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Read more about the article Duterte tells AFP: Occupy islands in West PHL sea
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte explains why he ordered the dismissal of Maia Valdez, an Undersecretary under the office of Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., in an interview with the media during his visit to the Western Command (WesCom) Headquarters at Camp General Artemio G. Ricarte in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on April 6, 2017. The President also warns he is ready to dismiss more officials if he senses any trace of corruption among them. KARL NORMAN ALONZO/Presidential Photo

Duterte tells AFP: Occupy islands in West PHL sea

In a bid to strengthen the country’s claim in the disputed West Philippine Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to occupy at least nine of the disputed isands.

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Read more about the article Militant Lumad group hits AFP’s continued ops in Mindanao
In a press conference in Freedom Park Davao City, Pasaka Lumad Confederation in Southern Mindanao Chairman Kerlan Fanagel formally opens the caravan of the national minorities which will be leaving for Manila on October 8, Saturday. (contributed photo)

Militant Lumad group hits AFP’s continued ops in Mindanao

A Lumad group slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its continued offensive operations and encampment in several indigenous communities in the region.

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Read more about the article ‘No, it’s not a truce yet, but it’s a step forward’
The peace panels of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines signed an agreement to forge an interim joint ceasefire during the fourth round of talks in Noordwijk, The Netherlands Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

‘No, it’s not a truce yet, but it’s a step forward’

What the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines signed here on Wednesday was not yet a truce.

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Read more about the article Gov’t, Reds ink pact on an interim joint ceasefire
National Democratic Front of the Philippines Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza during the signing of the agreement to forge an interim joint ceasefire between the government and the NDFP on Wednesday afternoon at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk, in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t, Reds ink pact on an interim joint ceasefire

It will still be a talk and fight scenario as peace negotiators of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines agreed to forge an interim joint ceasefire agreement.

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Read more about the article To hasten release of NPA’s prisoners of war, military, police forces stand down in Mindanao towns urged

To hasten release of NPA’s prisoners of war, military, police forces stand down in Mindanao towns urged

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the Philippine government to order a stand down of state forces in a ten-day Suspension of Military Operations (SOMO) for the AFP and Suspension of Police Operations (SOPO) for the PNP to expedite the release of six remaining Prisoners of War of the New People’s Army.

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