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VisMin Cup: Basilan Peace Riders overwhelm Pagadian for 4th straight win

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 09:52 PM

Jumbo Plastic-Basilan dominated Pagadian to stay unbeaten, 94-70, in the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, Thursday at the Pagadian City Gymnasium. Read more »

Ex-MPBL team Basilan demolishes Zamboanga del Sur in VisMin Cup

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 06:20 PM

Basilan ripped ALZA Alayon Zamboanga del Sur apart, 82-48, to open the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Mindanao Leg, Wednesday at the Provincial Gymnasium in Ipil, Zambaonga Sibugay. Read more »

Bangsamoro gov’t ‘forever grateful’ to PNoy’s admin, says chief

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 11:36 AM

The Bangsamoro government is “forever grateful” to the administration of ex-President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III for its peace efforts that resulted in the expansion and empowerment of the autonomous region in Mindanao, its chief said Thursday as it expressed grief over the passing of the former leader. Read more »

Taiwan says will be ‘force for good’ after unprecedented G7 support

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 05:00 AM

The G7 leaders on Sunday scolded China over human rights in Xinjiang, and underscored the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Read more »

DOJ task force to make 'preliminary assessment' on murder of ex-priest, peace consultant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 06:18 PM

MANILA - The inter-agency task force on extrajudicial killings will make a "preliminary assessment" on the killings of 2 National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants in the Visayas, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Read more »

MGB: Cargo ship na maghahakot ng higit P9.7-M iron ore sa CamNorte, walang permit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 09:27 PM

Dahil sa kawalan ng permit mula sa MGB, umalis na lamang nitong Huwebes sa karagatan ng Paracale ang barko na hindi nahakot ang nasa mahigit P9.7 milyong halaga ng iron sand. Read more »

Dumaguete mayor tests positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 06:55 PM

The mayor of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Peace advocate Fr. Eliseo Mercado passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 12:38 AM

Father Eliseo "Jun" Mercado Jr., a longtime peace advocate, passed away Sunday. He was 72. Read more »

Antipolo Cathedral napili ng Vatican sa prayer marathon para wakasan ang pandemya

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 09:19 PM

MAYNILA - Napili ng Vatican ang Antipolo Cathedral bilang isa sa mga Marian sanctuaries na lalahok sa 30 araw na prayer marathon para ipanalangin ang pagwawakas ng pandemya.  Read more »

World military spending grows despite pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 12:26 PM

Military expenditure worldwide rose to nearly $2 trillion in 2020, defying the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers said Monday. Read more »

Gender equality—Our unfinished business

Gustavo Gonzalez
Posted at Mar 20 10:12 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a wealth of lessons on gender equality. Lockdowns have exposed the enormous value of unpaid care and domestic work for the economy and how disproportionately this burden has been shouldered by women.  Read more »

3 killed, 11 wounded in bombing of Afghan government bus in Kabul

Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 02:39 PM

The bombing comes on the day the Afghan government, Taliban and key countries, including the United States and Russia, gather in Moscow to push for a reduction in violence to propel the Afghan peace process forward. Read more »

Mga taga-Calbayog nagdaos ng 'walk for peace' para sa pinaslang na mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:58 PM

Tinatayang nasa 5,000 residente ng Calbayog City ang nagtipon-tipon nitong Linggo para sa interfaith walk for peace bilang panawagan ng hustisya para sa pinaslang na alkalde ng lungsod na si Ronaldo Aquino. Read more »

Major arms sales flat in 2016-20 for first time in more than a decade

Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 02:19 PM

STOCKHOLM - International deliveries of arms were flat in the period 2016-2020, ending more than a decade of increases, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Monday. Read more »

Iran calls Pope's Iraq visit 'good' and 'constructive'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 07:54 PM

Iran's foreign ministry Monday called Pope Francis' trip to neighboring Iraq "very good" and "constructive", and described his meeting with the country's top Shiite official as conveying inter-religious peace. Read more »

Transition is political but mainly developmental

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Feb 22 11:09 PM

The Bangsamoro Transition Authority has to be given enough time to complete its work. This work includes ensuring that when the time comes that regional elections can be held, the necessary regional laws and mechanisms are all in place.  Read more »

On amending the BOL to preserve peace dividends in the BARMM

Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco, LL.M
Posted at Feb 08 11:26 PM

Instead of postponing the 2022 Bangsamoro parliamentary elections to extend the 3-year transition period, Congress can amend the Bangsamoro Organic Law by providing a clear and viable transition roadmap for the first elected regular Bangsamoro Parliament to implement. Read more »

Duterte orders creation of National Amnesty Commission

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 03:50 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to create the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) to boost peace efforts, Malacañang said on Monday.    Read more »

US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize

Robert Delaney in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 04 01:45 PM

Nine lawmakers, all from the Congressional-Executive Committee on China, send a letter to the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, citing the national security law imposed on the city and saying the movement ‘continues to fight against the erosion’ of human rights and democracy. Read more »

Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel deals

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 03:15 PM

WASHINGTON - Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the "Abraham Accords." Read more »