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PEACE SIGN. Luis Jalandoni, chairperson of the National Democratic Front negotiating panel poses with church leaders during the 5th Ecumenical Church Leaders Summit on Peace organized by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, September 21. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Luis Jalandoni, former priest turned NDFP peace negotiator, dies

Luis Jalandoni, former chair of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace panel, died on May 7 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, according to a joint announcement from the NDFP and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

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Family of missing unionist launches network for search campaign

In front of her father's colleagues and human rights advocates on the first anniversary of the disappearance of union organizer William Lariosa, his daughter twenty-year old Yasmin spoke about pride and pain.

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Read more about the article Journalists mourn Julie Alipala, Mindanao conflict and peace reporter
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Journalists mourn Julie Alipala, Mindanao conflict and peace reporter

The news community mourns the death of Julie Alipala, journalist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer known for her conflict reporting and press freedom advocacy, who died of complications from endometrial cancer on Thursday April 3 in Zamboanga City.

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