Sulu CSOs laud civil 'Noble Warriors of Marine Corps’ for CRT project

1. The sincerity of the military forces significance to the peace in Sulu. A local civil society organizations (CSOs) based in Sulu hailed the Philippine Marine Corps, particularly the 9th Marine Battalion, for its Community Relations Training (CRT) project in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.Dr. Amildasa Annil, president of Ulangig Mindanao Network (UMI), greatly remarked the engagement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

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Civil society network seeks pro-environment practices

1. Justice! Justice! Justice! CAGAYAN DE ORO -- A network of civil society organizations from different regions in Mindanao is seeking environmental justice for over a thousand victims of Tropical Storm Sendong (international name: Washi).Bulig Alang sa Mindanao (Balsa Mindanao) in a forum on Thursday themed “A look into 40 days after Sendong... what lies ahead?” called for a thorough review of policies that allow commercial-scale business operations in ecologically sensitive areas such as Bukidnon, the source of six major river systems in Mindanao.Balsa Mindanao’s preliminary research findings posited that among the contributors to the gravity...

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UK Envoy Graces Sulu Training

1. At the first glance I thought this training is military exercise.Peace building training for armed forces? Wow! Good job. By ALI G. MACABALANG Philippine military war ship, Jolo, Sulu COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The United Kingdom’s (UK) deputy ambassador to the Philippines has visited Jolo, Sulu to grace the culmination of another episode of training for government armed forces and civilians honed on peace-building strategies in handling the...

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Sending Back Sendong Children to School

1. Let Filipinos unite themselves and send back the Sendong's children to school.2. Hope, Government, NGOs and other concern individual and stakeholders working together for the immediate respond to these school children.3. Let the military divert their budget into school supplies, and let the rebel groups also spend their time for collecting any amount for these poor children. CDO, Iligan need 3 to 5 years to fully recover from ‘Sendong’IT will take three to five years before Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City can fully recover from physical devastation it suffered due to Typhoon Sendong. This was the observation of Margareta...

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Iligan: from Danger to Danger

1. From tiger's mouth to lion's mouth. Flood survivors in Mindanao rebuild in danger zonesAgence France-PresseILIGAN — Less than six weeks after killer floods swept away their slum homes along a Philippine river, Lydia Abulanda and her neighbours are rebuilding despite warnings disaster could strike again.In a poverty-driven tale repeated with depressing frequency across the storm-plagued Southeast Asian nation, Abulanda said they had no other...

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UN donor countries assure ARMM guv of continued development support

1. "We are very grateful for the assistance they have extended to our people and we are even more grateful they will continue helping us," Hataman told reporters. People also very grateful if the budget will be implemented soon with out any slice and delay. 2. 19 months is so short. However, the positive mind like Hataman hope can do it. Good luck Mr. Care Taker.COTABATO CITY — Acting Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional...

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Duterte to Misuari: Pursue peace

1. “The better approach now is to talk peace across the table,“ Good advice Vice Mayor Duterte. 2. Peace agreement, tell when? Nur Misuari DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has urged Nur Misuari, chairemeritus of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), to maximize peaceful means in following up the implementation of the 1996 Peace Agreement with the government, by which many provisions were culled from the Tripoli...

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Cong. Loong distributes mobile clinics in Sulu

1. Good job! Following his program and vision “Bring the Government to the People,” Sulu District 1 Congressman Tupay Loong is set to distribute five mobile clinics and medicines worth P5 million to five pinpointed municipalities in the Province of Sulu. The five vehicles arrived yesterday morning on board a boat from Manila and were taken to his residence along Veterans Extension on its way to Sulu for the distribution. Loong said the funds...

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Peace education pushed in Mindanao

1. Perfect move, peace education must be pushed in Mindanao for pupils. However, the peace education must be extended to arm forces, rebels, and politicians.  DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 24, 2012) – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Southern Mindanao and the Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD) will partner in intensifying the integration of peace education in teacher education in colleges and universities in the region. The...

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Filipino govt fails to curb Mindanao abuses -HRW

1. When the civilian killed military automatically government will charge the suspect as terrorist. When military killed the innocent civilian justice denied? A villager paddles his boat to fish in the marshlands of Datu Piang town in southern Philippines' Maguindanao province July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de CastroBy Thin Lei WinBANGKOK (AlertNet) – More than two years after members of government security forces and private armies helped a...

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One Liked for Gov't Program

1. No one dreaming not for peace, only the warlord who sacrifice bloods for money and fame.  2. The below news worth to be celebrated by Muslims who are really embracing the religion of 'Peace' (Islam). Hence, rido is Satanic culture.  3. Bravo! Why now? Government must priorities program such as this one rather than pouring millions money for all out war. Gov’t assisting to resolve 'rido' clan feud in North Cotabato Cotabato City The...

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