What is Mindanao Week of Peace?
Mindanao Week of Peace is a week-long activity celebrated across Mindanao from the last Thursday of November until the first Wednesday of December. The celebration is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No.
What is the major root of conflict in Mindanao?
The migration of Filipinos from the northern and central regions of the Philippines to Mindanao led to conflicts. As the 2005 PHDR explains: The Muslims resented the loss of their lands, including those idle but which formed part of their traditional community.
What is Mindanao problem?
One of the major problems in Mindanao is the long-standing neglect from the national government and lack of economic development. The root cause of cultural, religious, and armed conflict still goes back to the problem of lack of jobs and economic development and this leads to a vicious cycle of poverty.
Why did the Spaniards hate some of the Chinese?
They feared that the Chinese, being an ethnic group with roots in China, would be far less loyal to the Spanish regime than the Christianized natives whom the Spaniards called Indios throughout their colonial rule (4).
Why did Spaniards fail to colonize Mindanao?
Koxinga’s threat to invade the Philippines and expel the Spanish resulted in the Spanish failure to conquer the Islamic Moro people in Mindanao. The threat of Chinese invasion forced the Spanish to stop their conquest of the Moros and withdraw their garrisons to Manila.
Why is Mindanao called the land of the promise?
The area is also called as the “Land of the Promise” because of the area’s great biodiversity. This region is also known as the food basket of the Philippines. This makes Mindanao as the melting pot of local culture in the country, which creates a distinct culture compared to the other regions in the Philippines.
Is there a struggle for peace in Mindanao?
Over the years, the State has come to recognise the Bangsamoro and Indigenous Peoples struggle for just and lasting peace in Mindanao, albeit always within the framework of the country’s constitution.
How long has IID been involved in Mindanao?
IID has been involved in the peace process in Mindanao for almost twenty years. To give us an overview of the conflict in Mindanao: how did the conflict come about, what are the root causes, who are the main actors and what is it about?
Is there a peace law in the Philippines?
Among those regions is Mindanao, where in February 2019 the Bangsamoro people voted to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). This law is a big leap towards peace in the Southern Philippines.
What does the new Bangsamoro government do for Mindanao?
The new Bangsamoro political entity will in effect abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and provide for a basic structure of government in recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and their desire to chart their own political future through a democratic process.