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May 2008 Issue

THREE YEARS OF JUBILATION: ZAMBO CATHOLICS ARE SET TO ENTER A NEW FAITH EXPERIENCE
Friday, May 16, 2008 02:36:43 PM

IF A biblical jubilee is “a year of favor from the Lord”, then the three consecutive years – from 2008 to 2011 – of the Zamboanga Archdiocese’s double centenary celebration should make the local Catholic community thrice-blessed.  On May 19, the Archdiocese will mark its golden anniversary as archdiocese; on April 10, 2010, it will commemorate Pope Pius X’s papal bull issued in 1910 that appointed Zamboanga as the first diocese in Mindanao and only the fourth in the Philippines.

“Zamboanga today, its unique culture, its Chavacano language, its songs, its dances, its people’s heart and charm, its festive and respectable character, its people’s piety and sense of the divine, all this has been greatly shaped, influenced and sustained by the presence of the Catholic faith among our people”, Archbishop Romulo G. Valles said.  



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3rd Nat’l Assembly for the Pastoral Care of Nomads and Badjaus in the Philippines
Friday, May 16, 2008 03:18:39 PM

“SAMA-Bajau” is a name tagged to a group considered the poorest among the poor tribes known especially in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Zamboanga Peninsula.  It would not then be a surprise that the Samal-Bajau was the center of discussion and direction-setting of the 3rd National Assembly for the Pastoral Care of Nomads and Bajaus in the Philippines held this April 4 - 6, 2008 at the Jardin de La Viña Hotel and Restaurant, Gov. Alvarez Avenue, Zamboanga City.  Being the third, this assembly is an offshoot of two others.

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Rubber Industry in Basilan Now Bouncing Back
Friday, May 16, 2008 03:11:53 PM

By Darwin Wally Wee

Isabela City, Basilan – THE distinctive aroma of unrefined rubber is unpleasant to the nose, but for Domingo M. Narciso, who is managing the biggest rubber plantation in this province, that smell could easily equate to gold. "Aside from coconut, rubber has been the major source of income of people here," he told PeaceWorks at the cooperative's plantation, located halfway between the cities of Isabela and Lamitan.

More than 10 years after the University of the Philippines Land Grant turned over its 4, 018 hectares of land to the more than 1,000 planters, the Sta. Clara Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Integrated Development Cooperative now tries to revive the "rubberdom" of the province.


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[OUR PEACE]


Bashing Local Media
Friday, May 16, 2008 02:46:34 PM



IN his message on the occasion of the observance of 42nd World Communication Day last May 4, Pope Benedict XVI underscored the “extraordinary potential” of social media. He said: “Without their contribution it would truly be difficult to foster and strengthen understanding between nations, to breathe life into peace dialogues around the globe, to guarantee the primary good of access to information, while at the same time ensuring the free circulation of ideas, especially those promoting the ideals of solidarity and social justice.”

The Pope, however, warned in the kindest of terms that media “does not hesitate at times to have recourse to vulgarity and violence”.  He rhetorically inquired if “it is wise to allow the instruments of social communication to be exploited for indiscriminate ‘self-promotion’ or to end up in the hands of those who use them to manipulate consciences.”

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Agrarian Farmers in Basilan Unite for Peace, Growth

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A SIMPLE EQUATION THAT HELPS MAGUINDANAO’S SCHOOL CHILDREN

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22 ILS, CSWCD Teachers Learn Peace-Teaching Technique

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Peace Talks Bickering Ensnare Not Just Protagonists But Mediator, Too

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Do a Better Job in Protecting Human Rights, CSO and Media Urged

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YSP celebrates Earth Day at La Paz

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PAZ Summer Peace Camps Build Friendship

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Mindanao Agricultural Dev't Plan Bared

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Eucharistic Celebration to Usher 3-Year Centennial Jubilee of Zambo Archdiocese



 
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