Tag: communists

Several groups call on Dutch gov’t to give up Joma Sison

(Eagle News)–Groups seeking for the arrest of Jose Maria Sison called on the Dutch government on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to give up the Communist Party of the Philippines founder who is in exile there. Members of the Arrest Joma Sison Coalition, together with the League of Parents of the Philippines, Liga Maralita and Liga Independencia, made the call as they held a rally in front of the embassy of The Netherlands in Makati,  and carried […]

DILG to seek help of Dutch gov’t for extradition of Sison

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will ask the the Dutch government for help in the extradition of Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the Philippine government will in particular seek a “special arrangement” with the country that has no extradition pact with the Philippines. According to Año, the grounds would be that Sison’s  “‘refugee status’ is no longer tenable […]

Sison slams Duterte over arrest threat

(Eagle News)–Jose Maria Sison slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was his “ignorance of international law” following his threat to arrest the Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair who is facing multiple murder charges in a Manila court. The charges stem from the 2006 discovery of a mass grave in Inopacan, Leyte which  allegedly contains the remains of victims of a Communist purge in the 1980s. In a statement, Sison said Interpol, […]

Palace to Sison: Come home and “face the music”

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Sept. 6, urged Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, who is in exile in The Netherlands, to return to the Philippines and face the multiple murder case filed against him. In a statement issued after Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 issued an arrest warrant against him and over 30 others, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Sison should “..face the music.” “His elusive, if not illusory, dream […]

Former rebels confirm recruitment of students

(Eagle News)–Several former rebels on Wednesday, Aug. 14, confirmed the Communist group was recruiting students to be its members. One of those who made the confirmation before the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs was Allen, who was wearing a hoodie and was very emotional when she spoke. According to Allen, she was recruited by the League of Filipino Students in 2014, when she was a  16-year-old student of the Polytechnic University of […]

Sison: Duterte “must be crazy” for reiterating preconditions to peace talks with Communists

(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 […]

Military official says EU will hold funds for Philippine NGOs linked to Communists

(Eagle News) — The European Union will so far hold the funds for non-government organizations which have links to the Communist Party of the Philippines, a military official said on Wednesday, March 13. Armed Forces of the Philippines deputy chief of staff for civil-military operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. made the revelation in a press conference in Malacanang on Wednesday, March 13, following what he said was a meeting of government and military officials […]

NPA frees six hostages in Agusan del Sur

(Eagle News) — The New People’s Army has freed six hostages in Agusan del Sur. The six, who were being held captive since December last year, were released in Bayugan City in Agusan del Sur on Thursday, Feb. 14. They have been turned over to the 401st Infantry Brigade in Purok 12-A, Poblacion, Sibagat. President Rodrigo Duterte ended peace talks with the Communist rebels in December last year following what he said were their atrocities that […]

Duterte calls out Sison for trying to justify imposition of “revolutionary taxes”

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 11, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison after he rejected the chief executive’s condition for Communists to stop imposing “revolutionary taxes” for peace talks to resume. “Gusto niyo patayan lang palagi, tapos mag-dream ka na kailangan ko mag extort kasi yung inyong gobyerno kailangan mabuhay,” Duterte said. But Duterte denied Sison had his own government in the first place. “‘Anong gobyerno? P**a**  […]

PNP stands by its gathering of info on ACT members; says Sison himself admitted the group was a Communist front

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police stood by its gathering of information on members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, noting that it was Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines himself who admitted the group was “among the front organizations under its wings that work in support of the the forces of the armed revolution.” In a statement, the PNP said that while it used to recognize ACT as […]

MTRCB official says Duterte has ordered conduct of back-channel talks with Communist rebels

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) […]

DILG warns local officials, candidates not to pay “permit to campaign fees” to NPA rebels

(Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all governors, mayors, as well as candidates not to pay “permit to campaign fees” to communist rebels. DILG chief Eduardo Año reminded all local chief executives and local government officials that giving any form of support to communist rebels is a violation of existing laws. The DILG said that those paying such fees to the New People’s Army rebels means they are supporting […]