PEACEtahan's final lecture-concert for 2007 rang loud and long at Mag:net Katipunan last Friday, December 14. Joining Sulong Youth and DAKILA (Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism) were Toyo, Wake Up Your Seatmate, Bayang Barrios, Mike Villegas, Angelo Villegas , Radioactive Sago Project, and Peryodiko.
Sulong Youth thanks all the artists who made PEACEtahan possible, including impromptu hosts Mich Rama, Stephanie Tan, Vani Liwanag, Tado, and Ola of Teatro Kolehiyo ng Miriam.
For more information on PEACEtahan, Sulong CARHRIHL's youth peace awareness campaign, visit the Sulong Youth site.
Steph Tan, Tado, and Darlene Ramos at Mag:net
Sulong CARHRIHL at Cine Veritas
Human Rights Week: Cine Veritas
Mga Sugat ng Digmaan, the first installation of Sulong CARHRIHL's documentary on the effects of armed conflict on Philippine civil society was shown last December 6 at Cine Veritas, Ishmael Bernal Gallery, University of the Philippines Diliman.
The week-long Cine Veritas, an exhibit of films celebrating human dignity and rights, included Jim Libiran's Tribu, Lino Tañada's Hanggang Dito Na Lamang at Maraming Salamat, and Brillante Mendoza's Tirador.
Sulong Youth Network: PEACEtahan sa Cebu
PEACEtahan sa Cebu: Cathy and Tado at the Outpost Cafe
PEACEtahan, Sulong CARHRIHL's youth peace awareness campaign, finally hit The Outpost Cafe, Cebu on Friday, November 16 with DAKILA (Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism) and student leaders from the University of Southern Philippines, UP Visayas, University of San Carlos, and Cebu Normal University. Hosted by Tado, Lourd de Veyra and Cathy Cerillo, the night was a lively mix of performance art and reggae/world music from artists Island Joe, Exo, Skanky Muggles, Sining Dilaab, and Junior Kilat.
Sulong IP Partners in Public Dialogue with GRP, stakeholders
Representatives of various indigenous peoples (IP) groups in Luzon engaged in dialogue on November 15, 2007 with officers of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Negotiating Panel, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and other stakeholders in the GRP-NDF conflict.
The public dialogue was a culmination of a three-day workshop on the indigenous peoples' experiences and conflict resolution practices in the midst of the frequent military-NPA clashes in their communities.
Delegates from Kalinga, Abra, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Camarines Norte, Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro shared the devastating effects of the armed conflict on their ancestral land, youth, women, livelihood, and their indigenous culture, and voiced their collective appeal for their tribes' neutrality in the GRP-NDF tensions.
In photo, left to right: Noel Ongoco, Peace Institution Development Office, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (PIDO, OPAPP); Dahlia Dait-Caweg, Office of Empowerment and Human Rights , National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (OEHR, NCIP); Dr. Abe Padilla, AnthroWatch; Paulynn Sicam, OPAPP-GRP Panel; Pablo Rey Fuentes, United Nations Development Programme-Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Program (UNDP CPPB)
Sulong Youth Network: PEACEtahan sa Penguin!
Free All performing for Out of the Box: PEACEtahan
PEACEtahan, Sulong CARHRIHL's youth peace awareness campaign, rocked The Penguin Bar, Malate Friday, October 26 with DAKILA (Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism) and guest artists Drip, Color it Red, Toyo, Bobby Balingit, and Free All.
PEACEtahan sa Penguin is the first of a series of lecture-concerts on peace and human rights. Check out the Sulong Youth Webpage for pictures of the event, details about the youth campaign and how to join the poster/informercial/ music video contest.
Sulong CARHRIHL and the NZ Human Rights Commission
Representatives from Sulong CARHRIHL and the Philippine Commission on Human Rights met with New Zealand Human Rights and Race Relations Senior Advisor Dr. Jill Chrisp at the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies last September 3, 2007 to discuss possible areas of partnership with the NZ Human Rights Commission.
One of the highlights of the meeting was a discussion on the different ways of working with indigenous peoples' (IP) communities. Dr. Chrisp has worked closely with the New Zealand Maori since the seventies, and Sulong CARHRIHL campaigns for upholding human rights and international humanitarian law among Philippine IPs in provinces affected by the GRP-NDF armed conflict. Sulong is also at present conducting research on indigenous conflict prevention and resolution practices in Luzon IP communities. DR
In photo, left to right: Darlene Ramos, Sulong CARHRIHL Advocacy and Research Officer; Prof. Miriam Ferrer, Sulong CARHRIHL lead convener; Efipania Garay of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR); Joeven Reyes, Sulong CARHRIHL Head of Secretariat, Dr. Jill Chrisp, Senior Advisor on Human Rights and Race Relations, NZ Human Rights Commission; and Atty. Jacqueline Mejia, Philippine CHR Executive Director.
Karapatan at Kapayapaan
The 2005 three-part documentary project of Sulong CARHRIHL with the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) is now on Youtube.
Part 1 of Mga Sugat ng Digmaan :
Click on the following links to see the rest of the clips:
Sulong CARHRIHL's first comprehensive CARHRIHL and Peace Trainers' Training at Ciudad Christhia, San Mateo, Rizal ended with a successful practicum at the Philippine Normal University (PNU) in Manila.
The twenty-two pioneer trainers were handpicked from the different provinces where Sulong CARHRIHL held its previous human rights and peace seminars - Abra, Antique, North Cotabato, Aurora, Bacolod, Bulacan, Samar, Quezon, Mindoro Occidental, Pampanga, and Sorsogon.
A PNU student reads aloud an open letter to the government and the NDF while a CARHRIHL trainer looks on.
16-17 July 2007 - The Supreme Court Summit on Political Killings: Manifestation of Sulong CARHRIHL (Miriam Coronel Ferrer) Sulong CARHRIHL supports the Supreme Court's initiative in exploring ways to halt the unabated run of extrajudicial killings of journalists and political activists in the Philippines; proposes solutions to prevent these human rights violations.
23 June 2007 - DWJO Spirit FM, Infanta: Interview on peace (Ely Escolano) Sulong CARHRIHL - Metro Real's Leo Lachica and Darlene Ramos join Tita Ely for a thirty-minute discussion about peace and peace-building.
22 June 2007 - ABS-CBN Interactive: Norway, the Peace Broker (Miriam Coronel Ferrer) Sulong CARHRIHL convener Miriam Coronel Ferrer writes about Norway's efforts in brokering peace in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East. external link >>
17 June 2007 - Calbayog, Western Samar: The role of media in development work (Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez) A speech addressed to the media practitioners who participated in the CARHRIHL peace training held in the Pastoral Center of Calbayog City, Western Samar from June 16-17, 2007.
15 June 2007 - The Visayan Daily Star: Fact finding team probes misencounter (Gilbert Bayoran) Representatives of the Alab Katipunan and the Negros Alliance of Human Rights Advocates investigates a reported misencounter between Army soldiers and the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) in Escalante City, gives commitment to Sulong CARHRIHL in monitoring human rights violations in Negros Occidental. external link >>
14 May 2007 - San Jose Vicariate, Occidental Mindoro (Poly Sanchez): Paniniil ng KarapatanIsang salaysay ng paglabag sa karapatang bumoto ng mga katutubong Mangyan noong panahon ng Halalan 2007.
11 May 2007 - ABS-CBN Interactive: The Mangyan Vote (Miriam Coronel Ferrer) Opinion piece echoing the report of Fr. Philip Alcantara on the rounding up of Mangyans in Occidental Mindoro for election day. external link >>
11 May 2007 - Pintig ng Bayan, DZVT: Interviews by Norman Novio and Daisy Leaño on the May 10 alleged bombing by the NPA of Mindoro Occidental Gov. Josephine Sato's police escort. (courtesy of Fr. Philip Alcantara).
Ka Higom Maragang (spokesperson, Lucio de Guzman Command, New People's Army-Mindoro) [download]
