Still No Peace In The Philippines

(18 Aug 08 - RV) Philippine troops today retook several southern towns where Muslim rebels burned houses and killed at least 24 people in what the guerrillas said was an outburst of frustration with an uncertain peace process.
A military offensive earlier this month that dislodged Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels from several villages displaced about 80,000 residents in a nearby province.

Melo Acuna is the Managing Editor of CBCP News, established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. He told us why the peace process is taking so long.