Close to 3,000 students, representatives from civil society organizations, academe, church, business sector and grassroots communities attended the Paminaw Mindanaw (Listen Mindanao) Presidential Forum at the Holy Cross of Davao College Gym last April 16, 2010.
Its “an attempt to find out who among the candidates has a real, viable plan for Mindanao,” said Gus Miclat of the Initiatives for International Dialogue, one of the convenors and co-secretariat of the Mindanao Peaceweavers.
Initiatives for International Dialogue
April 10, 2010
in News
On April 16, 2010 at least five presidential candidates will bare their Mindanao agenda before an audience composed of more than 5,000 representatives of the religious, civil society, youth, and business organizations united by a vision to foster peace and development in Mindanao here in Davao City.
Presidential candidates will be given 15 minutes to present their plans for the region based on questions that will be taken from key sectoral representatives such as the Moro, indigenous peoples and women.
EVER since she assumed as head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Proces (OPAPP) a few months ago, Secretary Anabelle Abaya said her agency has conducted 13 regional and community consultations that gathered the perceptions and proposals for peace of residents, particularly Mindanao’s. Go to source. —>
PEACE Advocates Zamboanga’s (PAZ) staff facilitated a workshop dubbed as “The Arts and Culture of Peace” at the Regional Training Center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located in Mercedes, Zamboanga City March 8. The participants came from various areas of assignments of the entire Zamboanga Peninsula. Go to source. —->
