Peace

by Dr. Genevieve Balance Kupang On January 22, 2026, at Dagitab Amphitheatre, Mt. Camisong Forest Park and Events in Itogon, Benguet, witnesses gathered to validate a vibrant convergence of art, intricate geometry, craft, and human creativity. Baguio City crochet artist…

As the United States international finance capital concentrated hundred military bases were spread across the world and form a huge military complex over the last century. Thanks to the supply chain of Canada, millions of tons of copper, nickel, iron,…

Dedicating her life to improving the lives of vulnerable communities by creating a more just and equitable society for all, and the struggle for self-rule and protection of human rights has paved the path for conferring the ‘Indira Gandhi Prize…

As February approaches, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) once again leads National Arts Month (NAM) 2026, rallying Filipinos under the theme “Ani ng Sining: Katotohanan at Giting.”* This year’s theme underscores the power of the arts…

The post–Cold War dream of a stable unipolar world, dominated first by the United States, is coming to an uneasy end. The global order now resembles a multi-polar chessboard in which old superpowers are losing coherence, medium powers are seeking…

By Dimitra Staikou “Peace requires everyone to be in the circle, wholeness, inclusion,” writes Isabel Allende, encapsulating a fundamental prerequisite for any form of sustainable social peace. In Bangladesh, however, the principle of inclusion is being tested in an increasingly violent…

As the sun slowly sets on 2025, it casts long shadows of both triumph and trial. This year, like life itself, unfolded between moments of success that inspired us and moments of failure that humbled us. It became a living…

The international situation at the end of 2025 is marked by a fragile truce in Gaza, reached after months of indirect negotiations mediated primarily by Egypt, with the support of the United States, Qatar and Türkiye. This ceasefire does not…

My Dear Friend, As a person who joined my local YMCA in 1979 as a youth and then became an Executive Secretary of the National YMCA in 1988, I had the opportunity to work with the people in the North…

An Alternative Peace Prize in Line with the Will of Alfred Nobel The annual  Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. In a symbol of Western hypocrisy, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was controversially awarded…