Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Carlito Galvez Jr. is very confident that the incoming administration will continue and sustain the gains of the peace process achieved under the Duterte administration over the past six years.
INTERVENTIONS FOR CBA-CPLA. Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unit Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office-Cordillera Administrative Region Director Dr. Cameron Odsey sign memorandum of agreements on April 8, 2022. The agreements were signed for the implementation of the second phase of the Sustainable and Inclusive Peace and Transformation (SIPAT) Program for the former Cordillera Bodong Administration - Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CBA-CPLA) combatants. (Photo courtesy of OPAPRU) MANILA - Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said the peace process between the Philippine government and the Cordillera Bodong Administration - Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CBA-CPLA) continues to gain momentum. "Through the government's normalization program for the CBA-CPLA, we are now seeing the meaningful transformation of the organization's membership, their families,
Presidential Adviser on the Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo courtesy of OPAPRU) MANILA - The newly transitioned Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) will further expand its mandate to sustain the legacy of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in pursuit of the peace process in the country. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Presidential Adviser on the Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, on Thursday said the agency is determined to preserve the gains of the comprehensive Philippine peace process by helping former rebels and their families to transform into more "peaceful and productive members" of society. By the virtue of an executive order (EO) 158, signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Dec. 27, 2021, reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to OPAPRU. "With its new name and expanded mandate under EO 158, which was officially renamed and reorganized t
OPAPRU. Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (center) leads the raising of the new flag of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday (March 23, 2022) at the PICC in Pasay City. OPAPRU officially transitioned from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP). (Screengrab from RTVM live stream) MANILA - More inclusive, responsive, and holistic approach to peace-building efforts assured as the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) officially transitioned to Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, said the OPAPRU is not only committed to transforming the lives of its beneficiaries, their families, and communities, but also "focusing on improving the organization's systems, processes, and proced
PEACE COMMUNITY. Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (6th from left), poses with a Kapatiran member family during the ceremonial turnover of housing units in Ibajay, Aklan on Thursday (March 10, 2022). The housing units are part of the government's commitment to help former communist terrorist group members rebuild their lives. (Photo courtesy of OPAPRU) MANILA - Former affiliate members of communist terrorist groups (CTGs) will start their new lives with a housing project provided by the national government. Sixteen single-detached core shelters were given to the beneficiaries of Rebolusyonaryong Partido Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade-Tabara Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG), now recognized as Kapatiran, in a ceremonial turnover in Ibajay, Aklan on Thursday. On top of the housing projects, an Emergency Food Reserve and a Cocomill facility will be set up. In a social media post on Saturday