Philippine Government Signs Pact With Muslim Rebels

By FLOYD WHALEY

MANILA — The government of the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group that both sides say they hope will lessen the chronic violence and poverty that have plagued the southern island of Mindanao. 

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Malaysia Attacks Filipino Rebels With Jets and Mortars

By FLOYD WHALEY

MANILA — Malaysia used airstrikes and mobilized thousands of troops on Tuesday to try to put an end to a monthlong quixotic incursion by a band of gunmen from the Philippines seeking to reclaim part of Borneo Island for a defunct sultanate.   

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They remember Macliing but not his grave

By Analyn Salvador-Amores
Philippine Daily Inquirer

BAGUIO CITY—Every April 24 since 1985, Cordillerans mark People’s Day to honor Macliing Dulag, a pangat (village elder) of Barangay (village) Bugnay in Tinglayan, Kalinga. 

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Moro Piracy during the Spanish Period and Its Impact

by Domingo M. Non
http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/56477/1/KJ00000131731.pdf

Moro piracy during the Spanish period in the Philippines caused an epoch of wholesale misery for the inhabitants. A Spanish writer described the period as a chapter of Philippine history "written in blood and tears and nourished in pain and suffering" [Fernandez 1979: 203]. Piracy also hampered the social and material growth of the country. But its most devastating effect was the socio-psychological impact of the turmoil in shaping the relationship of the Moro and Christianized inhabitants.

Thus, this essay will attempt to re-examine the history of Moro piracy to determine its

motives and the extent of its impact on the present society.

Source: http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/56477/1/KJ00000131731.pdf