The National Task Force for the Disbandment of Private Armed Groups disbanded 14 groups operating in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Region 12.
CONGREGATE. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) inaugurates the newly-completed House of Peace in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Tuesday (Dec. 7, 2021), to promote peaceful activities and strengthen relationships among partner organizations. The center, dubbed as "Walay na Kalilintad" in Maguindanaon, will be an avenue for government agencies and other stakeholders to congregate as they promote peace in Maguindanao. (Photo courtesy of OPAPP) MANILA - To promote peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has opened the newly-completed House of Peace in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. "The Peace Center called Walay na Kalilintad is more than just a physical structure. It symbolizes the strong and enduring partnership between our organizations, as we work with our other peace partners in bringing a just and lasting peace to the Bangsamoro people,
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is collaborating with several agencies in pursuit of the administration's Six-Point Peace and Development Agenda within targeted conflict-afflicted areas, notwithstanding the challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. OPAPP head Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said President Rodrigo Duterte's leadership inspires OPAPP, the Department of National Defense (DND), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine National Police to achieve milestones in addressing insurgency problems. "I will do my best at iso-solve namin po ang problema sa (and we will solve the problems on the) ground, with the help of (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and (DILG) Secretary (Eduardo) Ano," Galvez said during the President's Talk to the People aired M
LIVELIHOOD AID. Beneficiaries from Basilan pose with the farm inputs they have received. The Western Mindanao Command and the United Nations Development Program distributed livelihood aid to farmers groups from Basilan and Tawi-Tawi during a program in Zamboanga City on Friday (Dec. 3, 2021). (Photo courtesy of Westmincom Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), on Friday distributed farm inputs to boost the livelihood of selected beneficiaries from the provinces of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi amid the pandemic. The selected beneficiaries from Barangay Muslim Area in the municipality of Maluso, Basilan province received assorted farming tools and equipment that included two trailers, a power tiller, a gasoline-powered water pump, a water tank and hose, vegetable seeds, and several gardening tools. Amin Pansulani, barangay chairman of Muslim Area, Maluso, received the farm implemen