Author: ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO

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(From left) Members of the House of Representatives committee on peace and reconciliation Rep. Jesus Sacdalan, Deputy Speaker Bai Sandra Sema, committee chairman Rep. Ruby Sahali, and Rep. Leopoldo Bataouil took a group photo with National Democratic Front of the Philippines senior political adviser Luis Jalandoni (center) inside the Holmenfjord Hotell in Oslo, Norway Thursday. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

LAWMAKERS IN A GROUFIE

(From left) Members of the House of Representatives committee on peace and reconciliation Rep. Jesus Sacdalan, Deputy Speaker Bai Sandra Sema, committee chairman Rep. Ruby Sahali, and Rep. Leopoldo Bataouil took a group photo with National Democratic Front of the Philippines senior political adviser Luis Jalandoni (center) inside the Holmenfjord Hotell in Oslo, Norway Thursday. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article TALKS OVER LUNCH
Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza chat with the National Democratic Front leaders over lunch upon their arrival at the Holmenfjord Hotell in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, October 6, 2016. In photos are (L-R) NDF panel members Juliet De Lima, chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison, and senior political adviser Luis Jalandoni. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

TALKS OVER LUNCH

Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza chat with the National Democratic Front leaders over lunch upon their arrival at the Holmenfjord Hotell in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, October 6, 2016. In photos are (L-R) NDF panel members Juliet De Lima, chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison, and senior political adviser Luis Jalandoni. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Dureza: Peace talks ain’t easy
Presidential ?Peace ?Adviser?, ?Secretary Jesus Dureza, ?tells a press conference at Apo View Hotel, Davao City on Tuesday, August 9 that the ?government is in constant contact with ?Moro National Liberation Front ?Chairman Nur Misuari, ?but only through emissaries owing to the rebellion charges filed against him in the court. The administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is talking to different Moro revolutionary organizations to get a consensus of a peace settlement acceptable to all the constituents in the Bangsamoro homeland in Mindanao. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Dureza: Peace talks ain’t easy

It seems easy but it’s not.

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Read more about the article It’s premature to talk about laying down of arms – Sison
Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said it is premature to talk about laying down of arms in the second round of the peace negotiations. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

It’s premature to talk about laying down of arms – Sison

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said it is premature to talk about laying down of arms in the second round of the peace negotiations.

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