Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009
MOTORCADE, OPENING CEREMONY & PRESS CONFERENCE
November 26, 2009
Butuan City
MOTORCADE, OPENING CEREMONY & PRESS CONFERENCE
November 26, 2009
Butuan City
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Government and private vehicles are shown here during the motorcade in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 with the theme “Think Mindanao, Feel Mindanao, and Bring Peace to Mindanao”. Opening ceremony follows after the motorcade at the Butuan City Rizal Park. (PIA-Caraga)
Government and private vehicles are shown here during the motorcade in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 with the theme “Think Mindanao, Feel Mindanao, and Bring Peace to Mindanao”. Opening ceremony follows after the motorcade at the Butuan City Rizal Park. (PIA-Caraga).
Members from the Lumad, Christian, and Muslim community are shown here offering prayers during the opening ceremony of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 celebration held at Rizal Park, Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga).
Most Rev. Juan De Dios Pueblos, Butuan City Bishop welcomes all the participants from the government line agencies, stakeholders, and academe during the opening ceremony of the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 celebration held at Butuan City Rizal Park. Bishop Pueblos also emphasizes the need for us to promote peace in the society by spreading good deeds to our brothers and sisters. (PIA-Caraga).
From left to right: Col Emiliano Gupana of Phil. Army; Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA) Caraga Regional Director Soekarno Mohammad; Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga Regional Director Rene Burdeos; Butuan City Bishop – Most Rev. Juan De Dios Pueblos; Atty. John Edwin Luneta of National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Caraga; and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director – Atty. Marilyn Pintor as panelists of the recently held press conference on the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 celebration in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga).
Photo shows members of the local tri-media asking questions to the panelists during the press conference on the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009 celebration held recently in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga).
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SINGING FOR PEACE CONTEST 2009
In celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace 2009
Theme: “Think Mindanao, Feel Mindanao, and Bring Peace to Mindanao”
November 26 – December 2, 2009
Sponsored by The City Government of Butuan/ DILG-Butuan
November 27, 2009
In celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace 2009
Theme: “Think Mindanao, Feel Mindanao, and Bring Peace to Mindanao”
November 26 – December 2, 2009
Sponsored by The City Government of Butuan/ DILG-Butuan
November 27, 2009
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Photo shows (from left to right) Mr. Arcelo Mendez, BODYSHOT Dance Instructor; Ms. Rosemarie Paceño of Butuan City School of Arts and Trade (BCSAT); Mr. Pops Custodio, Stage Comedian from Surigao City; and Ms. Neska Boco Augis of Holy Child Colleges of Butuan City (HCCB) as jurors of the Singing for Peace Contest 2009 in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP). (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Ms. Elaine Duran of Butuan Central Elementary School (BCES) performs her piece and was declared 1st place during the Singing for Peace Contest 2009 in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP). Ms. Duran wins cash prize worth P3,000.00. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Ms. Vanessa Gacula of Timber City Academy (TCA) Butuan City singing her 2nd place winning piece during the Singing for Peace Contest 2009 in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP). Ms. Gacula wins cash prize worth P2,000.00. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Ms. Charmee Espina of Timber City Academy (TCA) in Butuan City, 3rd place winner performing her piece during the Singing for Peace Contest 2009 in line with the celebration of Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP). Ms. Espina wins cash prize worth P1,000.00. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Photo shows young singers in Butuan City completing the list of contestants of the Singing for Peace Contest 2009: Ms. Marjed Millano of Timber City Academy (TCA) Butuan City, Ms. Bechellen Placeros of Butuan City School of Arts and Trade (BCSAT), Ms. Jamiah Cabib of the Sultanate of Caraga, Ms. Shinky Culob and Ms. Novea Rosario of Libertad Central Elementary School, and Mr. Adrian De Leon of Butuan City Colleges (BCC), winning consolation prizes worth P200.00. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
PIA-Caraga personnel are shown here in an interview with Ms. Elaine Duran, 1st placer of the recently held Singing for Peace Contest 2009 in line with the Mindanao Week Peace (MWOP) 2009 celebration in Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
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Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009
PEACE FORUM
Fr. Saturnino Urios University
Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City
November 27, 2009
PEACE FORUM
Fr. Saturnino Urios University
Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City
November 27, 2009
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Most Rev. Juan De Dios Pueblos, Butuan City Bishop expresses his thanks to all participants of the peace forum and for participating in all the activities set for the celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) 2009. Bishop Pueblos also stresses the importance of having peace within ourselves so that we can also have a peaceful life with other people in the society, held recently at FSUU Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Students from various schools in Butuan City, stakeholders, local government units, and government line agencies convene for the peace forum in line with the celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) from November 26 to December 2, 2009 in Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marilyn Pintor is shown here giving a short background of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a Regional Organization, and its Charter-relevant provisions, held recently during the peace forum at FSUU Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Photo shows Atty. Myrfi Gonzales (center), Human Rights Lawyer and Lecturer at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City discusses the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in General and Human Rights in Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Inter-Governmental of Human Rights (AICHR), held recently during the peace forum at FSUU Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga).
Atty. Maita Chan-Gonzaga (center), Program Officer, Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism cites the significance of Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN). Atty. Gonzaga also discusses the specific Philippine issues of concern, held recently during the peace forum at FSUU Haggenburg Hall, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)