Just days before the Holy Week, the Local Government Units of Sablayan and Abra de Ilog in coordination with the Alyansa Laban sa Mina (ALAMIN) and the KAAGAPAY NGO-PO Network of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro spearheaded an ecumenical forum dubbed “Stewardship of the Earth, Ministry for the Poor”.
Maigting ang panawagan ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa kanyang mga kaalyado sa pulitika: “The unification of Lakas and Kampi must now proceed in earnest and with deliberate speed”.