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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Communist Party of the Philippines New People’s Army as a “terrorist group.” This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a press briefing on Tuesday, December 5. “The President just asked me to announce this declaration,” he told reporters as he announced the President’s decision declaring the NPA as a terrorist organization. Roque said that it was clear in the declaration that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would have Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison arrested if he set foot in the country. Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the San Beda College of Law alumni homecoming in Makati on Friday night. “If Joma Sison comes here, I will arrest him or if I were him, huwag na siyang bumalik dito,” he said. He said he would not […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered communist leaders who were released during the ongoing peace talks to surrender. Duterte made the directive during a speech in Camp Tecson, Bulacan. He made the move after he signed Proclamation 360, which officially terminated peace talks with the Communists. Duterte said he was fed up with the group’s acts of “depredation,” including what he said was the killing of a four-month-old baby.
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that President Rodrigo Duterte would still have to consult with “members of his security cluster” before he could decide to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF). In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella Jr., said that the President would also have to “confer with the other branches of government” which would have to agree with the resumption of peace talks. The statement was issued Sunday, September 17, […]
“He has to look after his mental health and consult with a professional psychiatrist,” Sison says (Eagle News) — The word war between President Rodrigo Duterte and his former professor, Jose Maria Sison, continued to heat up, with the communist leader denying Duterte’s accusations and taking a swipe at the President’s mental health. “I pity him and I am tempted just to let him go because what he says against me is patently baseless and […]
These photos showed the bullet-riddled vehicle of the Presidential Security Group, one of the two vehicles used in the convoy ambushed by suspected gunmen of the New People’s Army rebels. At least five PSG men were wounded and one militiaman was killed in the attack that happened around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, in North Cotabato. President Rodrigo Duterte warned the communist leaders he would not allow peace talks to continue if the […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to end peace talks with communist rebels on Wednesday, hours after suspected guerrillas wounded five members of the two-vehicle Presidential Security Group (PSG) convoy in an ambush along a national highway in North Cotabato. Aides said Duterte, 72, was not in the convoy when gunmen opened fire on two Presidential Security Group vehicles along a highway on the main southern island of Mindanao, where martial law is in effect. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government peace negotiators held their ground not to participate in the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the communists’ order to the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to intensify attacks on government forces after the martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dureza and the head of the government negotiating panel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, announced Monday morning in Noordwijk aan Zee, […]
“Law to be enforced uniformly,” says AFP spokesperson (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said it will “enforce the law uniformly” if the New People’s Army would continue its unlawful activities. In a press conference in Davao City on Friday, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla urged the other side to reconsider its decision after receiving news about this amid the ongoing terror threat of the Islamist militants in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it was “deeply disturbed” with the order from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) directing the New People’s Army (NPA) to intensify attacks against government forces amid the ongoing fight against the Maute terrorists in Mindanao. The government peace panel asked the CPP to reconsider its decision or else it might be misconstrued that the communists are abetting the terrorist acts of the Maute group. The […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte talked with Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP) leaders, including National Democratic Front negotiating panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili, and the Tiamzon couple in Malacanang on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The President met with Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, and Agcaoili in a meeting at the Music Room. Also present were Rosario Agcaoili, Dr. Joy Alcantara, and former Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno. There were no details released as to […]
(Eagle News) – The fourth round of formal peace talks opened on Monday, April 3, in the Hague, The Netherlands where both panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines spoke positively of having a bilateral ceasefire agreement signed soon. No less than the NDFP chief consultant, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for “being gracious” in allowing the members […]
