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(L-R) Government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza appear to be discussing the final instructions from Malacañang related to the resumption of the fifth round of talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). The Parties meet in a panel to panel discussion at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands.

FINAL INSTRUCTIONS

(L-R) Government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza appear to be discussing the final instructions from Malacañang related to the resumption of the fifth round of talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). The Parties meet in a panel to panel discussion at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands.(Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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HOPEFUL. Members of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panels pose for a photo op together with the officials of the Royal Norwegian Government hosting the fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). The much-awaited panel to panel meeting will decide on the continuation of the talks given the condition set by the government for the communists to recall the order to intensify attacks amid Martial Law in Mindanao.

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Members of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panels pose for a photo op together with the officials of the Royal Norwegian Government hosting the fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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Gov’t wants Reds to stop offensive attacks, proposes to suspend 5th round of peace talks

The scheduled opening ceremony for the fifth round of talks between the government and the communists was suspended as the Philippine government announced that it will not participate in the scheduled fifth round of talks here until communists cease its armed operations.

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Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Jesus Dureza. Ace Morandante/PPD

‘Anybody who disrupts peace will be subjected to Martial Law procedures’

Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said the Martial Law in Mindanao declared by President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday will target “anybody who will disrupt the peace.”

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