Leaders and educators in Mindanao of the world’s two leading faiths should not stop educating their followers on interfaith understanding “to remove the clutters of misconception” from even among their followers.
“The effort should be vice versa, on both sides,” Aleem Jamal Munib, an official of the Davao City Madrasah Development Program, told MindaNews.
“This is very [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Crime, Davao, Freedom, Governance, Human Rights, Human Rights in Mindanao, Justice, Mindanao, People Power, Philippines, Politics, Safety, Security on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon and Philippine National Police chief Avelino Razon and three other military officials are respondents in the first petition for writ of amparo in Mindanao.
The petition was filed by Bebelita Bustamante of Paquibato district, whose only son, 21-year old Luicito, disappeared on October 27.
The [...]
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Posted in Crime, Davao, Freedom, Governance, Human Rights, Justice, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, People Power, Philippines, Politics on November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Any time, any day.
Chief Justice Reynato Puno wants the public to know that any time or any day, relatives of missing persons can petition the judge for a writ of amparo, a measure intended to protect the missing person from becoming a victim of extrajudicial killings or a desaparecido (disappeared or victim of enforced disappearance).
The writ is [...]
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A police trainer was nabbed for alleged large-scale illegal recruitment during an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation last Sunday. The suspect, identified by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as Jay B. Zambrano, 31, allegedly collected a total of at least P1.3 million from the victims, lawyer Arcelito Albao, NBI agent, [...]
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Posted in Blogging and Bukidnon, Blogging and Mindanao, Crime, Davao, Economy, Education, Governance, Indifgenous Peoples, Local Governance, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines on October 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Online journal writers or bloggers from Mindanao were urged to go beyond writing about personal matters and instead use their internet platform to help promote peace and understanding in Mindanao.
Speaking to at least 60 bloggers at the opening ceremonies of the 1st Mindanao Bloggers’ Summit, organizers and resource speakers took turns in urging bloggers to [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Crime, Economy, Education, Governance, Human Rights, Human Rights in Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines on September 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The bright young eyes of eleven year old Rasmia Kasim is looking at the playground of J. Marquez Elementary School.
From her classroom in suburban Cotabato City, she could see children her age busy playing in the sunny afternoon.
After a gleeful good bye song for classmates and their teacher,
she quickly [...]
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Posted in ARMM, BIMP - EAGA, Bukidnon, Business, Crime, Davao, Economy, Education, Events, Governance, Human Rights, Human Rights in Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Peace Process, Philippines on August 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / August 10) - Mindanao bishops and Muslim scholars and the top brass of the military and the police have suggested wider dialogues in the localities to help find solutions to the triggers of violent conflict in Mindanao.
This was one of the consensus points reached in a closed-door meeting Thursday [...]
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Posted in Agriculture, Bukidnon, Crime, Davao, Feasts in Mindanao, Governance, Human Rights, Mindanao, Philippines, Safety, Social Security on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
DAVAO CITY (Mindanews/9 Aug) - The real face of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples is not joyous as featured in festivals like the Kadayawan, an official of a group supporting indigenous peoples in Mindanao said.
The Solidarity Action Group for Indigenous Peoples (SAGIP), which is doing technical and organizational support to Lumad (indigenous peoples) communities in Southern Mindanao, [...]
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Posted in ARMM, Agriculture, BIMP - EAGA, Bukidnon, Business, Crime, Davao, Economy, Food in Mindanao, Governance, Mindanao, Philippines, Travel and Transportation on August 7, 2007 | No Comments »
The government has to cut red tape along Mindanao’s highways as it is making cost of doing business more expensive, officials of the group organizing the Mindanao Trade Exposition 2007 said.
Anthony Soriano, MTE executive vice president, said some of their exhibitors, especially those who need to transport raw materials from other parts of Mindanao to [...]
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Posted in Crime, Governance, Human Rights, Justice, Mindanao, Peace Process, People Power, Philippines, Politics, Religious, Safety, Security on August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Fr. Giancarlo Bossi won’t be reassigned to Mindanao, at least not yet, the head of his missionary group said in a report posted Sunday at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines website.
Fr. Gian Battista Zanchi, superior general of the Pontifical Foreign Missions (PIME) said Bossi won’t be assigned to Mindanao even if the Italian [...]
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Posted in Crime, Davao, Education, Governance, Human Rights, Justice, Mindanao, Peace Process, People Power, Politics, Safety, Security, Social Security on August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has stood pat on his plan to form a police unit that will deal with hoodlums including youth offenders and “those who bring shame to the city” amid criticisms coming from groups advocating children’s rights. Calling some of the NGOS as “groups that just make money and show up [...]
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Posted in ARMM, Crime, Davao, Governance, Human Rights, Justice, Mindanao, Peace Process, Safety, Security on August 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Finally, we get snapshots of the results of the investigation conducted by the elements of GRP 0 MILF ceasefire mechanisms.
Accordingly, the Philippine Marines failed to notify the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front ceasefire coordinating teams when they blundered their way in barangay Guinanta, Al-Barkah town in Basilan, in search of the kidnapped Italian priest [...]
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