Tag: ceasefire

President Duterte lambasts NPA for violating own ceasefire

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday slammed communist rebels for violating the ceasefire they themselves declared for the holidays. “Itong mga komunistang ito, hambugero. Kung magsalita, akala mo kung sino,” Duterte said, speaking in a briefing on the effects of “Vinta” in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. He noted that despite the ceasefire the rebels themselves declared, “may inatake nanaman sila.” President Duterte did not specifically say what the rebels attacked, but earlier the […]

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DND declares unilateral holiday ceasefire with Communist rebels

(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense declared on Thursday  a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels. The ceasefire will take effect from 6 p.m. of December 23, to 6 p.m. of December 26; and from 6 p.m. of December 30 to 6 p.m. of January 2, 2018. “We urge those who are waging war against our sovereign government and inflicting harm on the Filipino people to spend this period in reflection and seriously reconsider […]

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President Duterte declares unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels for the holidays

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a ceasefire with the communists for the holidays. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday night that the ceasefire was effective from December 24, 2017 to January 2, 2018. “This unilateral ceasefire would lessen the apprehension of the public… We expect that the (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines) would do a similar gesture of goodwill,” Roque […]

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Ceasefire reached on Lebanon-Syria border: reports

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Fighting between Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and a former Al-Qaeda affiliate on the Syria-Lebanon border halted Thursday after a ceasefire was reached, Lebanese media and Hezbollah outlets reported. The ceasefire comes a week after the powerful Shiite militant group launched an offensive against the jihadists in the mountainous Jurud Arsal border region. Hezbollah’s “War Media” outlet said “a ceasefire that began at 6:00 am (0300 GMT) is in effect on all the […]

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Quiet as southern Syria ceasefire begins ahead of talks

  by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse   BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – A ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan brought quiet Sunday to frontlines in southern Syria ahead of fresh UN-sponsored peace talks on the country’s six-year conflict. A monitor said clashes and shelling had halted in the three southern provinces covered by the truce, Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida, as it went into effect at noon local time. The ceasefire deal was […]

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US, Russia agree on ceasefire in southwest Syria

HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) — Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Friday. “Today in Amman Russian, American and Jordanian experts… agreed on a memorandum of understanding to create a de-escalation zone” in the regions of Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida, Lavrov said. “There will be a ceasefire in this zone from midday Damascus time on July 9.” Lavrov was […]

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Eight religious emissaries talked to Abdullah Maute for release of hostages, says OPAPP official

  (Eagle News) — A group of eight religious people was among those who tried to negotiate recently with Abdullah Maute, one the Maute brothers who led the attack on Marawi City, so more of their hostages can be released and more of the civilians trapped in the city can be rescued. This was according to government peace panel assistant secretary Dickson Hermoso of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) […]

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Six civilians rescued in Marawi City during 8-hour ceasefire, but 100 hostages still held by extremists

  (Eagle News) — Philippine government forces rescued several civilians, including an infant, trapped in Marawi City on Sunday (June 25) after an eight-hour ceasefire that was held in respect of the end of Ramadan, even as forces confirmed there were still 100 hostages held by Islamist militants. Troops managed to secure six trapped civilians, including one infant, and a cadaver during the eight-hour ceasefire with Islamic State-linked militants who seized parts of Marawi City […]

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Philippines, communist rebels sign interim ceasefire agreement

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government and communist rebels on Wednesday, April 5, signed an interim ceasefire agreement which both parties hailed as a big step toward achieving a just and lasting peace in the country. The interim  ceasefire will boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies, a joint statement said. The temporary truce would take effect after the two sides iron out the guidelines and ground rules, they said […]

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Philippine communist rebels agree to discuss ceasefire

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Communist rebels waging one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks in the Netherlands. The insurgency began in 1968 in the poverty-stricken country, and has claimed an estimated 30,000 lives according to the military. The meeting, starting Sunday, will be the fourth round of talks between the National Democratic Front and Manila, which have […]

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Chief government negotiator Bello: “No reason to declare unilateral ceasefire”

(Eagle News) — Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III said there was “no reason to declare a unilateral ceasefire,” despite the Communist Party of the Philippines’ announcement on Saturday that it would declare a unilateral one “not later than March 31.” “Right now, there is no reason to declare a unilateral ceasefire because our President is more interested in obtaining a bilateral ceasefire agreement,” Bello said in a press conference in Malacanang on Thursday. According to Bello, “as […]

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President Duterte says he will “grant amnesty” to NPAs if…

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would grant amnesty to the communists who have been waging a war in the countryside for decades. This, however, is “with the concurrence of Congress” and if “magkaayusan tayo.” “I’ll (do that). This is not a wild guess but makakaya kong makuha ito. We are talking with the (New People’s Army) so there’s no more killing,” he told a crowd during the People’s Day celebration in […]

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