ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) – An attack by dozens of Muslim rebels shut down ... "Their target is the City Hall. They want to raise their flag of independence at city hall," she told radio ...

Sporadic and intermittent gunfire rang out in Zamboanga City for a fourth day on Thursday as armed forces continued to clash with Muslim Moro ... and raise the MNLF flag. “We stopped that ...

The images I saw everyday in many ways reflect the reasons why conflict in Muslim communities ... in the whole Zamboanga peninsula. I saw a Philippine flag in front of the city hall, but there ...

A stand-off between Philippine troops and Muslim rebels has continued ... early on Monday and had wanted to raise their flag above Zamboanga's city hall, military officials said.

In 1593, the Castilian flag of Spain ... introduced in Zamboanga City. The Archdiocese of Zamboanga included all of Mindanao except Sulu where the Tausug culture and Islam proved to be as dynamic ...

(Editor's note: In this concluding essay, journalist Criselda Yabes examines the mistakes that were made during the attack in Zamboanga City, which she visited as ... a renewed cycle of anger, as Musa ...