Category: PEACE WITH ONE’S BEING

Psycho-social transformation

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 …

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TALA IS OUR NEW MISSIONARY TO KALINGA

We, at PeaceBuilders Community and at Coffee For Peace, have learned to respect Tala as a person who enjoys leading people and who is patient in managing things. She has no trouble talking with people and loves to organize them. When assigned a leadership task, she can anticipate problems and provide solutions even in circumstances …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/18/tala-is-our-new-missionary-to-kalinga/

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 — …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/10/so-happy-that-the-bbl-is-now-in-the-legislative-branch/

PBCI CONTINUES TO JOURNEY WITH THE KALINGA FIRST NATION

Through the visionary leadership of Twinkle “Tala” Alngag Bautista, the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) movement is being nurtured among the indigenous people in the northern mountains of the Philippines called Kalinga. :: In 12-16 April 2010, Dann Pantoja felt a need to travel to Tabuk City, the capital of Kalinga Province, to get to know …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/09/03/pbci-continues-to-journey-with-the-kalinga-first-nation/

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/

OUR SUPPORT FOR THE BANGSAMORO IS BASED ON A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE

The positive attitude of PeaceBuilders Community towards the Bangsamoro is energized by our peace theology. While being supportive and actively praying for the success of the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), our hope for the future goes beyond politically negotiated agreements and beyond legislative acts …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/20/our-support-for-the-bangsamoro-is-based-on-a-spiritual-perspective/

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 …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2014/08/16/the-internally-displaced-persons-in-zamboanga-almost-a-year-later/

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact