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PHL gov’t suspends backchannel talks with Communist rebels

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has suspended backchannel talks with the Communist rebels. In a statement,  Hernani Braganza, the government’s negotiator for those talks, said the suspension was “pending the three-month review of all signed agreements related to the peace negotiations.” Braganza said the decision was so the government could make use of the three-month period for public consultations. “It is our fervent hope that the consultations will help galvanize public support to peace […]

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President Duterte dares CPP’s Sison to “come home”; calls NPA rebels “extortionists,” “kidnappers”

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte dared Jose Maria Sison, his former professor and founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to come home to the Philippines, leave the comfortable life he has in Utrecht, and fight the struggle he had lectured about here in his home country. The 72-year old Duterte called the 78-year old Sison “duwag” and “talawan,” the Filipino and Cebuano term respectively for “coward.” He said the […]

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DND chief says NPA ceasefire termination won’t affect AFP

  (Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Delfin Lorenzana said the ceasefire termination declared by the New People’s Army (NPA) would have “no effect” at all on the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In a statement, Lorenzana also said the NPA rebels themselves, even during the ceasefire, continued their ambushes and kidnapping of soldiers. “If the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) will terminate or stop their unilateral ceasefire it is up to […]

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NPA frees abducted cop to show gratitude for peace talks

(Eagle News) — New People’s Army (NPA) rebels released on Friday (August 26) the police officer they abducted last month, as a sign of gratitude for the ongoing peace talks between the government and communist rebels. Authorities said PO1 Richard Yu was brought by his abductors to Sitio Hitaob, Barangay Awasian, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, at 11:15 a.m., where he was then released. Supt. Arvin Montenegro, officer-in-charge of Tandag City Police, said the communist rebels freed […]

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