Return to arms

Article Abstract:

Fighting has returned to Mindanao in the Philippines. Philippine President Fidel Ramos believed that a peace accord signed with the leader of the Muslim Moro National Liberation Front in Sep 1996, giving autonomy to a region of four Mindanao provinces, had ended 27 years of unrest. However, the more radical Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been involved in violent clashes with the armed forces during Jun and Jul 1997. Thousands of people have fled from central Mindanao, and hopes of a blossoming of economic prosperity in Mindanao are fading.

Political organizations, Military aspects, National liberation movements, Moro Islamic Liberation Front

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Sister acts: former nun spreads her family's wealth to rural corners

Article Abstract:

Gina Lopez's interests in charity developed through her two decades as a nun with the Ananda Marga yoga/social-service group. In 1990 she left it, married her supervisor, and returned to her family, one of the wealthiest and most prominent in the Philippines. There the couple took a two-year development management course, and she now heads her family's ABS-CBN Foundation. She tries to show the effectiveness of social assistance through loans and education, and a science program she developed is a national model.

Influence, Achievements and awards, Social services, Social service, Lopez, Gina

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Profiting from peace

Article Abstract:

Davao, the capital of Mindanao, Philippines, is attracting leading Filipino businesses and foreign investment. The city is also popular as a conference centre, and in October 1996 hosted the Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry conference, which was attended by delegates from the US, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia, plus the leader of the Moro National Liberation Front, a Muslim group which signed a peace treaty with the Filipino President, Fidel Ramos, in September 1996.

Investments, Philippines, Conferences and conventions

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