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OPPAP to Conduct in Zambo a Forum on Friday on the Negotiation Status with MILF
STAKEHOLDERS of Zamboanga City will get their turn to exchange views anew with members of the government panel currently negotiating a peace settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in a multisectoral forum to be held in the city in the morning of Friday, May 18 at Lantaka Hotel.Peace Secretary Teresita Deles will head a government team that will...
Read moreWhen Will the Killings Stop?
Statement of Great Concern of the Inter-Religious Solidarity Movement for Peace on the Ambush-Slaying of Universidad de Zamboanga President Arturo F. Eustaquio III on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Zamboanga CityBY one account, his ambush-slaying would have been to local government and police authorities just another statistic, the 61st since just January this year, just numbers that they always dismiss...
Read more400 Student Govt. Officers Get Primed on Good Governance
SOME 400 student government officers coming from 32 local national high schools had a day-long skills enhancing encounter towards the building of the culture of peace last Saturday, March 17 at Claret Gymnasium, Zamboanga City.The student leaders came from as far as rural schools of Tictapul located at the eastern part of the city and Limpapa, the last village of...
Read moreBasilan Holds 3-Day Consultation-Workshop to Prepare Provincial Peace and Anti-Disaster Plan
BASILAN may soon be the first province in country to have a comprehensive peace and disaster risk reduction and management plan.Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc. (NFI) board director Dr. Grace Rebollos made this observation during the opening ceremony of its Planning Workshop on Peace and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management being held from March 13-15 at Lantaka Hotel, Zamboanga City. The workshop...
Read moreThe Ties That Bind: Spanish Ambassador Domecq Visits Spain-funded Projects in Zamboanga
THE city’s Fort Pilar, for so long the popular image of Spain to Zamboanga’s residents, has now been replaced by a more benevolent and humanitarian face.This is what Spanish ambassador to the Philippines Don Jorge Domecq told residents of the three housing sites established by local NGO Katilingban Para Sa Kalambuan, Inc. (KKI), the costs of which were funded by...
Read more40% of Zamboanga’s 2011 Budget Went into Social Services
ZAMBOANGA City Mayor Celso Lobregat delivered his annual State of the City Report last January 25 at the Garden Orchid Convention Center, enumerating his administration’s recent progress and promising better things to come. The report was a much awaited event in the city’s political calendar and was attended by guests from both the private and business sectors, aside from the...
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Zamboanga The Peace-maker
When it comes to a highly-complex and –sensitive subject like the current peace negotiation with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), there’s nothing like a face-to-face dialogue to resolve the doubts and fears of the affected stakeholders. That’s what was clearly achieved when Peace Secretary Teresita Deles met with Zamboanga City’s civil society in a forum on Friday, May 18,...
Read moreActivities
ZABIDA Officers Attend Organic Farming C…
ZAMBOANGA CITY –PARTNER organizations composing the consortium Zamboanga Basilan Development Alliance, Inc. (ZABIDA) attended the First Mindanao Sustainable Organic Agriculture Congress and Agro-Eco Tourism Fair, a four day affair from...
Read moreZABIDA Next Journeys in a “Shared Territ…
THE Zamboanga-Basilan Integrated Development Alliance, Inc. (ZABIDA), a consortium of peace and development NGOs based in the two areas, convened its staff in a three-day seminar workshop geared towards program...
Read moreSchools, Barangay Units Partner with PAZ…
PEACE Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ) together with the Inter-Religious Solidarity Movement for Peace (IRSMP) have established partnerships with three schools and their local barangay councils for the “Peace and Governance in...
Read moreBunguiao Farmer Now Earns More from Orga…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – WITH no permanent job for years, 49-year old Romeo N. Manalo was aiming to finally land an employment when he heard that an organization was establishing a...
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