The Business of Peace: The Paglas Experience

For many years, the town of Datu Paglas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was characterized by crime, underemployment and inter-ethnic violence between Muslims and Christians...

Enhancing Business-Community Relations: La Frutera and Paglas Corporation Case Study

In the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, La Frutera Inc. is the investor in a banana plantation located on 1,300 hectares of land owned and represented by the Paglas Corporation....

Datu Paglas: Can the Miracle Be Sustained?

Conference, Manila, December 2003 In the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, La Frutera Inc. is the investor in a banana plantation located on 1,300 hectares of land owned and represented by the Paglas Corporation...

A Commentary About Datu Toto Paglas and Our Evaluation of Him Based On The Excellent “Criteria for Selection of Administration Candidate for the ARMM”

We represent a Core Group of Concerned Sectors of Civil Society. We hereby submit for appreciation of all stakeholders to peace and economic development in ARMM, our objective evaluation of Datu Toto, based on the Criteria from the Selection Committee for Administration Candidate for ARMM.....

Understanding Fasting and Ramadan

WITH the sighting of the new moon at dawn yesterday, the Da’rul Ifta, the “House of Opinion” of the Islamic religious leaders of the country, declared the start of the Filipino Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan today.....

Asia Pacific wants to end to interfaith conflicts

CEBU CITY: Religious leaders from 15 countries in the Asia Pacific have called for an end to interfaith conflicts while promoting dialogues and tolerance among religious groups.....

US envoy sees more projects in Sulu

JOLO, SULU - US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney gave hints about her government's plan to maintain a long-term presence in Sulu.....

Muslims Launch 1-million-signatures for Federalism

One Million signatures to convince President Arroyo. This is what is needed, according to some Muslims leaders, to convince the President to push for parliamentary federalism.....

Pope urges Muslims to combat Terrorism

COLOGNE (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday used the first foreign trio of his pontificate to urge Muslim leaders to do more to combat the “cruel fanaticism” of terrorism that aimed to poison ties between Christians and Muslims.....

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