Baguio City, June 8 – Local chief executives of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have formally expressed their support to Arsenio Humiding, chair of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) while hoping for the early signing and implementation of a closure agreement between the government and the armed group. The CPLA, together with its political wing Cordillera Bodong Administration (CBA), is set to sign a closure agreement with the Government of the Philippines (GPH) soon, Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Manila, June 7 – As the government raises its stakes in the peace process, it constantly seeks the support of stakeholders in moving forward the negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP). In a recent dialogue with Catholic bishops, priests and lay leaders from the cities of Davao, Digos, Tagum and Mati, Government of the Philippines (GPH) panel member Ednar Dayanghirang urged the religious sector Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Statement of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles Regarding the NDFP’s proposal to defer peace talks and demand to release consultants as provided by OPAPP Media The statements made by National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ (NDFP) chief negotiator Luis Jalandoni and NDF panel member Fidel Agcaoili are most unfortunate. I would like to refer to the statements made in January of this year, of government chief negotiator Alexander Padilla, after the Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Upi, Maguindanao, June 2 – More than a show of support to the Mindanao peace process, the “Bike for Peace” event is a symbolic act and a reminder that the work for peace involves collective action, determination and imagination to stay the course to achieve a just and lasting peace in southern Philippines, according to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles. “This exercise as envisioned is meant to simulate our own collective experience of making and waging peace, Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Manila, June 2 – More than 3,000 hunger advocates from different sectors walked and raced as they took a stand to fight hunger in conflict-laden southern Philippines. Some participants walked two kilometers while others ran five and 10 km in the United Nations World Food Programme’s (UNWFP) annual campaign against child hunger and malnutrition dubbed “Walk the World – Pilipinas,” which was held over the weekend at the SM Mall of Asia grounds in Pasay City. Initiated by WFP along with Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Cotabato City, June 1 –The Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) met with 16 civil society organizations and Cotabato City Mayor Japal Guiani Jr. on May 28 and 30 respectively to discuss the Mindanao peace process. The consultations were done before and after the 36-km Bike for Peace event held from Cotabato City to the mountainous terrain of Upi, Maguindanao. Chief negotiator Marvic Leonen described the informal discussions Read more [...]
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