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May 2009 Issue

“VERY BARBARIC” BEHEADING OF ZAMBO CARPENTER SHOCKS CITY’S FOLKS DESPITE ABU SAYYAF’S SAVAGE REPUTATION
Thursday, June 04, 2009 02:45:05 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY –

MAYOR Celso Lobregat appealed forprayers for the family of carpenter Doroteo Gonzales as Lobregatbrought to the city last May 18 the severed head of  the kidnapvictim,  who was beheaded a day earlier by the Abu Sayyaf in the nearbyprovince of Basilan.

Lobregat made the appeal during a press conference at the local navalstation, held upon his arrival from Basilan, where he and relatives ofthe slain farmer, 61-year old Gonzales, retrieved the victim’s headsans his body.  A police asset found Gonzales’ decapitated   head inBarangay  Mangulat, Al Barka municipality, a day earlier.



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ZamPen Region Likely to Achieve Only Two of Eight Millennium Devt. Goals
Monday, June 08, 2009 01:37:10 PM

By Christine Joy Querubin

Zamboanga City –

THE Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) region is on track to achieve two of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by 2015.

The MDG consists of eight goals were set by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to the world’s social and environmental challenges, particularly in less developed countries. The goals were derived from the targets and actions stated in the Millennium Declaration that was signed by 147 heads of state and governments and adopted by 189 nations during the September 2000 United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit.


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TANGLAW BUHAY CENTER: Zamboanga’s Healing Oasis for Trafficked Girls
Thursday, June 04, 2009 02:34:23 PM


TANGLAW Buhay Center, a project of Katilingban sa Kalambuan Inc. (KKI), has opened its gates to provide child trafficking victims and survivors their right to protection, recovery and reintegration to the mainstream society.

“We try to fill up their days with activities that will make them feel good, that will improve their self-confidence,” Claire Miranda, in-house psychologist of the center, said.  The center’s wards are wounded and traumatized, she explained. Thus, the center tries its best to make up for all the bad things that happened to them.


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[OUR PEACE]


Summers in the Key of Peace
Thursday, June 04, 2009 02:37:04 PM



PEACE Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ), the peace-building NGO organized by local Catholic religious and lay leaders 15 years ago this year, has three main programs: harmonizing Muslim-Christian relations, culture of peace education and training, and peace advocacy through media and other means.  One of the projects that have worked outstandingly well since it was started in 1998 – more strictly under peace education – is its peace camps held annually during the summer break.

This summer, PAZ with the support of the Inter-Religious Solidarity for Peace (IRMSP) holds a four-day camp for youths, that is, those who are in high school and upwards.  Before it, the children’s camp –for those in the elementary grades - was likewise held at the Western Mindanao State University’s College of Agriculture campus in Sitio San Ramon, Barangay Talisayan.  The venue is a quiet, environmentally-rich setting perfect for bonding with self, others and Nature.

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In Other News:

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“Summer Is Cool” Comes to Katilingban Anew

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No Longer the “City of Flowers”, Zambo’s Struggling Flower Vendors Face Extinction

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PAZ Sponsors 9th Annual Summer Youth Peace Pow-wow

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To Wear or Not To Wear: Hijab Practices Among Today’s Muslim Zamboangueñas

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BUDDHA BATHING CEREMONY: Peace Advocates Celebrate Tzu Chi Day, Buddha's Birthday, and Mother's Day

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USAID Starts Special English Proficiency Training Project in 2 State University, College in Zambo City

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USAID Donates Books, Kits to Maasin Elementary School

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As Fighting Mounts, MILF Blasts RP Govt. for Seeking OIC Seat

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Watch Your Car Boys Don’t Have It Easy

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USAID, Others Pouring Funds to Aid Mindanao’s Public Schools








Contributed Articles:

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A STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES-ZAMBOANGA CITY CHAPTER ON THE RECENT KILLINGS OF MEDIA PRACTIONERS IN MINDANAO.

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Address on Peace and Human Rights



 
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