Dann Pantoja is beginning to use his Tagalog indigenous name -- Lakan Sumulong. This is a statement that our indigenous identities can be a redeeming factor in healing our 'being' (that is, who we are as a people); help symbolize our determination to contribute what we ought to be 'doing' as a nation (that is--active, non-violent, radical transformation); and, determine how we will prioritize what we will be 'having' (that is, inclusive growth and national development based on justice and peace). Asked what fuels his positive outlook in life: “It’s the influence of Jesus, a first century Palestinian carpenter who was executed by the imperial power of his time. He said: ‘Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.’ Jesus defied the ultimate negative factor in our cosmos--death.”
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TRUST AND TRUSTWORTHINESS IN BUILDING PEACE
Being betrayed is always a possibility in the process of building relationships. We get stabbed in the back. We get deeply wounded. We forgive. We seek justice but not through violence or vengeance. We seek healing. We continue to live in peace. But then, we also say: “From now on, I’ll not allow the one …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/29/trust-and-trustworthiness-in-building-peace/
MARCOS’ MARTIAL LAW YEARS: MY LONGEST NIGHTMARE
I was in high school when Martial Law was declared. During that evening, I was watching TV in the home of a family friend — an American who was managing Ford Military Sales in Subic Naval Base, the largest American military base in the Pacific. We were having dessert after a delicious dinner when the …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/23/marcos-martial-law-years-my-longest-nighmare/
SO HAPPY THAT THE BBL IS NOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
A few hours ago, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III submitted the Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to Congress as an urgent bill. Although we have celebrated the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) which is a politically negotiated document, BBL is a legislative and legal document that will be open to scrutiny of all — …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/10/so-happy-that-the-bbl-is-now-in-the-legislative-branch/
ELECTRONICALLY SERENADING MY GRAND CHILDREN
Me and my grandchildren were exchanging songs while bonding through FaceTime. When an ‘opa’ (grandpa) like me misses his grand-daughters (Kiana, Elia, Kaya, EveBear), craziness becomes normal. In front of my grandchildren, I learn to ‘Let It Go’ and enjoy liberation! Post by Lakan Sumulong Magbago.
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/29/electronically-serenading-my-grand-children/
THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN ZAMBOANGA ALMOST A YEAR LATER
Our small team from Peacebuilders Community was here during the 2013 Zamboanga Crisis to help in fact-finding and to help train and organize a group of Christian leaders to be a part of a larger peacebuilding network. Today, 11 months after, I visited the grandstand where some 75,000 internally displaced persons were jampacked “temporarily” as …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/16/the-internally-displaced-persons-in-zamboanga-almost-a-year-later/
A QUIET DINNER WITH SEC. GING DELES AND OTHER PEACEBUILDERS
Had a great conversation with Sec. Teresita “Ging” Quintos-Deles (Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process) over dinner tonight, with other leaders of civil society organizations. Just before we finished our meal, I asked her: “So, in your assessment, please rate the status of the GPH-MILF workshop on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) at this moment …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/08/a-quiet-dinner-with-sec-ging-deles-and-other-peacebuilders/
LISTENING TO, PRAYING FOR, BOTH GPH AND MILF PEACE PANELS
I heard both chairs of the GPH and MILF Peace Panels along with my colleagues who belong to various Mindanao peace advocacy organizations. I also heard, and learned from, my colleagues’ questions and comments. I’m still trying to discern the balance between transparency and confidentiality — which are both needed in the tail-end of a …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/04/listening-to-praying-for-both-gph-and-milf-peace-panels/
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