PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III EMPHASIZES TRANSFORMATION IN HIS SONA

I respect His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and I pray for his success as he enters into the second half of his term as Chief Executive of the Republic of the Philippines. His principle of Matuwid na Daan (Righteous Path) is worth supporting. Known otherwise as Good Governance, Matuwid na Daan — …sets the …

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PCEC SUPPORTS THE NEWLY-SIGNED GPH-MILF WEALTH SHARING DEAL

I’m so happy to be a part of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) as it advance biblical peace and reconciliation as an integral part of their calling as a Body of Christ in the Philippines. This is well-expressed in their latest statement supporting the current agreement made as part of the peace process …

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ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY TAKES SHAPE AS PART OF OUR DREAM

Part of our dream at PBCI is to be economically sustainable in our ministries in the Philippines. But we don’t want to remain in a dreamworld. With God’s grace, we will continue with our labour of love to worship God and to realize our dream of peace and reconciliation in our land. In order to …

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THE PHILIPPINES—ONE OF THE LEAST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD?

The Philippines is one of the least peaceful countries in the world according to the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI).  This is primarily because of the internal civil conflicts we’re facing.  According to this latest GPI report, the Philippines ranked as 129th among the 162 countries that were included in the study.  Last year, we ranked …

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WHILE OUR PEOPLE IS IN POVERTY, WE’RE INCREASING OUR MILITARY SPENDING

The Philippine economy is getting better, so the government says. According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), “the Philippine economy posted a 7.8 percent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013 from 6.5 percent the previous year.  The Q1 growth is the highest so far under the Aquino administration and also the third consecutive …

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OUR SMALL ‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ IS MAKING A BIGGER IMPACT

Our social business is small but its impact is getting bigger. According to the Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, a social business is “a non-loss, non-dividend company designed to address a social objective within the highly regulated marketplace of today. It is distinct from a non-profit because the business should seek to generate a modest …

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THE ART OF TRANSCENDING OUR OWN CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

How do we transcend the cycles of violence that bewitch our human community while still living in them? This is the basic question in John Paul Lederach’s book, The Moral Imagination (2005).  Moral refers to our mind’s capacity to create—to think, to reflect, and to act.  Imagination refers to our capacity to generate constructive processes …

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OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

We are sent by Mennonite Church Canada Witness in partnership with our international community.