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Read more about the article GRP cancels 5th round of talks due to ‘lack of compelling reason’
Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza and government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III announced Sunday night, May 28 (around 1am Monday Philippine time) that the government is maintaining its position that it will not participate in the fifth round of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines scheduled to take place at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.)

GRP cancels 5th round of talks due to ‘lack of compelling reason’

The government peace panel has finally sealed the fate of the fifth round of talks by withdrawing from it.

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LIGHT MOOD. The peace panels from the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines manage to share laughter as they resume session at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday morning (4pm PHT).

LIGHT MOOD

The peace panels from the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines manage to share laughter as they resume session at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday morning (4pm PHT). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Gov’t, Reds told: work harder for peace
PANEL TO PANEL. Peace panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, together with the facilitators from the Royal Norwegian Government, resume their session on Sunday morning, May 28 to continue on sorting out how to push through with the scheduled fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t, Reds told: work harder for peace

After an impasse on the fifth round of talks on the first day of the supposed opening ceremony yesterday, members of the peace panels from the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines gathered in a Eucharistic mass officiated by a Filipino Archbishop here Sunday, May 28.

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Read more about the article Social, economic reforms pushed amid snag in GRP-NDFP talks
NDFP panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili (Photo by Kodao Productions)

Social, economic reforms pushed amid snag in GRP-NDFP talks

The Reciprocal Working Committee on Social and Economic Reforms of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it is vital to ink a deal to have a conducive environment to proceed with the peace negotiation

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Read more about the article GRP-NDFP peace talks put on hold, peace panels to deliberate on resumption
Members of the peace panels of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines meet for a panel to panel discussion to decide on the fate of the fifth round of talks on Saturday evening (12 am PHT), May 27. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

GRP-NDFP peace talks put on hold, peace panels to deliberate on resumption

The fifth round of talks between the Philippine government and communists was put on hold on the day that it was supposed to open here Saturday, May 27. Both peace panels said it will be deliberating further on the formal resumption of the talks today.

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