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Read more about the article Families of 392 political prisoners support 3rd round of GRP-NDFP peace talks
Farmers and Lumad march from the ? the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Families of 392 political prisoners support 3rd round of GRP-NDFP peace talks

On the eve of the third round of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, human rights advocates are lamenting that almost 400 political prisoners in the Philippines remain in jail even with President Rodrigo Duterte’s earlier promise to free them.

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Read more about the article Heavy rains, flooding displace thousands in Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas

Heavy rains, flooding displace thousands in Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas

A total of seven persons died and 4,536 persons are currently staying in 28 evacuation centers in Northern Mindanao and parts of Eastern Visayas after a low-pressure area and a tail end of a cold front brought heavy rains on Monday.

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Read more about the article Random views: ‘Duterte’s threat to declare Martial law is too much’
President Rodrigo Duterte. (Kiwi Bulaclac/Presidential Photo)

Random views: ‘Duterte’s threat to declare Martial law is too much’

Liza Madagas, 43, a daughter of a Martial law victim said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s new threat about on declaring Martial law was “too much.”

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Read more about the article Differing views in ‘unfinished’ bilateral ceasefire proposal loom as PH gov’t, Reds ready for 3rd round of talks

Differing views in ‘unfinished’ bilateral ceasefire proposal loom as PH gov’t, Reds ready for 3rd round of talks

The Philippine peace panel expects to hammer out a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the communists ahead of the third round of the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines to be held here starting on January 19 until January 25.

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Read more about the article IP group says NDFP’s socio-economic reform draft well-received in communities
Piya Macliing Malayao of Katribu Partylist. PHOTO: PAULO RIZAL / DAVAOTODAY.COM FILE PHOTO

IP group says NDFP’s socio-economic reform draft well-received in communities

A local indigenous people’s group in the Philippines expressed its support to the program of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines for the indigenous peoples.

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