CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), through its DREAM or Disaster Risk Reduction, Resiliency-building and Emergency Assistance Mission, has recently conducted the Emergency… Read More »Balay Mindanaw DREAM conducts Emergency Coordination Training
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The Tulay Kalinaw sa Mindanaw (Tulay KAMI) is spearheading the local launching of the national campaign All-Out Peace (AOP) on March 6 (Friday), the 40th day of the tragic Mamasapano incident.
Tulay KAMI, convened by Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D., Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (ACDO) and the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), is a multi-sectoral peace conversation among civil society organizations (CSOs) and agencies working and advocating towards peacebuilding and conflict resolutions in Northern Mindanao.Read More »Tulay KAMI spearheads AOP Campaign launching in CDO/NorMin
“While we will not surrender our advocacy for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), let us move forward to think how we can prevent the escalation of violence in the conflict-affected areas.”
In sum, this was the call of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Balay Mindanaw Group. Last February 17, they had their 2nd Joint BOT Meeting and reflected on the conflict and peace processes in Mindanao over time. Each shared their thoughts and insights after viewing a short video documentation about the history of conflict and peace processes in Mindanao which cited Balay Mindanaw’s peacebuilding efforts. But altogether, they agreed to continue community-based dialogues, particularly in North Cotabato and Maguindanao, do more peace education campaign in our institutions, in schools, in our communities – “to further understand the history of Mindanao, its conflicts and the Bangsamoro people.”Read More »BMG Board call for peace amidst Mamasapano tragedy
By Soliman M. Santos, Jr.
Naga City, 21 January 2015
The hugely successful visit of Pope Francis, which took the whole country by storm, still reverberates. Will its surging waves of goodwill, as well as calls for prophetic action, carry with it a soon enough resumption of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)? The best recent sign that something is brewing on the NDFP peace front was Inquirer’s banner headline last December 28 that “Joma looks forward to meet with P-Noy.” This right after Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP, and founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) which leads the New People’s Army (NPA), had said both parties might resume talks probably soon enough after Pope Francis’ visit.
Given the past long track record of more-off-than-on and more-failed-than-successful peace talks, the questions that come to the mind boil down to three: [1] What really in terms of peace talks is afoot this remaining one-and-a-half years of the Aquino administration? [2] What are the prospects that something good enough – in terms of tangible gains and moving that process forward — will come out of any new talks? [3] What needs to be done to push these talks forward?Read More »Judging the prospects for peace talks with the NDFP in 2015
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