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NDFP and GRP panel-to-panel meeting with the Third Party Facilitator . (Photo by Kodao Productions)

Joma says GRP, NDF panels initially ok’d proposed joint statement to combat terrorists  

Hours after President Rodrigo Duterte warned of arresting communist leaders who will return from the Netherlands, Jose Maria Sison said the peace panels would have issued a joint statement on the fight against terrorism earlier.

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Read more about the article Mixed signals, Reds say on Duterte’s arrest order; waits temper to cool down
Officials of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel during the opening ceremony for the 4th round of the GRP-NDFP peace talks in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on Monday, April 3, 2017. From left to right: NDFP peace panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili, Senior Adviser Luis Jalandoni, and Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Mixed signals, Reds say on Duterte’s arrest order; waits temper to cool down

Negotiators of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said they are confused on the government’s dealing with them after Duterte ordered for the arrest of their negotiators who were released to participate in the resumption of the formal talks in August last year.

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Read more about the article UNTIL WHEN SHALL WE WAIT? Part 2 | No man’s land in Marawi
(Alexander D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

UNTIL WHEN SHALL WE WAIT? Part 2 | No man’s land in Marawi

The streets of Marawi are the expression of emptiness and the absence of life as all of the shops, stores, restaurants, schools, bakeries, gasoline stations and all other business establishments are closed.

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Read more about the article UNTIL WHEN SHALL WE WAIT? Part 1 | Numbers of evacuees swell in Marawi
WAITING TO GO HOME – This elderly woman is among the thousands of displaced residents of Marawi who now stays in an evacuation center in Buru-un, Iligan City. She also longs to go home to Marawi as ground operations against the Maute group in the area continue. (Alexander D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

UNTIL WHEN SHALL WE WAIT? Part 1 | Numbers of evacuees swell in Marawi

  MARAWI CITY – On the 8th day after armed men attacked this city and Pres. Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao, uncertainties and fear painted the face of every…

Continue ReadingUNTIL WHEN SHALL WE WAIT? Part 1 | Numbers of evacuees swell in Marawi