Wednesday, July 26, 2006 (Philippines)

This woman is among the many residents of Toril who dry their palay on the concrete road the whole day, occupying a lane of the highway. Aware or not, these people are using a public property intended to ease the growing volume of city traffic. (Sun.Star Davao/Rene B. Lumawag) TWO factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been fighting in Maguindanao since Saturday over what the military claim was "overlapping of turf and zakat collection." Reports from the military stated that MILF forces under Kumander Silongan encountered the group of Kumander Sinsuat at the boundary of barangays Katibpuan and Muslim in Guindulongan, Maguindanao. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]