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Filipino dishes featured in London

18 September 2019 Manila Standard Manila Standard

Annual pop-up restaurant, Conflict Café, is returning to London this weekend—dubbed Peace Day, Sept. 21—this time featuring food from the Philippines. “For Filipinos, food has always been a way of bringing people together to share stories, talk about any topic—even the most difficult ones, and creatively explore ways to navigate issues,” said Nikki de la Rosa, International Alert Philippines’s Country Manager, “By eating together at Conflict Café, diners not only experience the rich culture and cuisine of the Philippines, but also hear stories of people who are leading change in their communities.”

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FAST FACTS: Terrorism in the Philippines

11 September 2019 Rappler Michelle Abad

The recent Sunday blast in Indanan, Sulu, by an alleged suicide bomber came 3 days before the world commemorates the 9/11 attacks in the US on Wednesday, September 11.

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Less conflict, more growth [Opinion]

10 September 2019 Manila Bulletin, Opinion John Tria

Civil society group International Alert announced violent activities have “plunged” in Mindanao.

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Two bombing incidents rock Mindanao over the weekend

09 September 2019 CNN Philippines (TV) David Santos

Is violent extremism proving to be a real threat to the country? Two bombings rocked Mindanao over the weekend. One suicide bombing in Sulu and a bomb in a parked motorcycle in a busy marketplace in Sultan Kudarat goes off and hurts 8 people.

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Can't afford to fail: Bangsamoro region weathers birth pains

09 September 2019 Rappler Pia Ranada

In its first 5 months, the new Bangsamoro government gets past birth pains as its Parliament and Cabinet struggle to make an impact on the daily lives of the region's people

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Rebels hand in guns in Philippines Muslim peace deal

07 September 2019 Coconuts.co AFP

Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began handing over their guns to independent foreign monitors Saturday, as part of a peace treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead.

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MILF fighters hand in guns in Muslim peace deal

07 September 2019 Philippine Star AFP

Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began handing over their guns to independent foreign monitors Saturday, as part of a peace treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead.

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Challenges to Moro rebels' decommissioning | Matters of Fact

05 September 2019 ANC Interview with Christian Esguerra

Expecting MILF fighters to surrender all of their weapons while local extremists and private armed groups in Mindanao still own illicit firearms is an illusion, says International Alert Senior Adviser Pancho Lara.

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MILF decommissioning set, but problems seen

05 September 2019 ABS CBN News Christian Esguerra

Thousands of weapons used in the decades-long Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines will be decommissioned beginning Saturday, a crucial commitment by former rebels under a peace deal that gave them a new autonomous region in Mindanao.

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Conflict Café returns to London for International Peace Day

05 September 2019 The London Economic Jack Peat

Ethnic, political and economic violence has destabilised the country, most recently demonstrated by the 2017 violence in Marawi City. Nikki de la Rosa, International Alert Philippines’s Country Manager, said: “For Filipinos, food has always been a way of bringing people together to share stories, talk about any topic – even the most difficult ones, and creatively explore ways to navigate issues.

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Peace remains fragile in BARMM — report

04 September 2019 The Philippine Star Jaime Laude

This year’s National Peace Consciousness Month was marked by the decline of violence in the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARRM) as the government highlighted its achievements on peace efforts.

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‘Peace in south can’t rest on BOL, Martial Law alone’

04 September 2019 Business Mirror Cai U. Ordinario & Rene Acosta

IF the government wants to keep the fragile peace prevailing in Mindanao, it cannot solely rely on the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and martial law imposed in the region, International Alert said on Tuesday.

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BARMM violent incidence, deaths dip 30%

04 September 2019 The Manila Times Jan Arcilla

THE number of violent incidence and deaths decreased by 30 percent in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to a report by a peace-building organization.

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Peace group notes drop in violence in Mindanao

04 September 2019 Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) Mark Saludes

Declaration of martial law allowed Philippine govt to maintain a 'fragile peace' in the region. An international peace group has reported a decline in conflict-related violence and the number of resulting deaths in Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines in recent months.

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Report: ML reduced Mindanao conflicts

04 September 2019 Daily Tribune Elmer Recuerdo

Martial law in Mindanao has contributed significantly to the decline in conflict incidents and deaths in the past two years, according to the latest study of an independent peacebuilding organization.

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Martial law led to 2018 drop in violence in Muslim Mindanao – study

04 September 2019 Rappler Pia Ranada

President Rodrigo Duterte's imposition of martial law in Muslim Mindanao was the “single most important reason” behind the drop in conflict and related deaths in that area in 2018, according to a report released by conflict monitoring group International Alert Philippines (IAP).

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Report: Violence in Muslim Mindanao declined in 2018

03 September 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer Neil Arwin Mercado

Conflict incidence in the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) declined in 2018, peace building organization International Alert Philippines revealed Tuesday.

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Group says decommissioning of MILF weapons ‘negligible, not enough’

03 September 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer Neil Arwin Mercado

The decommissioning of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) weapons is “not enough” to combat the cases of violence in the Muslim Mindanao region, peace building organization International Alert Philippines said Tuesday.

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Violent incidents down but peace remains fragile in Bangsamoro

03 September 2019 CNN Philippines David Santos

The country’s most conflict-torn region saw a significant decline in the number of violent incidents and deaths in 2018, but peace efforts remain in a delicate stage, according to data gathered by peace group International Alert Philippines.

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Violent conflict in Bangsamoro went down in 2018, study shows

03 September 2019 GMA News Online Margaret Claire Layug

The provinces in the former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) saw less violent incidents in 2018, a recently-launched International Conflict Report showed.

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