Monthly Archive: August 2011

Aug 25

WE REMAIN POSITIVE ABOUT GPH-MILF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

by Dann & Joji Pantoja

August 25, 2011

While Dann Pantoja (PBCI President) looks at his facilitator's notes, Rev. Norman Naromal (Senior Pastor, Davao Bible Community Church) asks the MILF Peace Panel members -- Michael Mastura, Mohagher Iqbal, and Aboud Sayed Lingga -- about the nature and intention of the proposed Bangsamoro Substate during the PCEC-MILF Inter-Faith Dialogue, March 09, 2011, KFI Bldg., Cotabato City. It was described by the MILF panelists as "heart-to-heart conversation." The event was organized by the Mindanao People's Caucus (MPC) and PBCI.

The PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI)—a fellowship of Conflict Transformation specialists who are dreaming and working for a just, radical, and active non-violent transformation of our land—is confident that the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will continue towards the path of peace and reconciliation between …

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Aug 05

PHILIPPINE EVANGELICALS LAUD AQUINO-MURAD MEETING

by Dann & Joji Pantoja

August 5, 2011

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III meets Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chair Al Haj Murad Ibrahim in Tokyo, Japan Thursday evening August 04, 2011. It'€™s the first time that a Philippine president meets with the MILF chair since the negotiations commenced 14 years ago. Both discussed possible approaches in moving the peace process forward. Accompanying the President in the informal meeting were Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, National Security Adviser Cesar Garcia, Budget and Management Sec. Florencio Abad, Finance Sec. Cesar Purisima, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda and Government of the Philippines (GPH) Peace Panel Chair Marvic Leonen. Murad, on the other hand, was joined by some members of the Central Committee, the MILF a™s negotiating panel and some base commanders. (Photo by: Jay Morales/ Malacanang Photo Bureau).

It’€™s the first time that a Philippine president meets with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair since the negotiations commenced 14 years ago. Both discussed possible approaches in moving the peace process forward. Accompanying the President in the informal meeting were Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, National …

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