Peace Process

2 Davao Journalists, 4 Others Off to Sydney for Seminar on ‘Conflict-Resolution Media’

DAVAO CITY — A team of six Mindanao journalists, two of them from this city, is set to leave for Sydney, Australia, today for a short course on “Conflict-Resolving Media” at the University of Sydney Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Comprising the media delegation are Amalia Cabusao, Mindanao Times editor-in-chief; Temujin Ocampo, GMA-Davao TV news anchor; Julie Alipala, Jeoffrey Maitem, of Philippine Daily Inquirer; Edwin Fernandez, DXMS Cotabato station manager; and Allen Estabillo, MindaNews, a leading online news organization in Mindanao.

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Can a Human-Rights Framework Help Peace Process?

A study on the role of human rights in peace agreements will be launched in Davao City and in Manila next week. The study commissioned by the Geneva-based International Council on Human Rights Policy sought to determine whether a “a fresh and new perspective of human rights in peace agreements” can help the peace process in the Philippines.

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Constitution Not Cure-All for Mindanao Strife — MILF

?Not all solutions to the ongoing conflict in Mindanao can be found in the Constitution,? says Eid Kabalu, an official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. A main reason for the deadlock in the negotiations is the Constitution itself, which makes the issue on ancestral domain unlikely to get resolved soon. Alexander Martin Remollino of Bulatlat explains.

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?Third Party? Bombings Meant to Sabotage Talks — MILF

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has appealed on the different sectors in Mindanao to be vigilant, as a ?third party? may sabotage the volatile situation in the southern Philippines due to the a breakdown of the peace negotiations between the front and the government. Davao Today’s Keith Bacongco reports.

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