Socio-Political Transformation
Last 08 July 2017, I passed my thesis for the Master of Entrepreneurship (ME) from the Ateneo de Manila University – Graduate School of Business. The program started in September 2015 and concluded this month, July 2017. The ME program, according to the Graduate School of Business Handbook, “is geared towards honing the entrepreneurial personality.” It fits …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/07/10/grateful-for-the-completion-and-passing-of-my-master-of-entrepreneurship-thesis/
The 2017 Marawi Crisis. The initial skirmishes started in the afternoon of 23 May 2017 between Philippine government security forces and the Maute Group, who were joined by the Abu Sayyaf groups, and claimed themselves to be part of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The clashes began when elements of the Armed Forces …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/06/29/reflections-and-action-plans-as-we-serve-civilians-in-war-torn-marawi/
PAR is Peace and Reconciliation. PAR is the heart of our ministry. For the past 10 months, Tala Bautista have been working among pastors, church leaders, and community leaders in establishing a Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) community in the Province of Capiz. It started earlier this year when PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) was invited to …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/06/05/par-movement-spreads-through-western-visayas-region-of-the-philippines/
Last 23 May 2017 at at around 2320H PHT, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared Martial Law over all Mindanao. Within minutes, the declaration ignited a debate among netizens. Some favored Martial Law. Some were against it. PeaceBuilders Community soon wrote our perspective on this issue, and resonating with Mindanao PeaceWeavers — the larger network of …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/05/25/mindanao-martial-law-i-resonate-with-the-voice-of-my-fellow-just-peace-advocates-in-mindanao/
Last 22 April 2017, Elizabeth Bantican-Quevedo — along with her husband Ramon Quevedo and our mutual friend, Donnie Friolo — introduced us to Adette Purto, Chair of D’ Cup Coffee Republic in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. After exchanging our stories during that initial meeting, I felt Adette has been a long-time friend and sister! The similarities …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/05/12/a-new-partnership-begins-between-coffee-for-peace-and-dcup-coffee-republic/
The impact of the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference in Cairo, Egypt last 27-28 April 2017, on me, was life-changing. It was an opportunity to practice the Great Commandment moment-by-moment and with a deeper understanding. I was given a global context to love Jesus more and to be more faithful to Jesus by embracing and affirming the Other. It …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/05/03/lessons-i-learned-from-an-international-peace-conference-in-egypt/
Last 23 April 2017, I went to Mount Data — a part of the northern mountain ranges of the Philippines we refer to as The Cordilleras — to attend and help document a meeting between the Cordillera Peoples’ Liberation Army (CPLA) and the Government of the Philippines (GPH). This historic event is one of the series …
Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2017/04/25/my-friend-maimai-and-i-attended-the-peace-talks-between-the-cpla-and-the-gph/
Honours and distinctions we received for excellence and impact
