A spokesperson of the Regional Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao expressed doubt if President Rodrigo Duterte and the government peace panel are really in control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines following the AFP-NPA skirmish in Makilala, North Cotabato.
An organization of human rights abuses victims during Martial Law urged the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board to hasten the partial distribution of claims for the Martial Law victims.
Members of the militant youth group League of Filipino Students hit out the travel ban against Muslims issued by US President Donald Trump and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and US.
Police Chief Inspector Andrea Dela Cerna, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 11 said: “We are not a perfect organization, but we are trying our best to clean our ranks.”
The Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the…
“One instrument that can dismantle the great divide between you and the people is to have connectivity, to feel that Mindanao is one house and to feel that we belong to a one family.”
After a week of negotiations, the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines concluded the third round of talks here on Wednesday night, Jan. 25.
Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, missed the closing ceremony of the third round of talks with the Philippine government here after being admitted to the hospital Wednesday night.
Peace panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front signed ground rules on the last day of the six-day peace talks, in the hope to speed up the negotiations on social and economic reforms.
Government peace panel chairperson Silvestre Bello III said the basis of the request is Sison’s participation to the peace process.
