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(Eagle News)– He’s like an “old broken record.” This was the reaction of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison to President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement to permanently end peace talks with Communist rebels on Thursday, March 21. In a statement, Sison said “as far as the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) is concerned, Duterte formally killed the peace negotiations on November 23, 2017, with his Proclamation 360 terminating them.” The proclamation sought […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 21, said panels would be created for localized peace talks with Communist rebels. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said local government units, the military and sectoral representatives would make up the new panels whose constitution was officially announced days after President Rodrigo Duterte ended the appointments of government peace panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and of members Hernani Braganza, Rene Sarmiento, Angela Librado-Trinidad and former state […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has dissolved the government panel that leads peace talks with the Communist rebels. President Duterte ended the appointments of panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and of members Hernani Branganza, Rene Sarmiento, Antonio Arellano, and Angela Librado-Trinidad through letters signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea dated March 18. The letters said this was following the termination of peace talks in November 2017. Duterte ended peace talks with the Communist rebels, […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, March 14, said President Rodrigo Duterte “must be crazy or clowning” to be “reiterating the preconditions” to peace talks with Communists. Duterte has repeatedly called on Communist rebels to lay down their arms for peace talks, which he ended in November 2017, to resume. According to Sison, the preconditions “amount to having the armed revolutionary movement commit political suicide before even going […]
(Eagle News) — More than 230 rebels and supporters of the New People’s Army recently returned to the fold of law because of localized peace talks, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said that these former rebels and supporters of the New People’s Army pledged their loyalty to the government from February 22 to 25 largely because of efforts of local peace and order councils. Before that, […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Feb. 20, said over 300 politicians were financing the New People’s Army. Año said the 349 politicians in the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s list, whom he did not name, gave their support either by paying the amount being extorted from them, or by paying what the rebels call permit-to-campaign fees. The interior secretary said of the 349,11 were governors and five were vice governors. He […]
(Eagle News) — No more peace talks with Communist rebels. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement on Monday, Jan. 28, following an inspection of the Jolo, Sulu blasts site. “Ganun rin sa (New People’s Army). Hindi na ako makipag-usap sa inyo,” Duterte said, referring to the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. In making the announcement, Duterte noted the attacks by Communist rebels on government security forces even while the peace process […]
Palace says it has no information on the matter (Eagle News) — A member of the Movie Television Review and Classification Board said on Tuesday, Jan. 15, that President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the conduct of back-channel talks with Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison and other high-ranking Communist rebel-officials. Avelino Andal, former chief of the Philippine Coconut Authority, said President Duterte gave him the order last week. “Nagpaabot agad ako (ng) […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Wednesday, Dec. 26, slammed Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, calling him an “incorrigible rebel” whose “long exile” has “dulled his senses, put him out of touch with reality and in constant hallucination.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement on the CPP’s 50th founding anniversary, and after Sison, in a television interview, slammed Duterte and called him a “modern maniac in power.” According to Panelo, between Sison […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday, Dec. 20, vowed to continue military operations against Communist rebels, even as they currently hold hostage 14 people, including two soldiers. “I have read in the newspapers (the rebels) want us to stop operations in their areas. But we will not stop,” Lorenzana said. According to Lorenzana, they were committed to ending the Communist insurgency, which spans over 50 years, during the term of President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, slammed Communist rebels anew, noting what he said were their atrocities. “They are just plain bandits and that is the way we should treat them,” Duterte said. According to the President, because the rebels were “criminals,” a warrant was not needed to arrest them. He said they were “24-hour violators” of the Revised Penal Code after all. “Darating ang panahon na hindi na ako tatanggap ng surrenderees,” […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Dec. 18, welcomed Bong Go’s pronouncement President Rodrigo Duterte was still interested in pursuing peace talks with the Communist rebels. He said that if Go indeed “means what he says, he should advise Duterte to allow his negotiating panel to engage in informal talks to prepare for formal talks.” He said the peace talks should address the roots of the armed conflict. Sison […]
