Topic: peace

Mass for peace

Mass for peace

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:47 AM

Members of the Liberal Party led by Vice President Leni Robredo, former president Benigno Aquino III, opposition senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan attend the Mass for Peace at the De La Salle University of Manila on Friday.  The group commemorated the 46th anniversary of the declaration on martial law on September 21, 1972. Read more »

Aung San Suu Kyi won't be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

Aung San Suu Kyi won't be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 02:03 AM

STAVANGER, Norway - The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday. Read more »

Maza resigns from NAPC

Maza resigns from NAPC

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 10:43 PM

National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary Liza Maza announces her resignation at a press conference in Quezon City on Monday.  Read more »

Court ruling shows terror tag petition ‘sloppy’: lawyer

Court ruling shows terror tag petition ‘sloppy’: lawyer

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 04:24 PM

The decision was a "clear signal" that the proscription petition against the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, was a "sloppy, haphazard work done in reckless haste," said Edre Olalia, president of the National Union of People’s Lawyers. Read more »

PH Muslims hope law to bring 'dream of peace'

PH Muslims hope law to bring 'dream of peace'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 06:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte last week signed the law, a key step to ending a Muslim rebellion in the south of the mainly Catholic country that had claimed about 150,000 lives since the 1970s. Read more »

Running new Bangsamoro gov’t a ‘challenge’: MILF chief

Running new Bangsamoro gov’t a ‘challenge’: MILF chief

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 11:55 PM

CAMP DARAPANAN, Maguindanao —The leader of the Philippines’ largest Islamic rebel group on Sunday called on his followers to stay united, saying their struggle “does not end” with the signing of a new law carving out a bigger territory for the Bangsamoro. Read more »

Howard Dee among 6 winners of 2018 Magsaysay Award

Howard Dee among 6 winners of 2018 Magsaysay Award

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 09:13 PM

Dee, who has spent his life "championing peace, justice and economic growth," is one of 6 recipients of this year's award, regarded as Asia's counterpart to the Nobel Peace Prize, it was announced Thursday. Read more »

'His criminal instruments': Joma Sison rips Duterte's SONA

'His criminal instruments': Joma Sison rips Duterte's SONA

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 03:39 PM

MANILA - The founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines criticized Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte's third State of the Nation Address, saying the chief executive has turned police officers "into kidnappers and murderers." Read more »

Zubiri laments House's failure to ratify Bangsamoro law

Zubiri laments House's failure to ratify Bangsamoro law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 04:16 PM

MANILA - Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said Monday he was saddened by the House of Representatives' failure to ratify the proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law, which will grant wider autonomy in Muslim Mindanao.  Read more »

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