“GAWAD AKAP” PARANGAL PARA SA KAPAYAPAAN; WAGING GENUINE PEACE THROUGH FRATERNAL EMBRACE

BISITA si Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III ng Department of Labor and Employment at siya ring Chairman ng GRP Negotiating Panel para sa CPP NPA NDF sa okasyon ng Rotary Club of Fort Bonifacio Global City nitong September 24 2018 sa Ramon Magsasaysay Hall Roxas Boulevard Manila.

Kaalinsabay sa pagdiriwang ng United Nations ngayong Setyembre nang Buwan ng Kapayapaan ay inilunsad naman ng Rotary Club District 3830 ang GAWAD AKAP Parangal para sa kapayapaan, akap na ang ibig sabihin sa ingles ay embraced layunin ng paglulunsad nito na bigyang pagkilala ang mga pinaggagagawa ng mga natatanging actor nang kapayapaan sa lipunang Filipino gaya ng mga sundalo, pulis, mga kawani ng pamahalaan at pribadong sector na ginagawa ang kanilang munting makakaya upang isulong ang tun ay na kapayapaan at makatulong upang wakasan na ang mga alitan at digmaan.

Kasama rin sa nasabing paglulunsad bukod kay Bello ay sina PDG Edna R. Sutter, Chapter President ng Rotary Club of Fort Bonifacio Global City, Very Inspiring President Rolly M. Francia, RCFBGC, RY 2018-2019, RTN Rachel Fajardo ng RCFBGC, Governor Alfredo P. Montecillo Rotary International District 3830, PP Liza M. Mapagu, Peace Builder Committee ng District 3830.

Inaasahan na ang nasabing paglulunsad ay magsisilbing pasimula sa mga susunod pang Gawain para sa ikasusulong ng tunay na kapayapaan sa bansa sa pagtutulungan ng pribadong sector at ng pamahalaan. Kikilalanin sa nasabing paggagawad ng parangal ang mga indibidwal, grupo o institusyon na nagkaroon ng natatanging kontribusyon para isulong ang kapayapaan sa kani kanilang mga larangan.

Ngayong Oktubre ito inilunsad samantala kanila pang ia anunsyo kung kalian ang pagsusumite ng mga nominasyon pati ang mga pamantayan at regulasyon at ang pormal na paggawad ay magaganap sa Pebrero ng 2019 sapagkat ito ay buwan ng kapayapaan para sa Rotary International. Ang video ukol dito ay nasa www.dzmjonline.net ///Michael balaguer, michaelbalaguer@diaryongtagalog.net ,09333816694

WAGING GENUINE PEACE THROUGH FRATERNAL EMBRACE

(Transcript of www.dzmjonline.net Rotary Club of Fort Bonifacio Global City story)

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) SECRETARY SILVESTRE BEBOT H BELLO III WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRP NEGOTIATING PANEL FOR THE CPP NPA NDF, THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE TALKS WITH THE REDS OR THE COMMUNISTS CONTINUES EVENTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE SAYS IT IS OVER.

CONTINUOUS BACK CHANNEL DISCUSSION HAPPEN THROUGH CLUSTERING IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE REBELS HAS MEMBERS ENGGAGING THEM FROM THE ROOT OF THEIR PROBLEM IN ORDER TO FIND AN AMICABLE SOLUTION, BELLO REITERATED THAT EVENTHOUGH WE OFTEN PERCIEVE PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE AND CPP NPA NDF CHAIRMAN JOSE MARIA SISON ON CATS AND DOG MODE ON IDIOLOGICAL ISSUES STILL THEY CONSIDER EACH OTHER AS THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND THEY BOTH WANT LASTING AND GENUINE PEACE FOR THE COUNTRY.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE PEACE PROCESS NEVER STOP MEANWHILE A CHAT WITH GOVERNOR ALFREDO MONTECILLO OF THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 3830 IN REGARD TO THE GAWAD AKAP OR LITERALLY MEAN IN FILIPINO AS EMBRACE, IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE BASIC ADVOCACY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF GIVING TEACHING PROPAGATING THE CULTURE OF PEACE ON ROTARY DISTRICTS WORLDWIDE THOUGH IT IS IN THE RURAL OR URBAN AREA.

THRU ITS PROGRAMS ON POVERTY AL LE VI A TION AND DISEASE IRRADICATION, THROUGH SUCH EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION SOLUTIONS TO ARRIVE ON A LASTING AND GENUIN PEACE COULD BE ATTAINDED.

ATTENDING TO THE ROOT OF THE CONFLICT ALSO ADD UP TO THE POSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN ATTAINING PEACE AND AS VERY INSPIRING PRESIDENT ROLLY FRANCIA OF THE ROTARY CLUB FORT BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY TOLD US THAT THE GAWAD AKAP IS INTENDED NOT TO THE BIG ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS INSTEAD IT WILL GIVE HONOR TO ORDINARY PEOPLE THAT HAS DONE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE, THE EFFORTS OF PEACE WORKERS, ACTIVISTS, THE ACADEME, GOVERNMEENT, MILITARY AND POLICE, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS PORTRAYING A VITAL ROLE IN THE PROPAGATION OF LASTING AND GENUIN PEACE IN THE COUNTRY.

FRANCIA SAYS THAT NOMINATIONS WILL STAT THIS OCTOBER OF 2018 WHERE THE RCFBGC WILL ANNOUNCE THE REGULATIONS AND THE FORMAL AWARDING WILL COMMENCE ON FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR FOR IT WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH THE ROTARY’S PEACE MONTH BECAUSE THIS SEPTEMBER IS THE PEACE MONTH OF THE UNITED NATIONS. (MJ Balaguer, +639053611058, maryjaneolvina@gmail.com )