Senator Aquilino Pimentel III has promised to be active in the discussions on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Salic Ibrahim, Maranao People Development Center executive director, bared this news after meeting with the senator in Manila recently. “Senator Pimentel, as a senator from Mindanao, has admitted that he needs to know the sentiments of […]
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On March 6 this year, the Maranao People Development Center (Maradeca), Inc., through its peace and governance program, organized a dialogue that called for sobriety and peace in the aftermath of the controversial battle in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. The All Out Peace dialogue at the Maradeca Convention Center, in Barangay Ragayan, Marantao, Lanaodel Sur was a
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The Maranao People Development Center (MARADECA) Inc. was elated to find out that the communities and organizations they catered to have demonstrated varying degrees of confidence and empowerment in dealing with their respective constituents. This was indicated in an end of year assessment that focused on two specific areas: the community and organization. “The community
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Civil society organizations across southwestern island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (Basulta) are poised to mount an aggressive campaign to counter alleged claims that Moro residents in that subregion are against the Bangsamoro Basic Law. This was the consensus reached during the first steering committee meeting of the Mindanao Civil Society Organizations Platform for
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The Maranao People Development Center (MARADECA Inc) gathered the community businesses in Poona Bayabao in Lanao del Sur to encourage them to adapt to more systematic and efficient system at managing business. Ms. Faridah U. Salic, the peace and governance program coordinator of Maradeca conducted the planning session April 23 which asked the business community
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Learning involves exploring capacities and edges over others in order to stimulate the learning environment. On this aspect, Maradeca initiated “Palarong Pambata” activity in its bid to build confidence, camaraderie, and sportsmanship among learners as well as the parents who actively participate. The Palarong Pambata was conducted on the January 20 at Bacayawan Gymnasium, Sultan
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An organized rural business group in the municipality of Poona Bayabao underwent the second training on financial management and simple bookkeeping that was facilitated by MARADECA Inc. The training that was coordinated under the SUCCEED GLOBAL project, was undertaken for the members of the Poona Bayabao Business Sector Consumer Cooperative.at Barangay Gata Poona Bayabao on
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A clean Lake Lanao has become one of central objectives of Maranao youths to work on the next few months, alongside a package of activities that would transform also their respective communities in Lanao del Sur into better and cleaner places to reside. To achieve it though, work must not revolve only in clean-up drives
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The Maranao People Development Center (MARADECA) crafted its more determined and significant strategies for this year, after crystallizing its strengths and weakness in an assessment of its performance in 2013. This year’s strategic program identified more workable projects and ways to implement more development projects in the communities assisted by Maradeca and its partner organizations spread in
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Participants to the awareness seminar on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro acknowledged the importance of the document to deepen the understanding of the Moro communities in what has developed so far in the Peace Process. “I thanked the organization for providing us avenue for discussion to level up common understanding on the history and
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