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.
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.
A church-based group on Tuesday urged the Government Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front to include in the next round of peace talks, the spate of drug-related killings across the country.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines scored on Monday Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s claim that the media “misreported” President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement on Martial Law in his administration’s war on drugs.
Government officials are optimistic about the influx of Japanese investments in the city following the state visit last week of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Organizers of the “One Billion Rising,” a mass action campaign to end violence against women, pitched the OBR campaign to show support on the slated 3rd round of peace talks between the government and the communist group in Rome, Italy.
A representative of the Hijo Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative – 1, denied on Monday that they have had a hand in the recent shooting incident and the forced eviction of the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, Inc. farmers.
It is a bad joke because it feeds impunity.
Peace organizations are drumming up their calls for a just and lasting peace days ahead of the third round of the formal talks between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front here. The talks will take place set on Jan. 19-25.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday urged the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to maintain both “unity and cooperation” which he recognized as crucial for the collective success of the ASEAN.
