American rock band “Journey’s” front man Arnel Pineda has been named the new “Mindanao Peace Champion” by a peace advocate group during the singer’s visit in General Santos City, South Cotabato Tuesday.
Pineda was chosen by the Government of the Philippines – United Nations’ Action for Conflict Transformation for Peace Programme (GoP-UN ACT for Peace Programme) to lead the group’s efforts to promo
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Eugenio Vagni, the remaining International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker still being held in captivity by Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu, was able to call his wife Thursday evening, a Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) official said.
PNRC Secretary General Gwen Pang said that Vagni was able to speak to his wife over the phone at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. She then confirmed with the PNRC that it was indeed
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