The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) issued yesterday (May 24), an official statement signed by MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim on Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao on May 23rd presumably to contain the Marawi incident and prevent it from spreading to other parts of Mindanao.

One’s gain is another’s loss. This is the nature of gambling!

Gambling is addicting as drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, prostitution, and other vices. We do not need to have this bathetic conclusion to make after the horror at the Resorts World Manila on June where 37 people died from a lone gunman’s madness.   

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s recent appointments to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) have sparked controversy and raised serious legal questions. By appointing individuals who were not officially endorsed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Marcos may have directly violated the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the landmark legislation governing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).