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(Eagle News)—The armchair general. This was how Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana described on Friday, Dec. 28, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, who he said has been giving out directions to Communist rebels in the country even while in exile in The Netherlands. According to Lorenzana, he had “more respect” for the Communist rebels on the ground “kahit nakakalaban namin sila” because they were the ones at the forefront. “Hindi na siya […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Dec. 26, urged Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison to “wave the white flag,” noting that the 50-year Communist insurgency has failed. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement on the day the CPP celebrates its 50th founding anniversary. “It’s for him to wave the white flag before his physique gives up on him,” Panelo said. According to Panelo, the insurgency only resulted in “loss of lives […]
(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)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Dec. 25, accused President Rodrigo Duterte anew of being a mass murderer, saying he is the “abominable no.1 violator of human rights.” In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Sison said it was Duterte who has “brazenly used his armed minions to commit mass murders and human rights violations.” Sison made the comment in response to Duterte’s claim it was the CPP […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the signing of the memorandum of agreement on oil and gas development between the Philippines and China was a “clear act of treason.” “…(It is a) blatant betrayal of the sovereign rights and national patrimony of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” he said. For one, he said the MOU “waste basket” the international arbitral ruling that nullified China’s excessive claims in the South […]
(Eagle News)–National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiators cancelled their meeting with Palace officials because of security concerns, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said. In a statement, Sison said Fidel Agcaoili, chairman of the NDFP Negotiating Panel, Coni Ledesma, member, and Luis Jalandoni, senior adviser to the panel, after all, have been “threatened with arrest by military and police authorities of the Duterte regime and (President Rodrigo) Duterte himself has given no […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is putting the Philippines at risk of being caught between a “likely outbreak of armed hostilities” between America and China, the Communist Party of the Philippines said. According to the CPP, this is because “Duterte’s claims that he does not want the Philippines to be dragged into a possible break-out of war in the South China Sea are belied by his actions.” The CPP noted what it said was […]
(Eagle News)—The Communist Party of the Philippines lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for what he said was the chief executive’s “callous show of affluence” when he went on a trip to Hong Kong. In a statement, Jose Maria Sison, CPP founder, said Duterte showed “cruel indifference to the millions upon millions of Filipinos who are suffering from skyrocketing prices of rice and fuel, low wages, widespread joblessness and general deterioration of social conditions.” “With […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 4, stood by its remark some schools were being used as venues for “communist recruitment.” AFP Spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo issued the statement after some schools–the University of Makati and the University of Sto. Tomas, among others–denied there was such a recruitment in their campuses. According to Arevalo, “we have reports of concerned parents communicating to us their worries about the ‘brainwashing’ activities […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 2, called for the “neutralization” of members of the New People’s Army. “Pag may dala ka ng baril diyan, Sparrow ka, you can be neutralized,” Duterte said, referring to the NPA’s hit squad. According to Duterte, “huwag mo na akong bigyan ng b***sh*** na warrant-warrant.” Duterte said that in the first place, the rebels were committing the crime of rebellion “24 hours a day.” “I will be criticized […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison called President Rodrigo Duterte a “congenital liar and an incorrigible political swindler” after the chief executive said he had evidence of the conspiracy among the Communists, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and other members of the political opposition to oust him as president. “And I challenge him to present publicly what he claims as recorded conversations,” Sison said, referring to what Duterte said were taped conversations […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 30, denied the claims of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison that he was suffering from a chronic kidney disease. “Dying? Kidney, my arm looks really good. Here, see! Do you see any injection marks?” Duterte said in a speech in Mandaue, Cebu, debunking Sison’s claims he could be undergoing dialysis. According to Duterte, there was discoloration on his face because of his repeated exposure […]
