Consensus Points on Ancestral Domain, Self-determination Emerging in Mindanao Peoples Peace Agenda Consultations

By bambam on January 29th, 2010

CONSENSUS POINTS ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN, SELF-DETERMINATION EMERGING IN MINDANAO PEOPLES PEACE AGENDA CONSULTATIONS
COMMUNITY PROCESSES STRENGTHENED IN MPW AGENDA-BUILDING
COTABATO CITY- “Life without hunger or displacement, where there is equal opportunity for everyone and where the ancestral domain of Moro and indigenous peoples are genuinely respected and upheld, and where the propriety rights of settlers are recognized”, [...]

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Negros councilors ask Malacanang to heed plea for Mindanao peace

Amid continuing armed hostilities in Mindanao, the City Council of Bacolod endorsed a resolution asking Malacanang to heed the appeal for peace of the Negros contingent of a peace caravan which traveled last November from Baguio to Cotabato.

Resolution No. 972, proposed by Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, expressed solidarity to the delegates of the [...]

Stop the Humanitarian Crisis of Mindanao

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Both sides of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government have accused each other of violating a fragile truce signed [...]

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The [...]

PEACEBUILDERS SAY ‘WITHOUT WOMEN, NO PEACE’

PEACEBUILDERS SAY  ‘WITHOUT WOMEN, NO PEACE’
Armed conflict is devastating on many levels. Long running violence leaves peoples traumatized and wounded, with the vast majority of casualties being civilians. Many of these are women, who are killed, tortured, raped, and left behind to survive in a world of destruction.
Yet, women are much more then victims. They [...]

The Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) expresses alarm on the declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao

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The declaration, contained in Proclamation 1959, also suspended the [...]