92 results for Bangsamoro

DEALING WITH FELLOW CHRISTIAN LEADERS OPPOSING THE BBL

BBL is Bangsamoro Basic Law. It is a product of the final peace deal between the Philippine government and the the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; it seeks to address decades-old grievances by creating a new regional government with greater fiscal and political powers than the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In the past 25 days, I …

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A UNIVERSITY INVITED US TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH A PAR CENTER

Peacebuilders Community, Inc. was invited by Central Mindanao University (CMU) as consultant for Proposal Writing for Peace Process last April 28-29, 2015. The said activity was participated by selected professors who are members of Mt. Kalayo Institute for Social Enterprise Growth (MKESEG). CMU decided to have this kind of workshop because they believed that the …

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PBCI PARTICIPATES IN CITIZEN’S PEACE COUNCIL

Because of the negative effects of the Mamasapano Tragedy on the Peace Process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), leaders from various sectors of Philippines society gathered to help the peace talks back on track. A Citizen’s Peace Council was formed. Its objectives are as follows: Assert …

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WE HELPED FACILITATE AN EVANGELICAL DISCUSSION ON CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM PEACE PROCESS

06 April 2015. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Church gathered around 200 Christian leaders from all over the country to talk about the controversial Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Together with the peace negotiating panels from both the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), PCEC and PBCI spearheaded a forum dubbed …

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DAWN SPEAKS FOR PBCI IN THE “ALL-OUT-PEACE CAMPAIGN”

Dawn Albert Pates of PeaceBuilders Community, Pat Sarenas of Mincode and Memen Lauzon of We Act 1325, join Davao Press Club’s Kapehan sa Davao. Their panel’s main call is to promote ‘ALL-OUT PEACE, NOW!’ They have organized several events to happen on March 6. It is a significant day since it marks the 40th day …

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PBCI JOINS A WOMEN’S PEACEBUILDING MISSION TO MAMASAPANO

PeaceBuilders Community took part in ‘Tingog Mamasapano’ — “Surfacing the Unheard Voices of Civilians Caught in the Crossfire: A Women’s Solidarity and Listening Mission,” last February 11, 2015. We sent two of our women staff members who were both born and raised up in Mindanao — Dawn Albert Pates (PAR Resource Development) and Kevin Marie …

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I MOURN FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE MAMASAPANO VIOLENCE

At 2:30 am in January 25, Special Action Force troopers of the Philippine National Police infiltrated Mamasapano to conduct a “law enforcement operations against high-value targets.” The teams are composed of the following: 36 elite cops belonging to the 55th SAF company, which serve as the blocking force, in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano 37 elite cops belonging …

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