Representatives from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) and local government officials hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of PAMANA projects worth P89.9 million in Brgy. Poswoy, Balbalan, Kalinga on Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo: OPAPRU)...
The peace agreement with the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa - Pilipinas/ Revolutionary Proletarian Army/ Alex Bongcayao Brigade/ Tabara-Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB – TPG) is an ideal example of an outcome from the work of women of peace and security. Now known as Kapatiran Para sa...
President Marcos believes that the Bangsamoro has the potential to become one of the most progressive regions in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said...
I have not said much about the subject of WPS. There were a few occasions when the circumstances called for it, but I otherwise kept it out of the discussions. Our strategies and action plans have been attracting a lot of international attention lately. We received several...
Indices, ratings, and other numbers are guide posts of our successes and failures. Our country’s global competitiveness standing, for example, is gauged by two major annual studies – the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report and the International Institute for...
GUEST COLUMNIST “Ultimately, what gets measured gets managed. I think if we don’t get conscious of measurement, we will never be able to improve our performance,” said Guillermo ‘Bill’ M. Luz, chief resilience officer of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) at the...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr The Marcos Jr. administration is implementing a comprehensive approach to address the decades-long communist insurgency in the Philippines. It is focused not only on decisively ending the rebellion but also in “transforming” the...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. During the Vin D’Honneur reception held in Malacañang on June 12, 2024 to commemorate the 126th Philippine Independence Day, the Bangsamoro peace process took center stage. In his speech, the Most Reverend Archbishop Charles John...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. The Bangsamoro peace process has indeed come full circle. What began as a determined effort of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) to decisively address the Moro people’s struggle for self-determination and self-governance has evolved...
PEACE BY PEACE By Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. Peace in the Philippines was an elusive dream that many actors struggled to build. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), under the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., takes off from...
Authorities conduct an investigation at the Chapel of Senior Sto. Nino in Cotabato City after a grenade went off on May 19, 2024. The blast injured two churchgoers. (Photo courtesy of Public Safety Office Cotabato City) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday, March 27, that the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the final peace agreement between the Philippine government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation...
