Initiatives for International Dialogue
February 17, 2009
in News
Amid continuing armed hostilities in Mindanao, the City Council of Bacolod endorsed a resolution asking Malacanang to heed the appeal for peace of the Negros contingent of a peace caravan which traveled last November from Baguio to Cotabato.
Resolution No. 972, proposed by Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, expressed solidarity to the delegates of the Duyog Mindanao Caravan for Peace and Solidarity who have witnessed the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the evacuation centers of Datu Piang in Maguindanao and Lanao province. The resolution was submitted to the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. The caravan was spearheaded by the Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW), the broadest coalition of peace networks in Mindanao.
We, the Negros contingent in the “Duyog Mindanao Peace and Solidarity Caravan” that started last November 21 in Baguio City and stopped in Luzon, Iloilo, Bacolod and in Mindanao enjoin in solidarity with our Muslim, Lumads and Christian brothers and sisters to end armed hostilities in Mindanao.
Initiatives for International Dialogue
November 26, 2008
in News
Delegates of the Duyog Mindanao Caravan for Peace and Solidarity finally arrived in Cagayan de Oro City to finally start the Mindanao leg of their journey and extend their support to the hundreds of thousands of refugees now living in evacuation camps in Cotabato, Maguindanao and Lanao provinces.
Initiatives for International Dialogue
November 25, 2008
in News
As a pact of solidarity for peace and right to self-determination, the Ilonggo communities of the Visayas welcomed the participants of the Duyog Mindanao Peoples’ Caravan for Peace and Solidarity with a motorcade and public discussions in the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod.
A motorcade from the Provincial Capitol grounds of both cities signified the start of the Visayas leg of Duyog (or Solidarity) Mindanao which followed a public fora and interaction with internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Pikit, Cotabato and Datu Piang, Maguindanao. In Iloilo, the public fora were held in the University of Iloilo and West Visayas College of Science and Technology. In Bacolod, the discussions were held in the Provincial Capitol Social Hall and the University of St. La Salle.
