Tag: National Democratic Front

SOJ Aguirre sa mga pinalayang NDFP consultant: Bumalik ng PHL, harapin ang kaso sa Korte

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dapat magpakita ng kagandahang loob ang rebeldeng grupong CPP-NPA at patunayan ang kanilang sinseridad sa kung ano ang napagkasunduan. Ito ang sagot ni Justice Secretary Vitallano Aguirre II sa isyu ng pag-papaaresto sa mga NDF consultant na pansamantalang pinalaya upang dumalo sa peace talks sa pagitan ng rebeldeng grupo at ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas. Pagliliwanag ng kalihim, conditional ang piyansa ng mga nakalayang consultant, at maituturing silang  wanted kung tapos […]

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NDF leaders say they understand Duterte, still want to pursue peace talks

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — Communist leaders said that they don’t have any negative feedback on President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark calling them “terrorists”. National Democratic Front consultant Luis Jalandoni said that they understand that this was just an emotional reaction from the President and that they still believe in the President’s desire for peace talks. “Baka reaksiyon lang ‘yan. Earlier, malakas ang sinabi ni Presidente na gusto niya magkaroon ng peace talks at maresolve […]

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President Duterte cancels peace talks with Reds, orders gov’t negotiators to “come home”

    (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 […]

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Philippine Government-NDF 3rd round of peace talks formally ends

QEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The third round of peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front – which was held in Rome, Italy – formally ends. Both sides signed the supplemental guidelines which provided for the monitoring of human rights violations. This means that the comprehensive agreement on respect of human rights and international humanitarian law — the first of the four substantive agenda of the peace talks — will […]

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Signed bilateral agreement first before release of prisoners – Duterte

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he will not release political prisoners without a signed bilateral ceasefire agreement with the National Democratic Front (NDF). Labor Secretary Sivestre Bello III in a statement said the President told him that if he’ll be given signed bilateral ceasefire agreement, he will release the political prisoners within 48 hours. “The President told us that once he receives even just a facsimile copy of the signed agreement, he […]

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Peacetalks sa CPP-NPA-NDF, di apektado ng Marcos burial – Sec. Bello

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng malakanyang na hindi madidiskaril ang usapang pangkapayapaan na isinusulong sa National Democratic Front (NDF) dahil sa pagpapalibing kay dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Ito’y matapos tutulan ng NDF ang  pagpayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na maihimlay ang mga labi ng dating pangulong Marcos sa LNMB. Sa press briefing sa Malakanyang, sinabi ni government peace Panel Negotiator at Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, natural lamang na maglabas […]

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Amnesty for detained rebels up with President Duterte

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 11 — Government panel member Angela Librado-Trinidad said they have already submitted a draft amnesty proclamation to the Office of the President a week before leaving for the second round of the peace talks which began on Thursday, October 6. This is consistent with the GRP panel’s commitment to immediately recommend to the President a draft of an Amnesty Proclamation covering those listed by the NDF, the final list of which was received on […]

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The long road to peace with the NDF

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 5) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines or NDFP stated its interest in further dialogues with the Philippine government on the off chance that the latter is serious in meeting with the demands of the NDF which were brought up in the latest meeting between the two parties in Norway. Both parties have consented to move forward with the peace process, making a joint articulation after a two-day meeting held in Oslo […]

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GRP, NDF panels ok 3 of 5 substantive issues

OSLO, NORWAY, Aug. 25 – The peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) got off to a good start Tuesday morning (Oslo time), August 23, as negotiators from both parties agreed on three of five substantive issues, including a formal commitment to accelerate the process of forging a political settlement during term of President Rodrigo Duterte. The negotiating panels only took four hours, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to settle minor conflicting positions […]

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Peace adviser announces resolution of three issues in Oslo Peace Talks

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Office of the President Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP) announced that three of the five main issues were agreed upon by the peace panel of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) in Oslo, Norway. The issues agreed upon by both sides were the following: the affirmation of previously signed agreements; reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees list; and the accelerated […]

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Duterte gov’t begins formal quest for peace with NDF

OSLO, Norway, Aug. 23 (PIA) — The Philippine government (GPH) on August 22, resumed its formal negotiations to seek peace with the National Democratic Front (NDF), seeking to forge a political settlement anchored on sweeping social, economic, and political reforms that were deemed crucial in ending Asia’s longest running insurgency. Two Cabinet officials of the President Rodrigo Duterte led the five-member government panel that met in Oslo with top leaders of the NDF, some of whom flew […]

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President Duterte sends “ultimatum” on landmines to CPP-NDF panel; honors soldiers killed in Compostela Valley

MANILA, Aug. 8 (PIA) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued early Sunday morning an ultimatum against communist rebels’ use of landmines and demanded inclusion of the battlefield issue in the peace talks or else the negotiations are off. “Either you stop it or we stop talking,” the President said in a news conference held at the wake of four Philippine Army infantry troops killed in two separate encounters in Compostela Valley on Friday against alleged […]

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