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Through the Gawad Kalinga and  religious and political leaders led by Barira Mayor Alexander Tomawis, the town has built almost 300 colorful houses for farmers and their dependents, right where soldiers and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels fought each other for nearly two weeks in 2000.


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This early, village leaders in this town’s 11 barangays are certain that President Arroyo will defeat her rivals here. 


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Senior Superintendent Isnaji Bantala, police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said a company-sized contingent of soldiers and policemen was deployed in strategic spots in Barira yesterday to pacify the feuding Maricor and Omar clans.


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BARIRA MAYOR ALEXANDER TOMAWIS

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Abubakar now a peace zone

By John Unson | September 3, 2006 - 12:00am

BARIRA, Maguindanao — Rebuilding Camp Abubakar, which is known as the heart of the secessionist movement, is a big challenge to local residents but they have much to show for their efforts in the last six years. Through...

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Moro rebs awaiting chance to vote for first time

By John Unson | March 26, 2004 - 12:00am

BARIRA, Maguindanao — Thousands of Muslim guerrillas now living peacefully as farmers in this town, the gateway to their former bastion, Camp Abubakar, eagerly await the May 10 elections where they will, for...

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Decade-old spat leads to bloody clan war

By John Unson | November 29, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — A decade-old conflict led to Thursday’s violent clash between two related clans, both identified with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, in Barira, Maguindanao, that left five people dead...

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Abubakar gateway now a ‘peace zone’

By John Unson | June 11, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — One of two once impregnable gateways to Camp Abubakar, former enclave of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao, was declared a "peace zone" the other day. As such, the newly...

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