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Reporting the Bangsamoro peace process

Local News • 13:03 PM Sat Jul 25, 2015
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Edwin Fernandez

COTABATO CITY -Journalists from across the countrygathered here Fridayfor a two day forum dubbed Beyond Mamasapano, reporting the Bangsamoro peace process.His eminence Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, archbishop of Cotabato and staunch supporter of the Mindanao peace process was the keynote speaker.Speaking to journalists, Cardinal Quevedo to the members of the fourth estate that You have a vocation. You are agents for the communication of truth, justice, peace and love. These are the truly human values that serve as pillars of society. You communicate to others the fundamental values of God's reign, according toQuevedo, who convened the Friends of Peace (FOP), an umbrella organization of civil society and non government organizations working for peace and supporting the passage of Bangsamoro Basic Law.The Mindanao's first cardinal said the mediaand You have the task of helping inform, educate, and form individuals and our society in accord with those values. Organized by the Mindanao Media Forum, about 65 journalists are in attendance.

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