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(Eagle News) — The “no. 1 terrorist in the Philippines.” This was how Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, described President Rodrigo Duterte, following his decision to cancel peace talks with the CPP-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front and his announcement he would declare them and their “legal fronts” as terrorists. In a statement, Sison said his former student was “culpable for the abduction, torture and mass murder of an increasing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the government would go after “all legal fronts” of the Communist Party of the Philippines. “Legal (front) ninyo, alam ko, wag na tayo magbolahan. You are helping each other, conspiring to topple or sow terror or whatever,” he said in a speech in Nueva Ecija. He said he “will consider (them) as criminals.” “We will arrest everybody connected with you,” he said. The President made the […]
(Eagle News) — Secretary Jesus Dureza announced on Wednesday the cancellation of “all planned meetings” with communist rebels in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive there would no longer be peace talks with them. Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process, made the announcement also after Duterte said he would classify the New People’s Army, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ armed group, as a terrorist group. “There will be no peace negotiations anymore with the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday night said he would “talk to the rebels” to ensure that there would be peace in the country. In his speech made at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport upon his arrival from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, Duterte did not say which rebels he was referring to but said he would address both the “ideological and territorial” aspects in the talks. Earlier, Duterte terminated talks with […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that the government will shoulder the medical expenses of sick and wounded members of the New Peoples’ Army if they will surrender to the government and return to society. “Look, I am addressing myself to all the soldiers of the New People’s Army. Mag-surrender na lang kayo ngayon at ibaba ninyo ang inyong baril o i-surrender ninyo,” he said. “At sabi ko, may trabaho kayo […]
Says New People’s Army “soldiers” who will surrender to the gov’t will receive houses, jobs (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support for the peace talks with Communists launched by her daughter Sara Duterte in Davao, even if talks between the national government and the rebels were already terminated months ago. “Yes,” Duterte told reporters when asked if he supported the Davao mayor’s initiative, upon his arrival in the country from his 2-day visit […]
by Cecil Morella Agence France Presse A kerosene lamp flickers beside a Macbook in a jungle camp as ageing Philippine communist leader Jaime Padilla plots the next step in one of Asia’s oldest insurgencies with a new generation of fighters. Fuelled by one of the world’s starkest rich-poor divides, a Maoist rebellion that began months before the first human landed on the moon plods on even though the country now boasts one of the […]
TAYTAY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Isang sagupaan ang naganap nitong Biyernes, August 11 bandang 10:00 ng umaga sa bayan ng Taytay nang magkaroon ng palitan ng putukan sa pagitan ng mga awtoridad at mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA). Kinumpirma ng Provincial PNP, ang naganap na engkwentro sa pagitan ng Regional Public Safety Batallion at umano’y New Peoples Army sa bayan ng Taytay, Palawan. Ayon kay Col. Gabriel Lopez, tinatayang nasa 20 ang nakasagupa ng […]
(Eagle News) — Policemen on a special operation in San Nicolas, Pangasinan had an encounter on Friday (July 28) with around 20 members of the New People’s Army (NPA), where one police officer was killed and another one injured. Pangasinan Provincial office director Senior Supt. Ronald Lee said the encounter happened on the third day of police operations of the Philippine National Police Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) after sightings of NPA rebels had been […]
“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 […]
PANGANTUCAN, Bukidnon (Eagle News) – Patay ang isang pulis matapos makasagupa ang mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa loob ng nakubkob na kampo sa mabundok na bahagi ng Bukidnon, kamakailan. Ito ay matapos pasukin ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng 1st Special Forces Battalion ng Philippine Army at Provincial Police Public Safety Company ang kampo ng mga rebelde sa Brgy. Concepcion, Pangantucan. Ayon kay Pangantucan Police Station Commander Senior Insp. Dominador Orate, Jr., nang magmasid […]
