Initiatives for International Dialogue
November 23, 2008
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Welcomed by a thunderous applause from a jam-packed mass during the feast of Christ the King today at the St. Nino cathedral in Calapan, Mindoro, the Duyog Mindanao Caravan for Peace and Solidarity, started their fourth day of a ten day-long trip attending mass. The mass was officiated by the Vicar General Fr. Nestor Adalia, who delivered a homily asking his parishioners to support the calls of the caravan. Posters and banners supporting the caravan’s calls were plastered all over the cathedral with the main one at the churche’s entrance emblazoned ” Continue the Peace Talks in Mindanao!”
Initiatives for International Dialogue
November 22, 2008
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QUEZON CITY- The alarming food crisis that hit the country roused Manila peace advocates to call on government to invest on peace in Mindanao not through arms but through food production.
Peace advocates from around Metro Manila gathered in the Quezon City Memorial Circle for a solidarity lunch with internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Maguindanao and Cotabato called Sa Dulang ng Pagkakaisa to urge for an intensified humanitarian assistance in Mindanao and ask government to invest in peace through sustainable food production.
Initiatives for International Dialogue
November 21, 2008
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BAGUIO CITY- As an immediate show of solidarity for Mindanao, indigenous peoples of the Cordillera region locked arms for peace and the right of the Bangsamoro people to ancestral domain.
This was the message delivered by Cordillera peace advocates during the launch of the nationwide Duyog Mindanao Peoples’ Caravan for Peace and Solidarity held at the People’s Park this city after an interaction with internally displaced persons (IDPs) who temporarily left their evacuation centers in Datu Piang and Pikit to appeal for support from the Cordillera.
November 16, 2008
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From November 21 to 28, a peoples’ caravan will be led by civil society organizations, civic, religious, academic organizations and other kindred organizations. It will travel from Baguio City to Cotabato City making stops along major cities to hold forums, discussions, consultations and solidarity activities to:
1. Increase awareness on the cost and impact of war in Mindanao on women, children and other sectors of society;
2. Call for humanitarian protection and assistance to people in Mindanao affected by the on-going hostilities;
3. Call for immediate ceasefire and resumption of peace negotiations; and
4. Broaden the peace constituency in the country
