Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News Central Mindanao

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/regions/jabidah.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Progressive groups in Cotabato City on Friday commemorated the 48th year of the Jabidah massacre. <em>Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News Central Mindanao</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>COTABATO CITY - Members of progressive groups on Friday staged a rally in front of the Cotabato City Plaza in commemoration of the 48th year of the Jabidah massacre.</p><p>The activists carried placards with words expressing their dismay with the government. They also placed on the road an effigy covered in white cloth, with the word Jabidah beside it.</p><p>Suara Bangsamoro spokesperson Jerome Succor said up to this day, they are still seeking justice for the victims of the massacre, which happened during the Marcos regime.</p><p>&quot;Hanggang sa kasalukuyan, kung titingnan natin, patuloy yung extrajudicial killings sa mga Moro na civilians. Hanggang ngyayon ay wala pa ring hustisya doon sa mga sibilyan na nasawi na perpetrated by state authority, particularly the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sa ngayon, sa panunungkulan ni President Aquino, zero justice sa mga victims,&quot; Succor claimed.</p><p>Some say the Jabidah massacre did not happen, but martial law victim Abunawas Kali said he strongly believes that the massacre took place.</p><p>&quot;Iyung mga pinatay, mga Bangsamoro. Bangsamoro kami. Masakit sa amin yung pagkuha sa kanila para kunin ang Sabah. Ayaw ng Malaysia na ibigay ang Sabah. Nung panahon na yun, yung mga Muslim hindi naman alam na binalak i-take over yung Sabah,&quot; Kali said.</p><div><strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/focus/03/18/15/how-jabidah-massacre-caused-moro-rebellion">How Jabidah massacre caused Moro rebellion</a></strong></div><p>Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) also commemorated the massacre by going to Corregidor.</p><p>ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said justice must be served. He said the Bangsamoro people should no longer hide in the shadows of the past. He said they will continue finding ways to achieve peace in Mindanao.</p><p>Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said incidents like the Jabidah massacre should never happen again.</p><p>&quot;We will remember Jabidah massacre. We should not let this happen again. Through historical narrative, we can find solution to the problem,&quot; he said.</p><p>On March 18, 1968, hundreds of young Moro were brought to Corregidor to be trained by the military for a secret mission to help the Marcos government seize control of Sabah from Malaysia.</p><p>They later refused to go and were killed.</p><p>The Jabidah massacre was said to be the inspiration of then University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Nur Misuari in forming the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).</p><p>In 2015, a marker was built in Corregidor acknowledging the Jabidah massacre as part of Philippine history.</p><div><strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/regions/03/18/15/philippines-acknowledges-jabidah-massacre-finally">Philippines acknowledges Jabidah massacre, finally</a></strong></div>

On March 18, 1968, hundreds of young Moro were brought to Corregidor to be trained by the military for a secret mission to help the Marcos government seize control of Sabah from Malaysia.

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Jabidah massacre remembered in Cotabato, Corregidor

Arianne Apatan,

ABS-CBN News Central Mindanao

Published Mar 18, 2016 10:54 PM PHT

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