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Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the NDF negotiating panel said the NDFP considers the agreement on Social and Economic Reforms as a task “that will be challenging to both sides”. (photo by Kodao Productions)

NDFP bats for release of all political prisoners

Three days before the second round of peace talks in Oslo, Norway, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the Philippine government to release all political prisoners in “compliance with the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).”

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Read more about the article Ceasefire, amnesty up in 2nd round GRP-NDF peace talks
Farmers and Lumad march from the ? the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Ceasefire, amnesty up in 2nd round GRP-NDF peace talks

Both the negotiating panels of the Philippine government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) will exchange drafts on a proposed bilateral ceasefire and an amnesty proclamation as the second round of peace talks will resume in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, October 6.

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#ThankYouTeacher: Teachers take center stage at DepEd’s celeb 

The Department of Education here held the culminating activity of the National Teachers’ Month at the Ateneo de Davao University on Friday, September 30, honoring those who are in the teaching profession.

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Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora expresses his opposition to the current mining policy of the government in a press conference on Thursday, August 4. The Jesuit priest said the Philippine Mining Act only allowed foreign countries to plunder the country's natural resources. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Ateneo de Davao school prexy to head CEAP

Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ is elected as President of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines, a national association of Catholic schools in the country.

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Read more about the article Militias’ presence in Lumad communities will spoil peace talks – Karapatan
Both negotiating panels of the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front expressed optimism on the resumption of the formal talks which opened on Monday, August 22, in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Kodao Productions)

Militias’ presence in Lumad communities will spoil peace talks – Karapatan

The continued presence of government-backed paramilitary groups in Davao region’s Lumad communities will spoil the ongoing peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, a human rights group spokesperson said earlier today.

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