July 2014 archive

I’M ON-GUARD AS AQUINO’S 2015 INCLUSIVE GROWTH BUDGET IS ADVANCED

So the President is advancing his 2015 Inclusive Growth Budget. Inclusive Growth is our current emphasis at Peacebuilders Community. Along with my team, I support the president’s vision for inclusive growth. At the same time, there’s a couple of deeper discernment tasks we have to continue doing to make this growth genuinely inclusive. We should …

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MY REACTION TO PRESIDENT AQUINO’S SONA

The 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III is very emotionally appealing. Many statements are true. Some numbers look good. Well-prepared video anecdotes of his featured accomplishments. Compared to the past administrations between the dark era of the Marcos dictatorship, through Arroyo’s arrest for plunder charges, his is relatively …

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A PRAYER FOR ISRAEL, BASED ON THEIR BIBLICAL HISTORY

I’m saddened by the deaths happening in this conflict in Gaza. Here’s a report by The Guardian: Israel killed more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than in any other year since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip began in 1967, a UN report has said. Israel’s activities in the Gaza Strip, West Bank …

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INCLUSIVE GROWTH IS THE KEY ASPECT OF OUR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION ADVOCACY

As we are getting deeply immersed in divided communities because of unresolved conflicts, the more we are becoming aware of the need for inclusive economic development as a critical aspect of our peace and reconciliation ministry. Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) is the heart of our ministry. Our concept of peace — from the Hebrew term …

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OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

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