Friday, August 22, 2008 (Philippines)

Army soldiers pass a busy street in Iligan City enroute to the mountains of Lanao del Norte to join the hunt against MILF rebels responsible for last Monday's raid in Kolambugan town. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Bobby Timonera) UNLIKE the previous peace accords, militant groups said the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Moro rebels and the government runs roughshod with the constitution. In a protest in Cagayan de Oro Thursday, leftist organizations denounced the Moro rebels' atrocities in Lanao del Norte, while accusing Malacañang of using the unsigned agreement to advance its own interest. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog [full story]