Manila, Jan. 3 – As the new year starts, the opportunities for peace remains positive. Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles took note of this as she addressed the employees of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on their first working day of the year. “Let 2012 be the year for peace,” Deles said during the general assembly Monday at the OPAPP headquarters in Pasig. “The year 2011 was a rollercoaster. We were up many times and we Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Zamboanga Sibugay, Sept. 15 – The government through its PAMANA or Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Peaceful and Resilient Communities) continues to help impoverished communities with three municipalities in this province as the latest to receive assistance worth P16 million for road improvement. The towns of Tungawan, Mabuhay and Payao are set to use the funds for the rehabilitation and gravelling of their poorly conditioned roads. PAMANA Mindanao Dir. Eric dela Torre of the Office of Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Manila, Sept. 13 – Students from various parts of Mindanao and the National Capital Region spoke their minds on how to promote peace in their own ways as they convened on Saturday for a film screening of indie movie Patikul followed by a forum in celebration of the 8th National Peace Consciousness Month this September. The film viewing, which is part of the event, “YPeace,” was held at The Podium cinema in Ortigas, Pasig City. Hosted by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Manila, Sept. 9 – An indie movie that talks about literacy in war-torn Sulu will take center stage on Saturday as students from various parts of Mindanao and the National Capital Region (NCR) gather for a film screening and forum in celebration of the 8th National Peace Consciousness Month. “Patikul,” a film by highly-acclaimed director Joel Lamangan and Palanca first-prize awardee Kristoffer Brugada, will be shown at 1 p.m. at The Podium cinema. The movie viewing is part of the event, “YPeace,” Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Davao City, Sept. 9 – Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Marvic Leonen discussed on Thursday contexts and possibilities of finding common grounds between the proposal of the government and the Comprehensive Compact of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). “There are common grounds on the proposals,” stressed Leonen. “A third way that addresses interests and positions of both sides and stakeholders could also be explored,” he said during the 2nd National Solidarity Read more [...]
Continue Reading →Cotabato City, August 26 – Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles stressed that now is the time to seize the opportunity to put closure on the problem of armed conflicts affecting the nation. “We are so left behind by all the other countries; it’s time to find resolution because there’s still the next generation. If we cannot gather that hope and faith, then we will lose it for our children,” she said during the 3rd Mindanao Bishops – Catholic Educational Read more [...]
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