TANDAG CITY, SURIGAO DEL SUR—In a concerted bid to finally put an end to armed conflict, the Provincial Government of Surigao del Sur and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) led the launching of the province’s Hamugaway Peace Center here on Thursday, August 15.
DAVAO CITY—The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity, cited (OPAPRU) the remarkable economic growth that is taking place in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the amazing transformation of former combatants and successful implementation of localized peace engagements as among the major gains achieved under the Philippines’ comprehensive peace process. (more…)
PASIG CITY—–“Government will honor and fully comply with its remaining deliverables under these agreements,” President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., remarked, as he emphasized his administration’s steadfast commitment in fulfilling the national government’s commitments under all signed peace agreements with non-state armed groups during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), on Monday, July 22. (more…)
BALER, AURORA — This day marked a major milestone for this province, as it launched its first Peace and Development Center here in Baler on July 17.
The Peace and Development Center’s launching was led by Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., Lone District of Aurora Congressman Rommel T. Angara, Aurora Governor Reynante A. Tolentino, Aurora Vice Governor, Jennifer A. Araña, OPAPRU Presidential Assistant Wilben M. Mayor, OPAPRU Executive Director Cesar De Mesa, Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) Lieutenant General Fernyl G. Buca, 7th ID Commander, Major General Andrew Costelo and 703rd BDE Brigadier General Joseph Norwin Pasamonte. (more…)
DAVAO CITY — In a groundbreaking move towards bringing genuine peace, social healing, and reconciliation in Mindanao and across the country, 15 former rebels (FRs) from Agusan del Norte applied for amnesty on Monday, June 3.
The said FRs are the first individuals to formally seek amnesty under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity’s (OPAPRU) Local Conflict Transformation – Field Implementation Support Unit (LCT-FISU) in Mindanao. (more…)
PAGADIAN CITY — Zamboanga del Sur celebrated on Sunday, April 21, its third year of being declared as “insurgency-free,” which is a testament to the effectiveness of the whole-of-society effort to finally put an end to the communist rebellion in the province. (more…)
PASAY CITY – Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., on Tuesday, February 20, said the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), which oversees the implementation of the country’s comprehensive peace process, does not condone any anomaly in the implementation of the decommissioning process for former combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Galvez made this statement after three decommissioned MILF combatants aired their complaints to Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and Galvez before the conduct of the Senate hearing on the decommissioning process called for by the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace Unification and Reconciliation. (more…)
CAMP AQUINO, TARLAC CITY — In a bid to push forward the Marcos administration’s peace and security agenda in the region, top officials of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) met with the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ brigade commanders in Northern Luzon here on Thursday, February 15, this city. (more…)
PASAY CITY – Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., underscored on Tuesday, February 6, the importance of granting amnesty to members of revolutionary groups who have committed crimes in pursuit of their political beliefs.
“Amnesty does not only extinguish criminal liability for the acts committed by these former rebels. It creates a path toward their full transformation and enables them to return to mainstream society,” Galvez said during a hearing called for by the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace Unification and Reconciliation. (more…)
PASAY CITY – Presidential Adviser on Peace Reconciliation and Unity Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. vehemently denied on Tuesday, February 6, that there is corruption involved in the decommissioning process of Moro Islamic Liberation (MILF) combatants.
This developed as Galvez reported on the status of implementation of the MILF decommissioning process during a hearing called for by the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace Unification and Reconciliation.
“Don’t tell us we’re corrupt,” the peace adviser told Senator Raffy Tulfo during the hearing, which aimed to shed light on why there has been a delay in the implementation of the decommissioning process.
“We take serious offense in what Senator Tulfo said because there is absolutely no truth to that malicious, baseless allegation. To accuse us of such is an affront not only against our agency but also to the decommissioned combatants as well,” he said at the sidelines of the hearing. (more…)
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