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(Eagle News)– The government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) on Thursday gave the go signal on an accelerated timetable drafted by the Reciprocal Working Committee (RWC) and Reciprocal Working Groups (RWG) to complete substantive agenda of the peace talks in less than a year. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said in a press release that both sides had agreed on […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the effects of the unilateral ceasefire with the communist rebels after the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines declared a seven-day ceasefire following the government’s decision to release detained communist leaders. The announcement came ahead of the resumption of peace negotiations with the CPP-National Democratic Front on August 22 set in Oslo, Norway. At least 17 rebel leaders, including Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte admitted on Monday that the road to peace is always a rocky road but still hoping his administration could talk again with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). ”There is no negotiation that comes easy to us especially given the turmoil of our country. We are hoping that we could just talk, maybe we did not understand each other,” the President said during the mass oath-taking […]
(Eagle News) – With a speech that lasted for more than an hour and 30 minutes, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) where he promised to bring an “enduring peace” to the country before his term ends and to help the poor and underprivileged in society. Duterte on Monday, July 25, also outlined what he would do in the next six years, including fighting crime, reducing poverty, establishing […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte may release jailed communist rebels in an effort to restart peace talks aimed at ending a decades-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, an aide said Tuesday. The aide said Duterte, set to be sworn into office on June 30 after a landslide election victory on Monday, signalled his readiness to discuss the release of a number of imprisoned rebels, a key factor in […]
(Eagle News) — Sa halip na dalawa ang pawalan, tatlong sundalo at isang miyembro ng paramilitary na bihag ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang pinakawalan ngayong araw ng rebeldeng grupo sa Agusan Del Sur. Una nang inisyu ng NPA ang release order nina Private First Class Diven Tawide at Private First Class Glenn Austria ng 23rd Infantry Battalion nang ipahayag ng custodial officer ng mga bihag na si “Ka Omar Ibarra” na pawawalan din ng […]
(Eagle news) — Isinailalim na sa stress debriefing at medical check-up ang limang pulis na kinumpirma ng Davao City Police Office (DCPO) na pinalaya na matapos dukutin ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa Davao City noong Abril 16. Kinilala ang mga pulis na sina PC/Insp. Leonardo Tarongoy, PO3 Rosenie Cabuenas, PO3 Rudolph Pacete, PO3 Abdul Aziz Ali at PO2 Neil Arellano na pinakawalan sa Paquibato district, pasado 4:00 ng hapon kahapon. Ayon kay DCPO spokesperson […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is going to take actions against the New People’s Army’s (NPA) “permit to campaign” especially now that the 2016 presidential elections are near. According to the AFP, the NPA usually asks for payment from running candidates in exchange for protection and also the guarantee that they will not sabotage said candidates’ campaign. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, December 27 (PIA) —New People’s Army (NPA) rebels freed on Friday the two soldiers they abducted four months ago in Impasugong town. Maj. Christian Uy, spokesman of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division said Philippine Army privates Jerrel H. Yorong and Marnel T. Cinches were released facilitated by religious leaders and Bukidnon Gov. Jose Ma. Zubiri Jr., in Mahayag sub-village, Barangay Saint Peter, Malaybalay City at 11:00 a.m, December 26, 2014. In a […]
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, June 3 (PNA) — The Eastern Mindanao Command on Tuesday said that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) contractors, abducted last May 30 and released June 2 afternoon, are now undergoing stress debriefing at the agency’s regional office in Davao City. “They are now at the DENR Regional Office for stress debriefing,” Capt. Alberto Caber, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson, said. He added that victims along with their drivers […]
MANILA, Mar 23 (PNA) — The chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said the arrest of ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leaders, Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, during operations at Barangay Zaragosa, Aluginsan town, Cebu Saturday afternoon is a major victory for the country’s peace and development. “The arrest of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon is another victory for the combined efforts between the AFP, PNP and other stakeholders in […]
