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(Eagle News)–Two Senate committees have recommended a probe to determine if criminal charges should be filed against a sitting party-list representative and seven others in connection with their supposed roles in the recruitment of minors to the New People’s Army. In their committee report number 10, the committee on public order and dangerous drugs headed by Senator Ronald dela Rosa, and the committee on national defense and security headed by Senator Ping Lacson asked that […]
(Eagle News)-The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, Aug. 16, urged New People’s Army rebels anew to surrender and return to “mainstream society.” Interior Secretary Eduardo Año reiterated his call after the alleged recruitment by Communists of students in schools took centerstage in a hearing held by the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs this week. During the hearing, a former rebel, “Allen,” also disclosed the NPA did not give […]
(Eagle News)–Several former rebels on Wednesday, Aug. 14, confirmed the Communist group was recruiting students to be its members. One of those who made the confirmation before the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs was Allen, who was wearing a hoodie and was very emotional when she spoke. According to Allen, she was recruited by the League of Filipino Students in 2014, when she was a 16-year-old student of the Polytechnic University of […]
(Eagle News)–Eighty-eight Communist rebels who have surrendered were treated to an all-expenses paid trip to Hong Kong by the government. The trip, which took place from July 30 to Aug. 2, was facilitated by the Eastern Mindanao Command and the Presidential Management Staff. “The tour contributes in the continuing therapy and integration process for these beneficiaries as they slowly adapt to the normal life,” Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., commander of Eastmincom, said in a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, June 19, honored those who were killed and were injured in separate clashes with the New People’s Army in Samar. The President awarded the Order of Lapu-Lapu to the dependents of Corporal Robert Bueno, Corporal Alix Saliwan, Private First Class Arthur Garcia, Private First Class Danilo Constantino Jr., and Private Elben Lagrimas in Camp General Vicente Lukban in Catbalogan. Also conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Human Rights on Sunday, April 7, denounced the kidnapping of four people, including a barangay chairman, in Oriental Mindoro allegedly by members of the New People’s Army. “We stress that any form of arbitrary, unlawful taking and confinement is punishable by law, much more so if eventually treated inhumanely and with cruelty,” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement. According to De Guia, the Philippine Constitution, “alongside other laws,” […]
Two from gov’t side hurt (Eagle News)–Three suspected New People’s Army rebels were killed after authorities foiled their takeover of a municipal police station in Northern Samar on Thursday, March 28. In an interview over radio dzbb, Police Lt. Reynaldo dela Cruz, director of the Police Provincial Office of Northern Samar, said two from the government side were also hurt after the suspected rebels attacked the Victoria municipal police station at 3:44 a.m. Dela Cruz […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Saturday, March 23, said the termination of the peace talks actually benefits the “revolutionary forces” and the “Filipino people.” In a statement, Sison said this was because “it drives the broad masses of the people and the organized revolutionary forces to wage all forms of resistance to isolate and intensify them in order to isolate and defeat the tyrannical US-Duterte regime.” He said […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, March 21, officially shot down any possibility of a resumption of peace talks with the Communist rebels. Duterte made the announcement in a speech at the 122nd anniversary of the Philippine Army. “I am no longer entertaining any interventions or persuasions in this democratic state of the Republic of the Philippines..My sense if that maybe you can talk to the next President of this republic one day,” […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 21, said panels would be created for localized peace talks with Communist rebels. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said local government units, the military and sectoral representatives would make up the new panels whose constitution was officially announced days after President Rodrigo Duterte ended the appointments of government peace panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and of members Hernani Braganza, Rene Sarmiento, Angela Librado-Trinidad and former state […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has dissolved the government panel that leads peace talks with the Communist rebels. President Duterte ended the appointments of panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and of members Hernani Branganza, Rene Sarmiento, Antonio Arellano, and Angela Librado-Trinidad through letters signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea dated March 18. The letters said this was following the termination of peace talks in November 2017. Duterte ended peace talks with the Communist rebels, […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Feb. 20, said over 300 politicians were financing the New People’s Army. Año said the 349 politicians in the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s list, whom he did not name, gave their support either by paying the amount being extorted from them, or by paying what the rebels call permit-to-campaign fees. The interior secretary said of the 349,11 were governors and five were vice governors. He […]
