About Negros Nine
In 1983 three priests and six lay workers on Negros island were charged with multiple murder. Over the next 14 months of trial and imprisonment they become known worldwide as the Negros Nine.
These trumped-up charges were meant to stop the work of the Basic Christian Communities (BCC) in which the Nine had been among the forerunners in Negros. The goal of the BCC’s or the Kristiyanong Katilingban (KK) was the non-violent transformation of Negros society through total human development.
The Negros Nine has also became a voice for the poor, as encouraged a few years earlier by Pope John Paul II in Bacolod City in 1981 when he said “the church should not hesitate to be the voice of those who have no voice”.
The Negros Nine Human Development Foundation, Inc. was set up in the year of the Great Jubilee (2000) to continue the work of total human development started in the dark years of the Marcos dictatorship and in the memory of all those who suffered and died in the course of justice. Their struggle will not be in vain, they will not be forgotten.
While the Negros Nine Human Development Foundation Inc. is not a religious organization as such, nevertheless, its roots and values are grounded in the experience of poor people trying to live their lives according to the Christian Gospels.
Our Credo
Vision
- to promote the non-violent transformation of society through total anf integral human development
Mission
* to help empower the poor in alleviating their poverty and to live with dignity
* to develop an understanding and love for the integrity of creation
* to continue the struggle of all those who have died in the quest for justice, peace and integrity of creation
Goals
* to form and strengthen Christian Communities (KKs), organic cooperatives and people’s organizations
* to promote sustainable agriculture through organic farming
* to help combat the effects of climate change through education and advocacy
* to assist the victims of human trafficking and those unjustly accused.
* to promote holistic community-based health programs.
Negros Nine Infos
Board of TrusteesRev. Fr. Brian E. Gore
Rev. Fr. Ricon B. Dagunan
Atty. Francisco B. Cruz
Milagros C. Villavicencio
Lydio J. Mangao
Jesus S. Arzaga
Nomy T. Muhal
Conrado G. Esemple
Contact details
Lydio J. Mangao
Brgy. Oringao
Kabankalan City
Negros Occidental
6110 Philippines
Cell No. 0929-5728046
Tel: (63) 034 7446880
Email: info@negrosnine.com
webpage: www.negrosnine.com
Negros Nine Archive
- Agro-forestry project Updates- July – December 2010
- MOISES PADILLA ATTENDS SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING - August 24, 2010
- Negros Nine Conducts Hidden World of Trafficking Symposium - September 2, 2009
- Negros Nine Conducts Diversified Integrated Farming System - August 24-25, 2009
- Katilingban Holds General Assembly - August 29, 2009
- Negros Nine at Bacolod Provincial Jail 25 years ago - July 3, 2009
- Forum at Hinobaan, January 27, 2009
Kibbutz on Tall Grass Mountain
Fr Niall O'Brien
The Priest as a Prophet Father Niall O’Brien, 64, a good friend, a brave and courageous priest of unquestionable integrity died 27th of April 2004 in Pisa, Italy, after a long struggle with illness. ~ more ~ |
Fr Brian Gore
 Father Brian Gore was sent to the Philippines after his in ordination in 1969. He arrived on the sugar-rich island of Negros where he worked among the poor until his arrest in 1982...~ more ~ |
Negros Nine Info
| Board of Trustees Rev. Fr. Brian E. Gore Rev. Fr. Ricon B. Dagunan Atty. Francisco B. Cruz Milagros C. Villavicencio Lydio J. Mangao Jesus S. Arzaga Nomy T. Muhal Conrado G. Esemple |
Lydio J. Mangao Brgy. Oringao Kabankalan City Negros Occidental 6110 Philippines Cell No. 0922-893 9615 Tel: (63) 034 744 6800 Email: info@negrosnine.com webpage: www.negrosnine.com |
Exodus 84
by Columban Fr. Robert Burke
This is about the Long March, or Exodus '84, to allow it a scriptural description, three days of torrid sun and long kilometers from Kabankalan to Bacolod , a distance of about ninety-five kilometers, or approximately sixty miles. I was there. A long line of marchers (numbering at the start more than 1500) carrying streamers and placards moved over a hot asphalt road like a colony of ants, twisting into curves, seemingly endless.