Blog Posts on advocacy and campaigns
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LGUs vow to accelerate MDGs in Region 1 by The News Around Us on Mar 30, 2011PHILIPPINES: Eight vibrant city mayors sign MOU to localize MDGs LOCAL chief executives representing eight vibrant cities in the Ilocos Region (Region 1) vowed to work together to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs...
"Doray: The Peacemaker" starts PeaceTech TV live shows by The News Around Us on Mar 16, 2011PeaceTech, a non-profit organization that builds peace among the world’s youth will starts their PeaceTech Web TV today with the first live web telecast scheduled on March 17 at 10:00am. "Doray: The Peacemaker" will be the first live pro...
International Community Launches "Libya: No-Fly Zone Campaign" by The News Around Us on Mar 9, 2011As thousands of people gets killed in Libya and as Moammar Gadhafi uses brute force to quell rebellion more than 700,000 people from around the world had already signed a campaign to convince the United Nations to impose a NO FLY ZONE IN LIBYA. &quo...
Taking People Power to the Next Level by The News Around Us on Feb 24, 2011“While the Middle East and Africa are using technology for protest, even revolution, the Philippines is using technology to bring the country back together”. In a mass demonstration of how technology can be a force for good, thousands in Mindan...
Facebook Profile of Peace: The Facebook Peace Chain by PeaceTech by The News Around Us on Jan 28, 2011A bus exploded in Buendia in Makati, Philippines last Tuesday and it seems that it will be blamed against Muslim militants. A travel advisory was issued against the Philippines right after that. Despite of these however, youth and people from the c...
Letter for President Aquino by The News Around Us on Jan 24, 2011The Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc. (PNGOC) just recently sent a letter to President Noynoy Aquino stressing the importance of Reproductive Health. They are one of the staunchest supporters of the RH Bill in Congres...
PeaceTech Innovates with Classroom Video Conferences by The News Around Us on Jan 19, 2011PeaceTech is a non-profit organization that builds peace among the world’s youth. It was was started by Robin Pettyfer, a former Canadian journalist and is now changing the way peace education and dialogue is being done. What started as a mass vid...
Naruto Cosplayers PH Launched First Cosplay for 2011 by The News Around Us on Jan 19, 2011Hokage Kisame, Kabuto and Tobi with Cosplay Winners Naruto Cosplayers PH, a group of cosplayers inspired by Naruto's ideals and the idea of doing cosplay for a cause opened the 2011 Cosplay year with the first ever Cosplay for 2011. The event titled...
PNGOC Releases Position Paper in Support of SB 2378,“An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health and Population and Development” by The News Around Us on Jan 13, 2011The Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc. (PNGOC) a national umbrella organization with 95 member national and local based NGOs involved in the promotion of reproductive health care such as maternal and child health, family pl...
Anti-NUKE, Anti-BNPP Groups Stage ‘Salubong’ for Pro Nuke Investors by The News Around Us on Dec 9, 2010For two days, December 10 and 11, the country plays host to the Nuclear Power Forum 2010, designed to draw in investors and key players gearing to jumpstart ‘nuclear power business in the region’ – from financing to capability-building. On Dec...
