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(Eagle News) — Pinalaya na ng New People’s Army (NPA), ang dalawang sundalo na kanilang binihag noong February 2. Ayon kay Sergeant Solaiman Calocop at Private First Classsamuel Garay, sa isang lugar sa Davao Del Sur pinalaya ang dalawang binihag na sundalo. Ang dalawang miyembro aniya ng 39th Infantry Battalion ay sinundo ng Crisis Management Committee na pinangunahan ng Mayor at Vice Mayor ng bayan ng Colombio sa Sultan Kudarat. Saa isang pahayag, sinabi naman […]
(Eagle News) — Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III said there was “no reason to declare a unilateral ceasefire,” despite the Communist Party of the Philippines’ announcement on Saturday that it would declare a unilateral one “not later than March 31.” “Right now, there is no reason to declare a unilateral ceasefire because our President is more interested in obtaining a bilateral ceasefire agreement,” Bello said in a press conference in Malacanang on Thursday. According to Bello, “as […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would grant amnesty to the communists who have been waging a war in the countryside for decades. This, however, is “with the concurrence of Congress” and if “magkaayusan tayo.” “I’ll (do that). This is not a wild guess but makakaya kong makuha ito. We are talking with the (New People’s Army) so there’s no more killing,” he told a crowd during the People’s Day celebration in […]
(Eagle News) — Ayaw na umanong patulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga alegasyon na ipinupukol rito kaugnay sa kanyang kampanya laban sa iligal na droga kung saan marami ang namamatay. Pero giit ng Pangulo pawang walang katotohanan ang mga akusasyon sa kanya at kung totoo man handa umano siyang mabulok sa kulungan sa tamang alegasyon at sa tamang kaparusahan. “I am ready to go to jail for the right charges, huwag naman iyong pati […]
BANSALAN, Davao del Sur (Eagle News) – Apat na pulis ang namatay at isa ang sugatan sa nangyaring ambush nitong Miyerkules ng umaga, March 8 sa Barangay Sibayan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur. Ayon kay PCI Adrian Antonio, Hepe ng Bansalan Philippine National Police, sila ay inambush ng pinaniniwalaang grupo ng mga New People’s Army (NPA) sa nabanggit na lugar. Ang mga biktima ay kinilalang sina PO1 Rolly Benelayo, PO1 Joe Narvaza, at PO1 Saro Mangutara na pawang […]
President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Wounded Personnel Medals to seven (7) wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers, namely Pfc. Marquin Variacion, Pfc. Vincent Niño Lopez, Pvt. Regie Joy Duyan, Pvt. Ramon Balibagon, Jr., Sgt. Joshua Delawan, Pfc. Jenesses Andam, and 2Lt. Daniel De Guzman, at the Camp. BGen. Edilberto Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. The soldiers, who came from three different troops, were wounded after having separate encounters with the New […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte did not say whether he would order the resumption of peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF). According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar Duterte – during his meeting with Peace Adviser Jess Dureza – only said that the government’s socio-economic programs should be continued so that the rebels can be encouraged […]
(Eagle News) — Nagdeklara ang New People’s Army North Eastern Mindanao Region Command ng pansamantalang ceasefire sa Surigao Del Norte at ilan pang bayan sa Surigao Del Norte. Ayon sa National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), ginawa nila ito upang hindi maapektuhan ang pagpapaabot ng tulong sa mga lugar na sinalanta ng 6.7 magnitude na lindol. Pebrero 11 pa epektibo ang kanilang idineklarang pansamantalang ceasefire at matatapos ito sa Pebrero 20 . Umaasa naman […]
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes OSLO, Norway (AFP) — The Philippine government and Communist guerrillas on Friday signed an indefinite ceasefire deal to facilitate peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies. “This is a historic and unprecedented event … (but) there is still a lot of work to be done ahead,” President Rodrigo Duterte’s peace adviser Jesus Dureza said at a signing ceremony in Norway, which is mediating the talks. Both sides agreed […]
MANILA, Philippines July 29 — President Rodrigo Duterte issued a warning against the New People’s Army to respect the unilateral ceasefire his government declared last Monday or they might as well back fighting in the mountains. Duterte made the warning after being informed that NPA rebels attacked members of CAFGU Active Auxilliary (CAA) on their way back to their camp in Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Wednesday morning, July 27. One CAA was killed […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency will be welcome to return home after nearly three decades in exile and participate in peace talks, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has said. Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison wrote in a Facebook post last week he hoped to come home following the landslide May 9 election win of Duterte, with whom he has maintained ties while living in the Netherlands. In […]
MANILA, philippines (AFP) — Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to restart stalled peace talks, the military said Sunday, May 15. The soldiers were on the central island of Negros on Saturday investigating reports that New People’s Army guerrillas were extorting money from villagers when they clashed with about ten rebels, leaving three soldiers dead and two wounded, a military report said. The violence comes just […]
