I got this email invitation from Zamboanga-based Tausug painter Rameer Tawasil, seeking media and public support for their public appeal---through art---for peace in Sabah and for the Filipinos as well as Malaysians there.  Please pass this message to others & support Filipinos in Sabah, especially the refugees and the many thousands reportedly being maltreated or dislocated by war?

(Photo below is of the artist Rameer Tawasil, sourced from muslimmindanao.ph)



(Art work below by the artist)




Here's the email invitation below:


Greetings of Peace.

The Arts for Peace in Public places to protest the WAR and carnage in Sabah by Malaysia, finally has the date, time and venues. My Media friends in local TV, Radio and Newspapers and other Journalists promised to grace the event. I also invited the foreign Journalists too. Please help spread the news.

Details are as follows :

"The Arts for Peace Protest"  date :  MARCH 14, 2013  time:    3 : 30 pm
 
venues :
      PUBLIC MURAL PAINTINGS : Normal Road, outside the
                                                         Western Mindanaon State University Campus
                                                          Zamboanga City.      CHALKS DRAWINGS : 1. The famous Cawa - Cawa boulevard/ RT Lim Blvd,
                                             2. Normal Road, outside the Western Mindanao State
                                             University Campus, Zamboanga City.
  
   participants in the Art Making :
       RAMEER A. TAWASIL, and Mindanao Artists       Founding/Vice-Pres.- Mindanao Artists Association of the Philippines
       (Organizer)
     
       ARTES de ZAMBOANGA
       MUSLIM YOUTH MOVEMENT
       for Peace and Development. with 3 or 5 kids participants
       YOUTH SOLIDARITY for PEACE ( Muslim and Christian Youths)
       TAYO Awardee,  2012 ASEAN Youth Awardee
       COLORES de PAZ ( Colors of Peace)
       High School, College and Out-of-School-Youth.
       CHALK ARTISTS
      ( Elementary School Students and High School Students)
Audiences:
      HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
      UNIVERSITY STUDENTS/ STAFFS
      PUBLIC PASSERS BY
      YOUNG MORO PROFESSIONALS NETWORK, Wesmin Group
      MINDANAO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION CENTER (MinhRAC)
      other Stakeholders


(Art by Rameer Tawasil, sourced from altausug.com)

NEWS! Philippine Vice-Pres. Jojo Binay's Oct. 23-28 trip to Israel continues strong tradition of historic Philippine-Israeli friendship 

The Philippines has been a supporter of the state of Israel since voting for its 1948 independence in the United Nations, and also for allowing European Jewish refugees of the inhuman Nazi Holocaust to settle in the Philippines in the early 20th century.

I believe we should continue strong support for Israel, even as we also support peace for the whole Middle East and a future independent state for Palestinians in an atmosphere of peaceful co-existence with Israel.

It is with great pleasure that we share the details of the official visit of the Philippine Vice-President, His Excellency Jejomar C. Binay.

The popular vice-president will be in Israel from October 23 to 28, where he will be hosted by the President of Israel, His Excellency Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

Among other activities include his visit to the Old City of Jerusalem, the Philippine community in Israel and Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.

Binay will be accompanied by officials from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.

(Below is photo of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman---second from left---and Israeli President Shimon Peres---fourth from left. Seated between them is Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Israel)

(Below some more images of Israel and Philippine Vice-President Binay)