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Latest news citing our data on violent conflict in the Bangsamoro from local and international media outlets.
Dong Abay urges “Kalinaw” everyday
13 October 2017 Business World Weekender Diana Moraleda
Dong Abay launched a new song “Kalinaw”
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreCahrihl monitoring station launched in Davao City
30 September 2017 Sunstar Davao Juliet C. Revita
The government of the Republic of the Philippines - Monitoring Committee (GRP-MC) launched on Friday the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (Cahrihl) Compliance Mindanao Pilot Monitoring Station in Davao City, designed to address violations and monitor compliance for promotion of humanitarian law down to the grassroots level.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreGov't peace panel launches CARHRIHL monitoring committee
29 September 2017 MindaNews Antonio L. Colina IV
The government (GRP) peace negotiating panel on Friday launched the body that will monitor compliance with an agreement that seeks to protect the rights of noncombatants in armed conflict.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreGroup launches mobile app for peace advocacy
25 September 2017 Business Mirror Alladin S. Diega
International Alert Philippines launched Everyday Peace to call on everyday people to build everyday peace.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreThreats of narcoterrorism in the Philippines
23 September 2017 Rappler Rommel C. Banlaoi
Narcoterrorism has become a security problem that, if not quickly abated, can undermine world peace and stability.
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MorePeace writ large: peacebuilding works, but we may need to shout about it more
21 September 2017 Open Democracy Phil Vernon
On International Peace Day, a new report showcases the positive cumulative effect of peacebuilding initiatives, even when conflicts worldwide and the people killed or suffering are on the increase.
Tags: Bangsamoro
Read MoreAksyon Kababaihan
21 September 2017 DZRH AM Radio
Our Project Officers Nina Bahjin and Sahara Mama guested on DZRH AM radio show “Aksyon Kababaihan” (Women’s action). They talked about the #EverydayPeace app and how the it can help in youth and women empowerment. They also promoted the Concert for Peace during which the app would be launched.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreMoro youth urge gov’t: Go beyond military response to heal Marawi
19 September 2017 ABS-CBN News Channel ABS-CBN News Channel
International Alert Philippines’ Project Officers Nina Bahjin and Sahara Mama talked about International Alert’s work in organizing the youth in conflict areas, in setting up an early response network, and in the Marawi rebuilding process.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreEarly Edition, ANC
19 September 2017 ABS-CBN News Channel ABS-CBN News Channel
International Alert Philippines’ Project Officers Nina Bahjin and Sahara Mama talked about International Alert’s work in organizing the youth in conflict areas, in setting up an early response network, and in the Marawi rebuilding process.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreRadio Interview
18 September 2017 Jam 88.3 FM
Alert Philippines’s Francesca Humi promoted the #EverydayPeace App and Concert for Peace during a primetime show (6-9 PM) on one of the biggest FM stations in Manila.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreRadio Interview
18 September 2017 Pinas FM 95.5
Alert Philippines’s Nina Bahjin and Cooky Chua also promoted the #EverydayPeace App and Concert for Peace on Net 25’s radio station, Pinas FM.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreLetters and Music TV Show
18 September 2017 Net 25
Our Project Officer Ms. Nina Bahjin and our Librarian Ms. Cooky Chua guested on Net25 to promote #EverydayPeace app and the Concert for Peace.
Tags: Peace Week
Read MoreCompanies urged to embrace equality and diversity
01 September 2017 Sun Star Davao
International Alert, Mindanao Business Council, and Team Energy Foundation Inc. jointly launched Red Flags campaign, a set of practical guidelines to help companies ensure equal access to employment, safe spaces, and sustainable careers for their employees regardless of religious or ethnic identity.
Tags: Red Flags
Read MoreGroup prods business: embrace equality and diversity in the workplace
30 August 2017 Business Mirror Alladin Diega
Establishing a clear workplace culture enhances the employee experience, helping them become actively engaged in preserving that culture and using it to positively promote the organization to others.
Tags: Red Flags
Read MoreDiscrimination a hurdle for job-seeking Mindanao youth
30 August 2017 Rappler Patty Pasion
A conflict monitoring group launches a set of guidelines that seeks to end discrimination on the basis of ethnic and religious belief.
Tags: Red Flags
Read MoreRed Flags’ aim to check discrimination in the workplace
30 August 2017 Inquirer Yara Lukman
International Alert Philippines launched a set of guidelines, “Red Flags on Equality and Diversity in the Workplace,” which aims to check discrimination in the workplace.
Tags: Red Flags
Read MoreMindanaoan youth: ‘We want just and lasting peace’
13 August 2017 Rappler Raisa Serafica
Tags: Women and Youth
Read MorePhilippine crackdown on illegal guns sought
10 August 2017 UCAN
A global peace network called on the Philippines to take advantage of martial law in Mindanao “to get rid of illegal guns” and reduce the possibility of them being recycled.’’
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MorePhilippines: Death Toll in Marawi Fighting Tops 700
09 August 2017 Benar News Jeoffrey Maitem and Froilan Gallardo
Vicious fighting in the southern Philippine city of Marawi entered its 79th day with the death toll topping 700, as government troops kept battling on Wednesday to push out Islamic State-backed militants, officials said.
Tags: Shadow Economies
Read MoreDuterte urged to strengthen gun control to stop terrorism
09 August 2017 Manila Times Mary Gleefer F. Jalea
A non-government organization focused on “peace building” has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to strengthen arms control in the wake of the proliferation of illegal guns that helped Islamist insurgents to wage war against the government in the southern Philippines.
Tags: Shadow Economies
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