Editor's Note
Eduardo C. TADEM
ARTICLES
Development and Distress in Mindanao: A Political Economy Overview
Eduardo C. Tadem
The Philippines and Bangsamoro Polity: Breaking the "Sisyphean Ordeal"
Julkipli WADI
Magpuyong malinawon sa yutang kabilin (Living in Peace in their Ancestral Domain)
Rudy B. RODIL
The New Face of Mindanao's Strong Men: The Politico-Economic Foundations of Legitimacy in Muslim Mindanao
Francisco LARA, Jr.
COMMENTARIES
It's Now or Later...Or Never?
Mohagher IQBAL
Comments on the Framework Agreement between the GPH and the MILF
Rudy RODIL
DOCUMENTS
2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro
Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Annex on Revenue Generation & Wealth Sharing
The Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Comparing the ARMM Law (RA 9054) and the Wealth Sharing Annex, Bangsamoro Framework Agreement
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
POETRY
Modern Martyr and Marahui and her Son, Amai
Hussein MACARAMBON
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