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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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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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‘We will be in control,’ TF Davao commander says

Task Force Davao Commander Col. Erwin Bernard Neri said the military will be "in control" once the president officially releases the official guidelines regarding the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao.

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