Women leaders from various provinces in Mindanao are here to train on how to build “peace tables” in a bid to ensure the women’s voice is included in the peace process.
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Police authorities are now on heightened alert after an improvised explosive device was found a hundred meters away from the United States Embassy in Manila. The IED had similar descriptions from the IED that was used during the Davao blast two months ago, police said Monday.
Women from various provinces in Mindanao gather for the Mindanao Women’s Peace Table
opening at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Monday, Nov. 28. The three-day gathering will train women leaders on how to put up “peace tables” which aim to make the peace process inclusive. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
A woman participant to the opening of the Women’s Peace Table lays a the traditional cloth to signify the unity of women in Mindanao to actively participate in the peace process. The opening was held at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Monday, Nov. 28. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
A week after the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery, protesters trooped to Freedom Park here Friday to join the “National Day of Unity and Rage Against the Hero’s Burial for Marcos.”
The government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines have yet to achieve consensus on various points before signing a bilateral ceasefire agreement.
The Philippine government is finalizing plan to open up the information and communication technology or ICT industry to new players in a bid to promote competitiveness and improve the quality of service.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday evening that anti-Marcos protesters could hold their protest actions in all public places for as long as they want without any permit
Government peace panel chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III said President Rodrigo Duterte may pardon peace consultants of the National Democratic Front before the year ends.
A spokesman of the New People’s Army said its unilateral ceasefire declaration might be cut-short because of a looming armed encounter between their troops and that of the government.
