The Philippine government assured Monday that the fresh hostilities between the government troops and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) in southern provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato would not escalate.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III embarked on a historic trip Monday deep inside the stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines to show his sincerity in bringing to an end the decades-old Muslim insurrection in the country.