A Shattered Peace

IN RECENT weeks, peace in Mindanao was very much the concern of leaders here and abroad and optimism over its prospects was in the air. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her lightning visit here, urged the Philippine government to push the peace process and affirmed that this has the full support of the United States. Earlier this month, my husband and I were invited by Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura and Mme. Yasuko Katsura to a quiet dinner at their North Forbes home and the peace process was among the topics of our conversation. The media also reported how some 300,000 refugees, now housed in various refugee camps in Western and Central Mindanao, have been pining for peace, so that they could return to their homes after the breakdown of the peace process in August 2008.

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