PBCI InfoComm Team

The PBCI Information & Communications Team is a group of volunteer writers, applied communications specialists, and web designers serving with PeaceBuilders Community Incorporated (PBCI) who are working from different parts of the globe. PBCI is a community of missionaries who are dreaming and working together for a just, radical, and active non-violent transformation of our beautiful land.

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  1. NORTHERN MINDANAO LEADERS INITIATE PAR MINISTRY — 6 comments
  2. PBCI SUPPORTS GPH-NDFP PEACE TALKS — 4 comments
  3. ROSABEL NAROMAL LEADS IN WRITING OUR PAPER ON MINING — 4 comments
  4. THE 2013 ZAMBOANGA CRISIS: A CASE OF ‘SHOCK DOCTRINE’ APPLICATION? — 3 comments
  5. COTABATO CITY CHRISTIAN LEADERS WELCOME PAR MINISTRY — 2 comments

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MOUNT APO PAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DELIVER THEIR COFFEE HARVEST AT PBCI

It all started in 4-5 June 2013.  A group of farmers on Mount Apo felt the practicality of peace and reconciliation in their lives. 21 farmer leaders finished the Book 1 of the PAR training which includes the following topics: :: Pursuing Peace. This is an in-depth discussion of the differences and similarities in various conceptions …

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YOLANDA-HAIYAN DISASTER NOTES: THREE WEEKS AFTER

:: People are beginning to get tents and tarps from international donors. :: We saw survivors queuing for relief goods. While smiling, a man gave us the middle finger. Tired of photographers taking their pictures? Angry? :: Local, national, and international aid authorities report that most communities are served. :: Food seems to be quickly …

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HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IS NEEDED AMID YOLANDA DISASTER

Amid the Haiyan-Yolanda Disaster, PeaceBuilders Community is echoing the appeal of the Mindanao PeaceWeavers to both the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) for an extended humanitarian ceasefire. AN URGENT APPEAL: EXTEND CEASEFIRE, DECLARE HUMANITARIAN PEACE ZONES! We, the Conveners of the Mindanao PeaceWeavers (MPW), in collaboration with other …

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HIGHLY DISCIPLINED AND EQUIPPED FIELD VOLUNTEERS WANTED

We need volunteers to serve Typhoon Haiyan survivors. 1. Are you culturally sensitive and respectful of others and yet have good command of the English language? 2. Do you have good attitude, able to follow command promptly and precisely without grumbling? 3. Do you have your own tent, sleeping bag, food supply, your own travel …

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HAIYAN DISASTER, HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE, AND SHALOM

Please help the survivors of SuperTyphoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The numbers are overwhelming! Help means massive and systematic emergency disaster response. Our disaster preparation training identifies at least 14 aspects needed for effective response: survivor camp coordination and management early recovery education emergency shelter emergency telecommunications food security and agriculture health livelihood logistics nutrition …

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‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ IS A MAJOR PARTNER OF THE 2013 DAVAO TRADE EXPO

17-19 October 2013, Davao City. Coffee for Peace (CFP) took the lead as the major partner of the 2013 Davao Trade Expo (DaTE 2013) for the coffee industry. The theme of the 15th DaTE was Empowering the Farmer: Engage. Enable. Excite. It is the biggest agribusiness expo in Mindanao and is spearheaded by the Davao …

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45 CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ZAMBOANGA FINISHED BASIC PAR TRAINING

07-13 October 2013. Pastors, theological educators, civil society leaders, and mission executives finished the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) training in Zamboanga City. They are part of the forty-five Christian leaders who requested PBCI PAR Seminar as part of their preparation and equipping for a united evangelical body who will seek to actively participate in the …

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THE 2013 ZAMBOANGA CRISIS: A CASE OF ‘SHOCK DOCTRINE’ APPLICATION?

The 2013 Zamboanga Crisis did not just happen. While the people were shocked by the seemingly uncontrolled war between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), we see some patterns at work that are similar to various disasters happening around the world. Those observable patterns can be referred to as manifestations of Shock …

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OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CURRENT AFP-MNLF CLASH IN ZAMBOANGA

These recent armed clashes between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Zamboanga is characterized by confusion, disinformation, utter disregard for human lives, and grave human rights violations. According to our latest update, this senseless violence has left 53 killed and 70 wounded. There are now 25,000 …

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A CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE ABOLITION OF PDAF AND ALL FORMS OF PORK BARREL

PBCI Statement regarding the current pork barrel scandal The PeaceBuilders Community, Inc. (PBCI) laments the fact that our land and people are oppressed by systemic injustice and acts of corruption. As a mission agency of the Church of Jesus Christ who had been entrusted with a prophetic role against these social evils, we repent that …

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CSO NETWORK QUESTIONS RELEASE OF ABU SAYYAF BOMBERS FROM JAIL

A national network of civil society organizations, human rights defenders and peace advocates questions the release of known Abu Sayyaf terrorists from government custody. The group is calling “for an immediate and impartial investigation over the suspicious release from detention of high-valued Abu Sayyaf inmates from the Special Intensive Care Area (SICA) of Bicutan Jail …

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PBCI JOINS CSO LEADERS IN A MEETING WITH MILF CHAIRMAN MURAD EBRAHIM

The leaders of the civil society organizations (CSOs) in Mindanao visited the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) last 25 July 2013 in Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. We were received by Chairman Murad Ebrahim Al Haj and some members of the MILF Central Committee. The CSO leaders opened the dialogue with a congratulatory message for the …

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