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Professionals Promote ONE MORO CONSCIOUSNESS

Friday, January 1st, 2010

By Samira Gutoc

Young Muslims ended the year and brave 2010 with renewed hope after a traumatic incident in November 23 in their homeland where 57 individuals were massacred in Ampatuan town.

Convening in Davao City at the Commission on Audit Function Hall and Manila at the Asian Academy for Business and Computers for an innovative teleconferencing assembly last December 26-27, the Young Moro Professionals Network tackled the hard-hitting issues of the Muslim communities with the theme: “ONE MORO CONSCIOUSNESS“.

Photo Credit: Atty. John-Christopher T. Mahamud

It was the first time for YMPN to use virtual technology to broadcast its proceedings abroad where many of its members are based.

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Actor Robin Padilla lends support to fellow Muslim Adel Tamano

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Following Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari’s endorsement, popular Filipino actor Robin Padilla has also expressed his support for fellow Muslim Atty. Adel Tamano.

Tamano, the first Filipino Muslim scholar-graduate of Harvard Law School and President of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, is a senatorial candidate under the Nacionalista Party. (more…)

Making Sense about Development as a Path to Peace in Mindanao

Friday, March 6th, 2009

(Author’s Note: Published in the December 2008 issue of the Bangsamoro Journal)

Development is not the way to peace. It never is. It will never in any way whatsoever build the foundations of lasting peace in Mindanao. The reason is simple. When development is introduced into a community without first tackling governance issues, then justice issues, and subsequently, peace issues, it would more often than not be perceived by those who are receiving it, or to the more aware as a pacification strategy or a “counter-insurgency’ approach by those doing the development interventions. Development as a “stand alone”, or as a first intervention to troubled areas, would be seen as something that would “fill up the stomachs and the pockets” of the people so that the injustices of the past would be forgotten. (more…)

MINDANAO YSPEAK – YMPN Don Loong Speak

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Don Loong discussed and tackled 6 major issues in his presentation discussed during the Young Moro Professionals Network roundtable in Zamboanga City and dozens of other dialogues among Young Moros and other stakeholders national and local. AIM Bridging leadership concepts such as multi-stakeholder approach, systems thinking, force field analysis was used to see the relationships among the major issues.

Mujiv Hataman on the recent spate of kidnappings

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Recently, one of the active young moro leaders, Hon Mujiv Hataman (AMIN Partylist) guested on the early morning talk show of Joel Villanueva ADYENDA. From what Ive heard from his inputs, Ive seen that he has clearly eluciddated the following points:

1. There is clear absence of Governance in many LGU’s in ARMM areas specifically in the areas of ZAMBASULTA where these kidnappings take place (with notable exceptions of course), and since governance and the LGU executives could not resonate within the local populace, there is no actual process of peace and order. Imagine a PO1 relative of a mayor becomes chief of Police and the Municipal town hall unoccupied for six months inhabited by Goats.

2. There is a clear need for governance not only to be felt but for the communities to be actively participative, therefore to make sure that peace and Order becomes also a concern for them.

There were also other concerns raised by Cong Hataman, too many to be mentioned here. But what is worth saying is that we have a need to have more of his kind, selfless political leaders who continually strive for the betterment of their constituents. being a leader who rose from the ranks, Mujiv knows what he is saying and what changes are needed to be made. we do hope that Mujiv eventually is able to make the people in the national government realize that they should listen to his policy reccomendations or lose investor confidence.

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Sunday, January 25th, 2009

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