Kaloy: Seven days before Balay Mindanaw’s 18th
May 1, Labor Day, is also the feast day for St. Joseph, the worker, the patron saint of our village. It has been a long… Read More »Kaloy: Seven days before Balay Mindanaw’s 18th
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Kaloy: Eight days before Balay Mindanaw ‘s 18th:
Yesterday, nine days before our 18th Anniversary, I began this reflection series. Yesterday, I retraced and revisited some of the most significant events, places, people… Read More »Kaloy: Eight days before Balay Mindanaw ‘s 18th:
Kaloy: Nine days before Balay Mindanaw’s 18th…
We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. From A Future Not Our Own by… Read More »Kaloy: Nine days before Balay Mindanaw’s 18th…
Bangsamoro Basic Law: Step Forward on a Longer Road to Peace
By Soliman M. Santos, Jr.
Naga City, 25 October 2014 (slightly revised 1 November 2014)
Having followed as closely as possible, even from a distance, the Mindanao peace process for more than 20 years since 1993, mainly as a civil society peace advocate and occasionally as a peace researcher and consultant, one can perhaps be forgiven for giving occasional unsolicited analysis and advice. There are certain conjunctures in that process that particularly call for this. For me, the achievement of an “agreed version” between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and its submission to Congress as House Bill (HB) No. 4994 and Senate Bill (SB) No. 2408 is one such conjuncture. The trajectory of this must ideally be not only understood but also influenced for the better of the whole process. It is better to say one’s piece now seeking to make a modest contribution to that end, rather than later when it no longer matters because it has been overtaken by events. But of course, one can only offer one’s thoughts in good faith and according to one’s best lights; their use or otherwise is mainly up to the direct and key actors in the peace process.Read More »Bangsamoro Basic Law: Step Forward on a Longer Road to Peace
AGATON/LINGLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE NO. 9
Good evening!
Almost the whole morning, we experienced rains in Gingoog City. Despite that, however, we decided to push through with our plans of distributing relief to the barangays of Sangalan and Eureka.
Early morning meeting
Early this morning, we met up with Sir Marlon Pajo of the Gingoog CDRRMC and Barangay Captain Rogelyn Virtudazo of Barangay Sangalan. Sir Marlon was able to give us updates on relief distribution by the LGU and other organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. Cap Rogelyn showed us photographs of landslides and broken roads in their area. She said that the barangays of Sangalan and Eureka have been having a difficult time accessing food due to the damaged roads, and the high river water levels. She also specified that Sitio Tabon-tabon was having difficulty accessing potable drinking water. (Most of the other areas have springs where residents could source their water.)