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Dong Abay urges “Kalinaw” everyday

13 October 2017 Business World Weekender Diana Moraleda

Dong Abay launched a new song “Kalinaw”

Tags: Peace Week

Cahrihl 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

Gov'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

Group 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

Threats 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

Peace 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

Aksyon 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

Moro 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

Early 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

Radio 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

Radio 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

Letters 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

Companies 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

Group 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

Discrimination 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

Red 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

Mindanaoan youth: ‘We want just and lasting peace’

13 August 2017 Rappler Raisa Serafica

Tags: Women and Youth

Philippine 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

Philippines: 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

Duterte 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