dañguilan Vitug

Racing Against Time
By Carolyn Arguillas in Maguindanao
Newsbreak Contributing Writer

HOT SEAT: Al Haj Murad Ebrahim
By Carolyn Arguillas in Maguindanao
Newsbreak Contributing Writer

20 YEARS AFTER: Is the MILF Factionalized?
By Froilan Gallardo
Newsbreak Contributing Writer

YOUNG AND PROMISING: The Thriving New Cities of Mindanao
By Miriam Grace A. Go
Newsbreak Assistant Managing Editor

Paintings, Sculptures, and Museums
By John L. Silva
Newsbreak Contributing Writer

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