[MindaNews] Elections are over and life should return to normal but not in Talitay, a town of about 14,000 Moro inhabitants, many of whom have fled after a long standing rido (clan feud) was rekindled due to politics. At least four persons have been reported killed.
Involved in the rido are the Sabal and Buisan families, both of whom have relatives and supporters in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front. The town center has become like a ghost town after residents fled due to clashes between armed followers of the two families on Saturday afternoon.
Talitay police chief Freddie Solar said, "Killings started a day before election and vengeance counter attacks followed. The residents knew it was going to be big hostilities since both have armed followers affiliated with Moro fronts," adding that both sides have been massing its forces around the town center.
"The situation is deteriorating, tension is high so we urged the people, especially the children to move to safer grounds," he said.
Solar said the Muslim Council of Elders and representatives from the MILF have been mediating for the declaration of a ceasefire.
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[Military.com] Supporters of a deal allowing American access to military bases in the Philippines hope the new president-elect,
Rodrigo Duterte, will embrace the agreement despite his outspoken opposition to U.S. influence and his promise to change foreign policy when he takes office next month.
Washington and Manila have yet to work out the details of a base-sharing agreement that calls for developing five military bases to be used by rotational U.S. forces, and Duterte would face strong resistance if he simply abandoned agreement, an executive order by current President Benigno Aquino. But proponents of the base-sharing plan are worried that his administration could effectively neuter it through delays.
The two nations announced the base-sharing deal in February under the terms of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement signed in 2014. Those facilities are Antonio Bautista Air Base, Basa Air Base, Pampanga, Lumbia Air Base, Fort Magsaysay, and Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base.
Defense Department spokesman Bill Urban said, "The U.S. is working closely with the Philippines to develop project proposals to enhance the existing military infrastructure and installations at these five locations that will enable high-impact, high-value training for both the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Pacific Command."
Runway repairs and expansions, depots for disaster-response supplies and fuel storage tanks are among the infrastructure upgrades being considered. A decision has not been made on the upgrades, said a spokesman for the Philippine Department of National Defense.
The five bases require varying amounts of improvement, particularly Fort Magsaysay and Basa Air Base, which are in remote areas and lack sleeping and mess hall facilities that meet American standards for rotations longer than a few weeks.
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...The way this used to work, in the Olden Time, was that the Philippine Government would make a few unpleasant noises, we'd sweeten the deal a bit, and everybody would be happy. I suspect though that this time we might just tell 'em to go jump in the lake.
Mike
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Oh,yes, let's fuel the utter corruption in the PI. More money! (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
[Bangkok Post] A man was gunned down in Pattani province on Saturday night. The duty officer at the Sai Buri district police station said the incident occurred early last night on a road in tambon Kadunong. While Alhakim Dasi was returning home on a motorcycle from the district town he was followed by two men on another motorcycle. The pillion rider shot at him with a handgun, hitting him three times and killing him instantly.
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[MindaNews] Elections are over and life should return to normal but not in Talitay, a town of about 14,000 Moro inhabitants, many of whom have fled after a long standing rido (clan feud) was rekindled due to politics. At least four persons have been reported killed.
[Military.com] Supporters of a deal allowing American access to military bases in the Philippines hope the new president-elect, 
