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New Zealand reaffirms commitment to peace, dev’t of Caraga Region
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
BUTUAN CITY – New Zealand Ambassador Andrew Matheson together with Renaud Meyer, country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Sec. Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on Mindanao, will meet with key leaders and visit communities in Agusan del Sur and Butuan City starting today as he reaffirms New Zealand’s commitment to work with local stakeholders in advancing peace and development in the region.
 
Moro village in Sarangani rises from ugly past
Monday, 18 January 2010

KIAMBA, Sarangani— Blessed with a bountiful sea and a fertile land, the village of Datu Dani here, an erstwhile “no man’s land” decades ago, is rebuilding its lost glory.

“Before the war broke between the government and the Moro rebels, life here was basically good. Many capitalists were around that makes our place a bustling business zone,” recalls 52-year-old Abulhasen Udda.

 
5 peace books launched
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
DAVAO CITY--Five books that tell about the stories on how people worked together for peace or how communities survived and rose from conflict were launched December 2, 2009 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel here in time for the celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace.
 
1,830 families to return home after more than a year of displacement
Monday, 21 December 2009
DATU PIANG, Maguindanao – At least 1,830 families displaced by armed conflict in 2008 that have been taking refuge in this town are set to go home to their respective communities, including the 80 families who came from Mamasapano and Shariff Aguak towns following the Ampatuan massacre on November 23 this year.
 
Q & A: Robin takes hard questions on peace
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
(During a peace forum at Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology on 26 November 2009)

Question: Being an actor, living in Manila, gaano kalalim ang naintindihan ninyo sa conflict dito sa Mindanao?

Robin Padilla:
Napagandang tanong po. Ang kaguluhan po sa Mindanao ay kailangan natin namnamin kung ano ang ugat. Ang kaguluhan po sa Mindanao ay nag-umpisa ng panahong dumating ang mga kastila. Ito po ay panahon pa nung dumating si Magellan, sila Legazpi, at sinundan pa ng maraming mga tao at wala ho tigil yan. Walang tigil ang gulo sa Mindanao.
 
Peace is great: Padilla
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
KAUSAWAGAN, Lanao del Norte -- “Napakasarap ng may kapayapaan (It feels great to have peace).”

This was how action star Robin Padilla, who is the peace champion of the ACT for Peace Programme, told the crowd during his visit to Barangay Baraason of this province on November 26.
 
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