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Posts Tagged: national council of churches in the philippines
December 5, 2010
Hunger strike in the Philippines
The Morong 43 – health care workers arrested in February on charges of making bombs and held since then – began a hunger strike on December 3 in an effort to end their detention which they and many others, including…
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October 31, 2010
Sign ad calling for release of health workers in Philippines
An appeal from the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines October 29, 2010 To Our Friends and Partners Around the World: Please Sign the Paid Ad to Free the 43 Health Workers (Morong 43) May…
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May 27, 2010
An International Observer’s Perspective on the Philippines Election
By Roger Scott Powers In May, 2010, I was privileged to serve as an election observer in the Philippines. I was one of 86 people from 11 countries to participate in the People’s International Observers’ Mission (PIOM), which was convened…
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May 9, 2010
Why are there election observers in the Philippines?
There are a number of reasons why international election observers are present in the Philippines for the May 10 election (and May 10 is less than an hour away in the Philippines as this is written). One is that this…
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May 8, 2010
Salt and light
Salt and light. Those images, drawn from the words of Jesus, were at the heart of the unison Affirmation and Benediction used during the Ecumenical Welcome Reception and Orientation for the election observers held at the Shalom Center of the…
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May 8, 2010
Live for Peace
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the People’s International Observers Mission greeted the election observers with an Ecumenical Welcome Reception and Orientation at the Shalom Center of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Rebecca Lawson,…
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May 6, 2010
Observing Elections in the Philippines
Please hold the people of the Philippines in prayer in the days leading up to the May 10 national elections. In response to invitations from our sisters and brothers in Christ in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines…
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May 5, 2010
Election in the Philippines
Pray for the people of the Philippines as the day of election nears. Pray for those who will serve as election observers. Elections are scheduled in the Philippines for Monday, May 10. The elections are for president and the legislature….
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November 25, 2009
Pray for the people of Maguindanao
God of justice, God of compassion, God of peace, comfort those who grieve for the deaths at Maguindanao and in places whose name we do not know, work healing within those who are wounded, stir the conscience of those who…
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