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                    [Title] => Peace advocates advise government peace chairman to be calm
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Clerics and peace advocates in Central Mindanao have advised the new chairman of the government's ceasefire committee to be cool-headed at all times and to reach out to leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as if they were "blood brothers" for him to be efficient as his predecessor.

The chairman of the government's Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, Major Gen. Edgardo Gurrea, retired from the military services and turned over his his duties to Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Sealana.

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-17 10:34:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 15286 [Title] => MILF wants another 'temporary area' to avoid encounters [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-24 16:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 15144 [Title] => MILF wants truce monitors extended [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 393368 [Title] => Brunei appoints new head of monitoring contingent [Summary] => COTABATO CITY – The government of Brunei has appointed a new head for their ceasefire monitoring contingent in Mindanao.

Brig. Gen. Edgardo Gurrea, chairman of the government’s Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH), said Lt. Col. Ali Bin Hadji Sabar took over from Lt. Col. Moh’d Arifin the leadership of Brunei’s contingent in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in simple rites here.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383362 [Title] => Soldier killed in fresh clashes in Midsayap [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A soldier was killed while another was wounded as fighting flared up anew in Midsayap, North Cotabato, sparked by what the military described as "unending buildup" of forces in the area by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Lt. Col. Julieto Ando, spokesman for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the hostilities in Midsayap have spilled over to three more villages where soldiers and MILF fighters have been exchanging weapons fire since past 3:00 p.m. Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372858 [Title] => Tension wanes in Datu Saudi [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Shariff Kabunsuan – Tension has waned in Datu Saudi, Maguindanao, paving the way for a joint ceasefire committee to embark on maneuvers to reconcile the feuding town militia and local fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Brig. Gen. Edgardo Gurrea, chairman of the government’s ceasefire committee, said his MILF counterpart, Von Al-Haq, has succeeded in convincing the rebels who attacked last Sunday a roadside militia detachment in Datu Saudi to return to their villages to enable investigators to dig deeper into the cause of the trouble. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372434 [Title] => MILF leader killed in Davao Oriental [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — A local leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was shot to death by unidentified armed men at around 7:30 p.m.Tuesday night in Lupon, Davao Oriental.

Army Col. Benito de Leon, chief of staff of the 10th Infantry Division based here in Davao City, identified the victim as Bashir Takasan, a known MILF leader in the area.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369951 [Title] => Ceasefire paves way for resumption of peace talks [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The ceasefire on the ground between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is firmly holding despite the impasse in the peace negotiation following heated disagreements last September over issues on ancestral domain claims.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 370146 [Title] => Ceasefire paves way for resumption of peace talks [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The ceasefire on the ground between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is firmly holding despite the impasse in the peace negotiation following heated disagreements last September over issues on ancestral domain claims.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 368674 [Title] => Blasts rock Cotabato [Summary] => COTABATO CITY – Just as Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan was delivering his state-of-the region-address (SORA) yesterday, unidentifed assailants fired mortal shells yesterday in a nearby residential area.

Superintendent Peraco Macacua, city police chief, said the two 60 mm mortars, apparently fired from a distance, landed in Purok Pinen, Barangay Rosary Heights 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Two persons were wounded in the explosions. Ampatuan was unhurt, but one child was injured.
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