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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached by Israel and Hamas. In a brief statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs also acknowledged the efforts of several countries, including Egypt and the United States, in facilitating the agreement. The ceasefire was announced on Thursday. It came after over 200 people were killed in attacks from both sides that lasted for eleven days. The ceasefire was agreed upon as international pressure to stem the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will continue to accept Communist rebels who surrender. PNP Chief Debold Sinas made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte’s said there would be no ceasefire between the government and the rebels this holiday season. “…The PNP will welcome and provide assistance to CPP-NPA members who will lay down their arms and come down from the hills to join their families for the traditional holiday. We understand where they […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a ceasefire with the communist rebels will not happen in the remaining year of his term. In his Talk to the Nation on Monday night, Dec. 7, Duterte dismissed any possibility of allowing a ceasefire with the New People’s Army rebels as he vowed to identify the NPAs in politics. “There will be no ceasefire ever again under my term — under my term ko pagka-Presidente. […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — At least nine people have died and 14 others have been injured in forest fires in eastern Ukraine near the front line of Kiev’s conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, the emergency services said Thursday. Ukraine has sent 1,200 firefighters to battle the blaze which officials in one village near the frontline said was detonating unexploded shells previously fired over by pro-Russian separatists. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the fire […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police is now on full alert after the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front ended its ceasefire with the government amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In a statement, the PNP said the 205,000-strong force “is ready and able to defend the country against any atrocities of this communist terrorist group,” as it condemned the Communists’ end to the ceasefire it says “endangers government response to overcome the […]
(Eagle News)–The extension of the government’s unilateral ceasefire with Communists will depend on President Rodrigo Duterte’s discussion with the National Task Force on Ending Local Armed Conflict. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the remark on Sunday, April 19, after the Communist Party of the Philippines extended its unilateral ceasefire to April 30, or the expected end of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The government’s truce ended on April 15. “The call for peace is […]
(Eagle News)–The military has accused the New People’s Army of violating the declared ceasefire when it supposedly attacked government security forces in at least three instances. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Felimon Santos Jr. said one attack on the Philippine National Police Regional Mobile Force Company in Barangay Tangdanua, Pantukan, Davao de Oro on April 7 led to the death of a suspected rebel. An AK-47 rifle was recovered at the site. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined Tuesday the need for ceasefires in Syria and Libya during the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said. The two spoke by phone on efforts to “defeat the virus and bolster the global economy,” the White House said in a statement. And they “agreed it is more important now than ever for countries in conflict, particularly Syria and Libya, […]
(Eagle News)–The Communist Party of the Philippines has declared a unilateral ceasefire from March 26 until April 15. The CPP made the announcement “upon the recommendation of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), by way of direct response to the call of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire between warring parties for the common purpose of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic..” Earlier, CPP founder Jose Maria Sison […]
by Philippe RATER UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Monday for an “immediate global ceasefire” to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war,” he said in a brief speech at UN headquarters in New York, mentioning no country by name. “That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) – The head of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj and his rival, strongman Khalifa Haftar, are expected to sign a ceasefire agreement in Moscow on Monday, a senior Libyan official said. The oil-rich North African country has been wracked by bloody turmoil since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising killed long-time dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with multiple foreign powers now involved. The signing of the agreement will pave the way for […]
(Eagle News) — The National Democratic Front of the Philippines has formally received the documents for Suspension of Offensive Military Operations (SOMO) and Suspension of Offensive Police Operations (SOPO). “There is no more problem about continuing the CPP ceasefire order to the (New People’s Army),” Jose Maria Sison, Communist Party of the Philippines founder said. The ceasefire announced by both parties on Sunday will last until Jan. 7. The military had accused the NPA of […]
