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(Agence France Presse) — The government has ordered the arrest of communist rebel leaders involved in peace talks, after a guerrilla ambush left five presidential bodyguards wounded in the latest escalation of the half century-long conflict. The insurgents have been engaged in off-and-on peace talks with Manila to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. But the government suspended formal peace talks in May, and on Thursday chief government lawyer Jose Calida said guerrilla leaders […]
by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – A ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan brought quiet Sunday to frontlines in southern Syria ahead of fresh UN-sponsored peace talks on the country’s six-year conflict. A monitor said clashes and shelling had halted in the three southern provinces covered by the truce, Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida, as it went into effect at noon local time. The ceasefire deal was […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on Sunday holding talks with Turkish leaders in Istanbul on issues ranging from Syria to last year’s failed coup. After arriving from Ukraine, Tillerson met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and later held talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials on both sides said. No statement was issued after the late night talks at the Istanbul residence of Erdogan by the Bosphorus. […]
(Eagle News) — Government peace panel chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III announced on Tuesday (July 4) that the government would resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front in August. Bello, who also serves as the Labor Secretary, said they have an “initial understanding” to pursue the fifth round of talks probably in the second or third week of August. He said he talked with NDF peace panel chair Fidel Agcaoili on Sunday and they […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on the New People’s Army (NPA) to stop attacking and waging war on government forces if its leaders are serious in pursuing peace talks with the government. The President expressed his frustration over the continuing attacks by the NPA on government forces despite the ongoing peace talk which leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) led by Jose Maria Sison […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government peace negotiators held their ground not to participate in the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the communists’ order to the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to intensify attacks on government forces after the martial law declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dureza and the head of the government negotiating panel, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, announced Monday morning in Noordwijk aan Zee, […]
Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist insurgents were put on hold on Saturday after a dispute over the rebels’ ordering their fighters to step up attacks. But communist negotiators remained hopeful that the discussions being held at a seaside resort town in the Netherlands would continue, despite the suspension announced by government negotiators. The two sides had just opened formal talks when chief government negotiator Jesus Dureza objected to the communists’ telling guerillas […]
“Law to be enforced uniformly,” says AFP spokesperson (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said it will “enforce the law uniformly” if the New People’s Army would continue its unlawful activities. In a press conference in Davao City on Friday, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla urged the other side to reconsider its decision after receiving news about this amid the ongoing terror threat of the Islamist militants in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it was “deeply disturbed” with the order from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) directing the New People’s Army (NPA) to intensify attacks against government forces amid the ongoing fight against the Maute terrorists in Mindanao. The government peace panel asked the CPP to reconsider its decision or else it might be misconstrued that the communists are abetting the terrorist acts of the Maute group. The […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala si GRP Peace Panel Chief at Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello na hindi maiiwasan na magduda ang publiko sa sinseridad ng CPP-NPA-NDF sa usaping pangkapayapaan. Ito’y kasunod na naman ng ginawang pag-atake ng rebeldeng grupo sa isang police station sa Quirino at panununog sa pasilidad ng Lapanday Plantation sa Davao City. Ayon kay Bello, dapat magpakita ng lubos na sinseridad ang rebeldeng grupo para makuha ang suporta ng sambayanan sa peace talk. […]
(Eagle News) – The fourth round of formal peace talks opened on Monday, April 3, in the Hague, The Netherlands where both panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines spoke positively of having a bilateral ceasefire agreement signed soon. No less than the NDFP chief consultant, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for “being gracious” in allowing the members […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Communist rebels waging one of the world’s longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks in the Netherlands. The insurgency began in 1968 in the poverty-stricken country, and has claimed an estimated 30,000 lives according to the military. The meeting, starting Sunday, will be the fourth round of talks between the National Democratic Front and Manila, which have […]
