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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured the Norwegian special envoy to the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), that the Philippine government is still committed to achieving a “just and lasting peace” in the country, especially in Mindanao. The President met with the Norwegian special envoy, Idun Tvedt, during a courtesy call at the Presidential Guest House in Davao City on […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday dashed what already appeared to be little hopes of a revival of peace talks between the government and the communist rebels, using strong words to denounce what he said was an organization that disrespected the republic. “Dito sa giyera na ito, destroy the New People’s Army, destroy the organization..,” he said in a speech in Compostela Valley. According to the President, he did what he could to “try […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the “main targets” of the one-year extension of martial law by Congress are his group and the New People’s Army. In a statement, Sison said, however, that “the (Duterte) regime overestimates the capability of (the CPP-NPA’s) total armed strength of 170,000 in an archipelago of 115,000 square miles.” “It exaggerates the psychological impact of terror tactics under martial rule and the effectiveness […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it welcomes a Commission on Human Rights probe into the encounter between government troops and alleged members of the New People’s Army in Nasugbu, Batangas that resulted in the deaths of 15. But Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2nd Infantry Division commander who has jurisdiction over the place where the Nov. 28 encounter took place, said he hoped that the investigation “will show results […]
Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and said he would categorize them as a “terrorist” group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday, residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometers […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines Jose Maria Sison accused President Rodrigo Duterte of being “mentally unfit” to lead the country, and even called for his replacement. Sison ranted and called the President’s knowledge of the peace talks shallow and defective, and claimed Duterte “sabotaged” the peace talks. But the Philippine government stressed that it was the communist leadership and its armed group, the New People’s […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is fed up with the communists’ actions, including that of their leader Jose Maria Sison, and is categorically putting an end to peace talks with them. “Yes, I am ending it,” he said in a press conference after his two-hour State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Congress and after briefly talking to leftist protesters converged outside the Batasan Road. “Ayaw ninyong makipag-usap, mas lalo na […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop attacking and waging war on government forces if its leaders are serious in pursuing peace talks with the government. The President expressed his frustration over the continuing attacks by the NPA on government forces despite the ongoing peace talk which leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) led by Jose Maria Sison […]
NOORDWIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands (AFP) — Philippine government officials Monday launched a new round of talks with communist rebels aiming to hammer out an interim ceasefire in moves to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. The talks, which got under way in The Netherlands, are due to last until Friday and are the fourth round between the National Democratic Front and Manila. “We welcome the openness of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced he is pulling out members of the government’s peace panel negotiating with communist leaders in Rome and Oslo, as he cancels peace talks with the National Democratic Front. In a talk with reporters in Davao City, late Saturday night, the President said he is not interested with arguing with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) anymore, as the latter insisted on the release of the remaining 400 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison is still included in the United States’ list of terrorists. According to CPP-NDF peace panel chairman Luis Jalandoni, this hinders Sison’s return to the Philippines as the US government may attempt to take steps against the CPP chairman despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s invitation for Sison to return to the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines — Isa sa gustong mangyari ni CPP-NPA Founding Chairman Joma Sison na ipaaresto si Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III pagbaba nito sa puwesto. Pero ayon sa Malakanyang, hindi makakatulong ang gayon sa ipina-panawagang unity and healing ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. (Eagle News)
