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Says it will file disqualification cases against candidates supporting communist rebels (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all candidates in the 2022 national and local elections not to give money to communist rebels when they start their campaigns for next year’s polls. In a statement, the DILG said that paying “extortion money” to New People’s Army rebels and giving support money to the Communist Party of the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that a ceasefire with the communist rebels will not happen in the remaining year of his term. In his Talk to the Nation on Monday night, Dec. 7, Duterte dismissed any possibility of allowing a ceasefire with the New People’s Army rebels as he vowed to identify the NPAs in politics. “There will be no ceasefire ever again under my term — under my term ko pagka-Presidente. […]
(Eagle News) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines is set to present to the European Union the boxes of evidence and documents that will allegedly link several militant groups like Karapatan and Ibon Foundation to the Philippine communist movement, and its armed group, the New People’s Army. This is to convince the EU to stop giving funds to these organizations, according to the Deputy chief of staff for civil military operations, J7, BGen. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that its whole force would be on high alert after the latest declaration from Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leadership of intensified offensives against government forces and other civilian targets following the extension of martial law in Mindanao. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde said that latest order from CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison to the New People’s Army showed that the communist leadership was […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it will remain vigilant and alert of moves by communist rebels despite the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) of a “unilateral ceasefire” this upcoming holiday season, saying that that the police force would not be “fooled” anymore by such declarations. “We will not fall for their antics anymore. Instead, we will deny them every possible opportunity to harass and […]
Wife also arrested (Eagle News) — A National Democratic Front consultant and his wife were arrested in Cavite early Friday, Dec. 7. But authorities said the arrest of Rey Casambre and his wife Patricia in Bacoor had nothing to do with their links to Communists. According to the police, Casambre has pending warrants of arrest for murder and for attempted murder issued by local courts. Also recovered from Casambre and his wife were one fragmentation […]
(Eagle News) — It’s a “blatant lie.” This was how Interior Secretary Eduardo Año described on Tuesday, Dec. 4, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo’s claim that Communist rebels were not recruiting minors as fighters. According to Año, such a practice “has been going on for decades.” He noted the police, for instance, has filed five cases against Communist rebels for doing the same this year; in 2017, five cases were filed; and in 2016, three cases […]
(Eagle News)– Communist rebels on Thursday, June 21, reiterated peace negotiations with the government should be held in a “foreign neutral venue,” contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal they be held in the Philippines. In a statement, the National Democratic Front said the two sides, after all, “must comply” with the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees, “consistent with the general practice of warring parties to negotiate peace outside of their country or their […]
(Eagle News) — The grenade and gun authorities said were seized from Rafael Baylosis were merely planted, the National Union of People’s Lawyers said. According to NUPL president Edre Olalia, when the National Democratic Front consultant was “seized Wednesday afternoon,” authorities made it appear he had a gun. He said this was because Baylosis had “no outstanding warrant against him.” He said the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 that is hearing the murder charges filed against Baylosis, after […]
(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, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Democratic Front (NDF) warned about bigger troubles stemming from the extension of martial law in Mindanao, saying the extension will mean more suffering for Moros in Mindanao. The NDF said that the extension of martial law may result in farmers’ protests as well as actions against the government by the indigenous tribes in Mindanao. “With an extended martial law, the Duterte regime’s naked fascism will target not […]
(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 […]
