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Why Change the Constitution?

Posted by CDM Lambigit in Northern Mindanao on Friday, May 27, 2011, In : Messages

Why Change the Constitution?

By Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (ret.)

Centrist Democratic Forum on Decentralization and Political Reform among Local Leaders in Northern Mindanao

Grand Caprice, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro

14 May 2011

History repeats itself, so the adage goes. I hardly pay attention to this adage when I was young. As I grew older, I could not but marvel at the truth of the adage. If you look at our current news you will discover that they are repeats of past news, pe...

National Security and Peace in Mindanao

Posted by CDM Lambigit in Northern Mindanao on Friday, May 27, 2011, In : Messages

NATIONAL SECURITY AND PEACE IN MINDANAO

By Jose T. Almonte

Centrist Democratic Forum on Decentralization and Political Reform among Local Leaders in Northern Mindanao

Grand Caprice, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro

14 May 2011

Let me begin by stating my basic view of national security.

This may sound odd—coming from a professional soldier—but I do not regard weapon systems, however advanced, as the foundations of national security.

I’ve seen enough of conflict; and re...

Message to Lambigit from the CDM National Convenor

Posted by Lorelyn T. Dumaug on Monday, July 12, 2010, In : Messages

I am very impressed with the commitment shown by the "Lambigit" to the CDM thrusts. Your initiatives in forming the 1st Regional Assembly in Northern Mindanao are more than admirable. You are showing the way how things need be done. Your next big task really is to expand your stakeholders but reach out only quality memberships which will sustain the spirit behind which your structures are founded. It is also important that the membership you have now need to deepen their understanding on the ...

Gen. Jose T. Almonte

Posted by Lorelyn T. Dumaug on Thursday, July 8, 2010, In : CDM Consultant

Gen. Jose T. Almonte
Jose T. Almonte was the National Security Adviser and Director-General of the National Security Council in the Cabinet of the Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1998. A graduate of the Philippine Military Academy in 1956, he won the Distinguished Conduct Star for gallantry with the Philippine military contingent in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969. He retired from the Armed Forces in 1986, while recovering the hidden wealth of the late President Ferdinand E. Marco...
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