An army official said that the reported apprehension of one of the consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines was not connected with the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to rearrest Communist leaders freed by the government to join the peace talks last year.
One of the consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines was arrested at a military checkpoint here Monday morning following the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte to rearrest freed communist leaders who participated in the peace talks.
JASIG is an agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the NDFP which was signed by their respective negotiating panels on February 24, 1995.
Speaking before the family of soldiers killed in a clash with New People’s Army in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday afternoon, Duterte said he is seeing the Communist Party of the Philippines, its armed wing the NPA and the NDFP as terrorist organizations.
The overall employment rate in Davao region improved to 95.5 percent with 1.993 million employed individuals compared to the 94.2 percent with 1.924 million employed individuals in 2015.
In his speech during the 38th National Convention of the Philippine Association of Water Districts, Duterte said the revolutionary forces should not coerce him as he had already “conceded too much, too soon.”
Muslim and non-Muslim women here gathered to mark the World Hijab Day to demand the right of Muslims to use hijab.
The government peace panel believes there is still a chance to iron out issues following the decision of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army’s National Operations Command to terminate its unilateral ceasefire.
The NPA said government troops are operating in more than 500 villages, more than 164 municipalities and 43 provinces in the country.
A junior officer of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was killed on Wednesday afternoon in a clash with suspected members of the New People’s Army in Manay, Davao Oriental.
