The New People’s Army captive in Davao Oriental has appealed to government military to pull out its forward troops to give way to the resumption of the peace negotiations with the Communist-led insurgency.
The Communist Party of the Philippines announced that it will declare a unilateral ceasefire on August 20, the day scheduled for the formal resumption of peace talks in Oslo, Norway.
A pregnant Lumad woman died while seven other individuals, five of whom are minors, were wounded after an alleged member of a paramilitary group indiscriminately fired at a crowd gathered for a wedding Saturday morning.
The independent think tank, Ibon Foundation, frowned on the new career guidance program dubbed as “JobsFit” of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to address the youth unemployment here in the country.
President Rodrigo Duterte released a statement through Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Jesus Dureza ordering the immediate lifting of the unilateral ceasefire against the Communist Party of the Philippines.